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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1737', '§ 501', '§ 1512', '§ 301', '§ 224', '§ 777', '§ 3014', '§ 769', '§ 3024', '§ 3014', '§ 3014', '§ 3014', '§ 3024', '§ 3024', '§ 769', '§ 769', '§ 777', '§ 777', '§ 277', '§ 224', '§ 277', '§ 224', '§ 17372014113']

7 U.S. Code § 1737 - John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program | LII / Legal Information Institute
Caribbean Basin country The term “Caribbean Basin country” means a country eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under section 2702 of title 19.
Emerging market The term “emerging market” means a country that the Secretary determines—
Middle income country The term “middle income country” means a country that has developed economically to the point at which the country does not receive bilateral development assistance from the United States.
Sub-Saharan African country The term “sub-Saharan African country” has the meaning given the term in section 3706 of title 19.
Provision Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to further assist developing countries, middle-income countries, emerging markets, sub-Saharan African countries, and Caribbean Basin countries to increase farm production and farmer incomes, the President may—
establish and administer a program, to be known as the “John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program”, of farmer-to-farmer assistance between the United States and such countries to assist in—
use United States agricultural producers, agriculturalists, colleges and universities (including historically black colleges and universities, land grant colleges or universities, and foundations maintained by colleges or universities), private agribusinesses, private organizations (including grassroots organizations with an established and demonstrated capacity to carry out such a bilateral exchange program), private corporations, and nonprofit farm organizations to work in conjunction with agricultural producers and farm organizations in those countries, on a voluntary basis—
to improve agricultural and agribusiness operations and agricultural systems in those countries, including improving—
to the maximum extent practicable, make grants to or enter into contracts or other cooperative agreements with private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, land grant universities, private agribusiness, or nonprofit farm organizations to carry out this section (except that any such contract or other agreement may obligate the United States to make outlays only to the extent that the budget authority for such outlays is available under subsection (d) of this section or has otherwise been provided in advance in appropriation Acts);
to the extent that local currencies can be used to meet the costs of a program established under this section, augment funds of the United States that are available for such a program through the use, within the country in which the program is being conducted, of—
Special emphasis on sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries (1)
agricultural producers in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries need training in agricultural techniques that are appropriate for the majority of eligible agricultural producers in those countries, including training in—
a commitment by the United States is appropriate to support the development of a comprehensive agricultural skills training program for those agricultural producers that focuses on—
teaching modern agricultural techniques that would facilitate a continual analysis of crop production, including—
the expansion of small agricultural operations into agribusiness enterprises by increasing access to credit for agricultural producers through—
Goals for programs carried out in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries The goals of programs carried out under this section in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries shall be—
to expand small agricultural operations in those countries into agribusiness enterprises by increasing access to credit for agricultural producers through—
to provide training to agricultural producers in those countries that will—
Minimum funding Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any funds that may be specifically appropriated to carry out this section, not less than the greater of $10,000,000 or 0.5 percent of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, and not less than the greater of $15,000,000 or 0.6 percent of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, to carry out this chapter shall be used to carry out programs under this section, with—
In general There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018 to carry out the programs under this section—
Administrative costs Not more than 5 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries.
(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3656; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, § 301,Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1855; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §§ 224, 277(c)(1),Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 959, 979; Pub. L. 107–76, title VII, § 777,Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 747; Pub. L. 107–171, title III, § 3014,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 285; Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 769,Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2848; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3024,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1830; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, § 3014(a),Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 778.)
2014—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–79, § 3014(a)(1), substituted “2013, and not less than the greater of $15,000,000 or 0.6 percent of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018,” for “2012” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 113–79, § 3014(a)(2), substituted “2018” for “2012” in introductory provisions.
2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–246, § 3024(a), in introductory provisions, substituted “not less than the greater of $10,000,000 or” for “not less than” and “2008 through 2012” for “2002 through 2007”.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 3024(b), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out programs under this section in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.”
2004—Pub. L. 108–447, § 769(2), inserted “and Doug Bereuter” after “John Ogonowski” in section catchline.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–447, § 769(1), inserted “and Doug Bereuter” after “John Ogonowski” in introductory provisions.
2002—Pub. L. 107–171reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally, substituting, in subsec. (a), provisions relating to definitions for general provisions, in subsec. (b), provisions authorizing the President to administer the program for provisions relating to definitions, in subsec. (c), provisions relating to special emphasis on sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries for provisions relating to minimum funding, in subsec. (d), provisions relating to minimum funding for provisions relating to designation of program, and adding subsec. (e) relating to authorization of appropriations.
2001—Pub. L. 107–76, § 777(1), inserted “John Ogonowski” before “Farmer-to-Farmer Program” in section catchline.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–76, § 777(2), added subsec. (d).
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–127, § 277(c)(1)(A), substituted “emerging markets” for “emerging democracies” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 104–127, § 224(1), added par. (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: “to the extent practicable, augment the funds available for programs established under this section through the use of foreign currencies that accrue from the sale of agricultural commodities under this chapter, and local currencies generated from other types of foreign assistance activities.”
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–127, § 277(c)(1)(B), added par. (1) and struck out heading and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: “The term ‘emerging democracy’ means a country that is taking steps toward—
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–127, § 224(2), substituted “0.4 percent of the amounts” for “0.2 percent of the amounts”, “1996 through 2002” for “1991 through 1995”, and “0.2 percent to be used” for “0.1 percent to be used”.
1991—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102–237struck out comma after “public”.
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