[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 4002 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 913
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4002


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2000

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

            October 2 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

                Reported by Mr. Helms, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise and improve 
   provisions relating to famine prevention and freedom from hunger.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Famine Prevention and 
Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Declarations of Policy.--(1) The first sentence of 
section 296(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2220a(a)) is amended to read as follows: ``The Congress declares that, 
in order to achieve the mutual goals among nations of ensuring food 
security, human health, agricultural growth, trade expansion, and the 
wise and sustainable use of natural resources, the United States should 
mobilize the capacities of the United States land-grant universities, 
other eligible universities, and public and private partners of 
universities in the United States and other countries, consistent with 
sections 103 and 103A of this Act, for: (1) global research on problems 
affecting food, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; (2) improved 
human capacity and institutional resource development for the global 
application of agricultural and related environmental sciences; (3) 
agricultural development and trade research and extension services in 
the United States and other countries to support the entry of rural 
industries into world markets; and (4) providing for the application of 
agricultural sciences to solving food, health, nutrition, rural income, 
and environmental problems, especially such problems in low-income, 
food deficit countries.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The second sentence of section 296(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(a)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``in this 
        country'' and inserting ``with and through the private sector 
        in this country and to understanding processes of economic 
        development'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) that land-grant and other universities in 
        the United States have demonstrated over many years their 
        ability to cooperate with international agencies, educational 
        and research institutions in other countries, the private 
        sector, and nongovernmental organizations worldwide, in 
        expanding global agricultural production, processing, business 
        and trade, to the benefit of the United States and other 
        countries;'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (3), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) that, in a world of growing populations with 
        rising expectations, increased food production and improved 
        distribution, storage, and marketing in the developing 
        countries is necessary not only to prevent hunger and ensure 
        human health and child survival, but to build the basis for 
        economic growth and trade, and the social security in which 
        democracy and a market economy can thrive, and moreover, that 
        the greatest potential for increasing world food supplies and 
        incomes to purchase food are in the developing countries where 
        the gap between food need and food supply is the greatest and 
        current incomes are lowest;'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (4), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) that the engagement of United States 
        universities in agricultural development in other countries 
        strengthens the competitiveness of United States agriculture 
        and other industries by training future foreign partners and by 
        introducing global perspectives into United States curriculum, 
        research, public information services, and other extension 
        programs of the universities;'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (E) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7), 
        redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7), and inserting the 
        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) with expanding global markets and increasing 
        imports into many countries, including the United States, that 
        food safety and quality, as well as secure supply, have emerged 
        as mutual concerns of all countries;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) that research, teaching, and extension 
        activities, and appropriate institutional and policy 
        development therefore are prime factors in improving 
        agricultural production, food distribution, processing, 
        storage, and marketing abroad (as well as in the United 
        States);'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (F) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by 
        striking ``in the United States'' and inserting ``and the 
        broader economy of the United States''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (G) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) that there is a need to preserve and protect 
        the world's natural resources for sustained productivity and 
        health and to take steps to mitigate adverse aspects of climate 
        change which confront agriculture and other natural resource-
        based industries with new scientific, technological, and 
        management challenges; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) that universities and public and private 
        partners of universities need a dependable source of Federal 
        funding not requiring State matching funds, as well as Federal 
        and State matched funding, and other financing, in order to 
        increase the impact of their own investments and those of their 
        State governments and constituencies, in order to continue and 
        expand their effort to advance agricultural development in 
        cooperating countries, to translate development into economic 
        growth and trade for the United States and cooperating 
        countries, and to prepare future teachers, researchers, 
        extension specialists, entrepreneurs, managers, and 
        decisionmakers for the world economy.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Additional Declarations of Policy.--Section 296(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(b)) is amended to 
read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Accordingly, the Congress declares that, in order to 
prevent famine and establish freedom from hunger, the following 
components must be brought together in a coordinated program to 
increase world food and fiber production, agricultural trade, and 
responsible management of natural resources, including--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) continued efforts by the international 
        agricultural research centers and other international research 
        entities to provide a global network, including United States 
        universities, for international scientific collaboration on 
        crops, livestock, forests, fisheries, farming resources, and 
        food systems of worldwide importance;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) contract research and the implementation of 
        collaborative research support programs and other research 
        collaboration led by United States universities, and involving 
        research systems in other countries focused on crops, 
        livestock, forests, fisheries, farming resources, and food 
        systems, with benefits to the United States and partner 
        countries;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) transformation of the benefits of global 
        agricultural research and development into increased benefits 
        for United States agriculturally related industries through 
        establishment of development and trade information and service 
        centers, for rural as well as urban communities, through 
        extension, cooperatively with, and supportive of, existing 
        public and private trade and development related 
        organizations;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) facilitation of participation by 
        universities and public and private partners of universities in 
        programs of multilateral banks and agencies which receive 
        United States funds by means which may include additional 
        complementary funds restricted to the use of United States 
        universities and public and private partners of 
        universities;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) expanding learning opportunities about 
        global agriculture for students, teachers, community leaders, 
        entrepreneurs, and the general public through international 
        internships and exchanges, graduate assistantships, faculty 
        positions, and other means of education and extension through 
        long-term recurring Federal funds matched by State funds; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) competitive grants through universities to 
        United States agriculturalists and public and private partners 
        of universities from other countries for research, institution 
        and policy development, extension, training, and other programs 
        for global agricultural development, trade, and responsible 
        management of natural resources.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Sense of the Congress.--Section 296(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``each 
        component'' and inserting ``each of the program components 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection 
        (b)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by inserting ``and public and private 
                partners of universities'' after ``for the 
                universities''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in paragraph (3)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by inserting ``and public and private 
                partners of universities'' after ``such 
                universities'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, 
                and'' and inserting a semicolon;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                comma at the end and inserting a semicolon;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by striking the matter following 
                subparagraph (B); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) multilateral banks and agencies 
                receiving United States funds;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) development agencies of other 
                countries; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) United States Government foreign 
                assistance and economic cooperation programs; and''; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) generally engage the United States 
        university community more extensively in the agricultural 
        research, trade, and development initiatives undertaken outside 
        the United States, with the objectives of strengthening its 
        capacity to carry out research, teaching, and extension 
        activities for solving problems in food production, processing, 
        marketing, and consumption in agriculturally developing 
        nations, and for transforming progress in global agricultural 
        research and development into economic growth, trade, and trade 
        benefits for United States communities and industries, and for 
        the provident use of natural resources; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) ensure that all federally funded support to 
        universities and public and private partners of universities 
        relating to the goals of this title is periodically reviewed 
        for its performance.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Definition of Universities.--Section 296(d) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(d)) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by inserting after ``sea-grant colleges;'' the 
        following: ``Native American land-grant colleges as authorized 
        under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 
        (7 U.S.C. 301 note);''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``extension'' 
        and inserting ``extension (including outreach)''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Definition of Administrator.--Section 296(e) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(e)) is amended by 
inserting ``United States'' before ``Agency''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Definition of Public and Private Partners of 
Universities.--Section 296 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) As used in this title, the term `public and private 
partners of universities' includes entities that have cooperative or 
contractual agreements with universities, which may include university 
beneficiary groups, other education institutions, United States 
Government and State agencies, private voluntary organizations, 
nongovernmental organizations, firms operated for profit, nonprofit 
organizations, multinational banks, and, as designated by the 
Administrator, any organization, institution, or agency incorporated in 
other countries.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Definition of Agriculture.--Section 296 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) As used in this title, the term `agriculture' 
includes the science and practice of activity related to food, feed, 
and fiber production, processing, marketing, distribution, utilization, 
and trade, and also includes family and consumer sciences, nutrition, 
food science and engineering, agricultural economics and other social 
sciences, forestry, wildlife, fisheries, aquaculture, floraculture, 
veterinary medicine, and other environmental and natural resources 
sciences.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Definition of Agriculturists.--Section 296 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) As used in this title, the term `agriculturists' 
includes farmers, herders, and livestock producers, individuals who 
fish and others employed in cultivating and harvesting food resources 
from salt and fresh waters, individuals who cultivate trees and shrubs 
and harvest nontimber forest products, as well as the processors, 
managers, teachers, extension specialists, researchers, policymakers, 
and others who are engaged in the food, feed, and fiber system and its 
relationships to natural resources.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Authorization of Assistance.--Section 297(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(a)) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) to implement program components through 
        United States universities as authorized by paragraphs (2) 
        through (5) of this subsection;'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (3), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) to provide long-term program support for 
        United States university global agricultural and related 
        environmental collaborative research and learning opportunities 
        for students, teachers, extension specialists, researchers, and 
        the general public;''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in paragraph (4)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by inserting ``United States'' before 
                ``universities'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting ``agricultural'' before 
                ``research centers''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking ``and the institutions of 
                agriculturally developing nations'' and inserting 
                ``multilateral banks, the institutions of 
                agriculturally developing nations, and United States 
                and foreign nongovernmental organizations supporting 
                extension and other productivity-enhancing 
                programs''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Requirements.--Section 297(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(b)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                (A), by striking ``universities'' and inserting 
                ``United States universities with public and private 
                partners of universities''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (C)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by inserting ``, 
                        environment,'' before ``and related''; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``farmers and 
                        farm families'' and inserting 
                        ``agriculturalists'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including 
        resources of the private sector,'' after ``Federal or State 
        resources''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and the United 
        States Department of Agriculture'' and all that follows and 
        inserting ``, the Department of Agriculture, State agricultural 
        agencies, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the 
        Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of 
        the United States Trade Representative, the Food and Drug 
        Administration, other appropriate Federal agencies, and 
        appropriate nongovernmental and business 
        organizations.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Further Requirements.--Section 297(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) focus primarily on the needs of agricultural 
        producers, rural families, processors, traders, consumers, and 
        conservators of natural resources;''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (4), to read as 
        follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) be carried out within the developing 
        countries and transition countries comprising newly emerging 
        democracies and newly liberalized economies; and''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Special Programs.--Section 297 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (e); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) The Administrator shall establish and carry out 
special programs under this title as part of ongoing programs for child 
survival, democratization, development of free enterprise, 
environmental and natural resource management, and other related 
programs.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL 
              DEVELOPMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Establishment.--Section 298(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(a)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
        ``authorized by this title'' the following: ``and to provide 
        United States Government followup to the World Food Summit of 
        November 1996''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in the third sentence, by inserting at the end 
        before the period the following: ``on a case-by-case 
        basis''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) General Areas of Responsibility of the Board.--Section 
298(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) The Board's general areas of responsibility shall 
include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) participating in the planning, development, 
        and implementation of, initiating recommendations for, and 
        monitoring, the activities described in section 297 of this 
        title; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) providing advice and assistance to the 
        Inter-Agency Working Group on Food Security (IWG) on carrying 
        out commitments made in the United States Country Paper for the 
        November 1996 World Food Summit and on the Plan of Action 
        agreed to at the Summit.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties of the Board.--Section 298(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``increase food production'' and all that follows and 
                inserting the following: ``improve agricultural 
                production, trade, and natural resource management in 
                developing countries, and with private organizations 
                seeking to increase agricultural production and trade, 
                natural resources management, and household food 
                security in developing and transition countries;''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                before ``sciences'' the following: ``, environmental, 
                and related social'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (4), after ``Administrator and 
        universities'' insert ``and their partners'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in paragraph (5), after ``universities'' 
        insert ``and public and private partners of 
        universities'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in paragraph (7), by striking ``in the 
        developing nations.'' and inserting ``and natural resource 
        issues in the developing nations, assuring efficiency in use of 
        Federal resources, including in accordance with the 
        Governmental Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 
        103-62; 107 Stat. 285), and the amendments made by that Act;''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) providing advice to the United States 
        Government on the development of a long-term action plan in 
        support of the commitments made in the United States Country 
        Paper and at the 1996 World Food Summit, including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) participating in the implementation 
                of the action plan through meetings, workshops, and 
                proper involvement; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) serving as an outreach vehicle to 
                all nongovernmental sectors to achieve maximum 
                involvement in action plan development and 
                implementation;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) developing information exchanges and 
        consulting regularly with nongovernmental organizations, 
        consumer groups, producers, agribusinesses and associations, 
        agricultural cooperatives and commodity groups, State 
        departments of agriculture, State agricultural research and 
        extension agencies, and academic institutions;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(10) investigating and resolving issues 
        concerning implementation of this title as requested by 
        universities; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(11) advising the Administrator on any and all 
        issues as requested.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Subordinate Units.--Section 298(d) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(d)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``Research'' and insert 
                ``Policy'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``administration'' and 
                inserting ``design''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking ``section 297(a)(3) of 
                this title'' and inserting ``section 297''; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``Joint Committee on 
                Country Programs'' and inserting ``Joint Operations 
                Committee''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``which shall assist'' and 
                all that follows and inserting ``which shall assist in 
                and advise on the mechanisms and processes for 
                implementation of activities described in section 
                297.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 300 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2220e) is amended by striking ``April 1'' and inserting 
``September 1''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Famine Prevention and Freedom From 
Hunger Improvement Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Declarations of Policy.--(1) The first sentence of section 
296(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: ``The Congress declares that, in order to 
achieve the mutual goals among nations of ensuring food security, human 
health, agricultural growth, trade expansion, and the wise and 
sustainable use of natural resources, the United States should mobilize 
the capacities of the United States land-grant universities, other 
eligible universities, and public and private partners of universities 
in the United States and other countries, consistent with sections 103 
and 103A of this Act, for: (1) global research on problems affecting 
food, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; (2) improved human capacity 
and institutional resource development for the global application of 
agricultural and related environmental sciences; (3) agricultural 
development and trade research and extension services in the United 
States and other countries to support the entry of rural industries 
into world markets; and (4) providing for the application of 
agricultural sciences to solving food, health, nutrition, rural income, 
and environmental problems, especially such problems in low-income, 
food deficit countries.''.
    (2) The second sentence of section 296(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(a)) is amended--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively;
            (B) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated), by striking ``in 
        this country'' and inserting ``with and through the private 
        sector in this country and to understanding processes of 
        economic development'';
            (C) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), to read as 
        follows:
            ``(B) that land-grant and other universities in the United 
        States have demonstrated over many years their ability to 
        cooperate with international agencies, educational and research 
        institutions in other countries, the private sector, and 
        nongovernmental organizations worldwide, in expanding global 
        agricultural production, processing, business and trade, to the 
        benefit of aid recipient countries and of the United States;'';
            (D) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), to read as 
        follows:
            ``(C) that, in a world of growing populations with rising 
        expectations, increased food production and improved 
        distribution, storage, and marketing in the developing 
        countries is necessary not only to prevent hunger and ensure 
        human health and child survival, but to build the basis for 
        economic growth and trade, and the social security in which 
        democracy and a market economy can thrive, and moreover, that 
        the greatest potential for increasing world food supplies and 
        incomes to purchase food is in the developing countries where 
        the gap between food need and food supply is the greatest and 
        current incomes are lowest;'';
            (E) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (G) (as 
        redesignated);
            (F) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (F) (as 
        redesignated);
            (G) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); 
        and
            (H) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
            ``(E) that, with expanding global markets and increasing 
        imports into many countries, including the United States, food 
        safety and quality, as well as secure supply, have emerged as 
        mutual concerns of all countries;
            ``(F) that research, teaching, and extension activities, 
        and appropriate institutional and policy development therefore 
        are prime factors in improving agricultural production, food 
        distribution, processing, storage, and marketing abroad (as 
        well as in the United States);'';
            (I) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated), by striking ``in 
        the United States'' and inserting ``and the broader economy of 
        the United States''; and
            (J) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(H) that there is a need to responsibly manage the 
        world's natural resources for sustained productivity, health 
        and resilience to climate variability; and
            ``(I) that universities and public and private partners of 
        universities need a dependable source of funding in order to 
        increase the impact of their own investments and those of their 
        State governments and constituencies, in order to continue and 
        expand their efforts to advance agricultural development in 
        cooperating countries, to translate development into economic 
        growth and trade for the United States and cooperating 
        countries, and to prepare future teachers, researchers, 
        extension specialists, entrepreneurs, managers, and 
        decisionmakers for the world economy.''.
    (b) Additional Declarations of Policy.--Section 296(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(b)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(b) Accordingly, the Congress declares that, in order to prevent 
famine and establish freedom from hunger, the following components must 
be brought together in a coordinated program to increase world food and 
fiber production, agricultural trade, and responsible management of 
natural resources, including--
            ``(1) continued efforts by the international agricultural 
        research centers and other international research entities to 
        provide a global network, including United States universities, 
        for international scientific collaboration on crops, livestock, 
        forests, fisheries, farming resources, and food systems of 
        worldwide importance;
            ``(2) contract research and the implementation of 
        collaborative research support programs and other research 
        collaboration led by United States universities, and involving 
        research systems in other countries focused on crops, 
        livestock, forests, fisheries, farming resources, and food 
        systems, with benefits to the United States and partner 
        countries;
            ``(3) broadly disseminating the benefits of global 
        agricultural research and development including increased 
        benefits for United States agriculturally related industries 
        through establishment of development and trade information and 
        service centers, for rural as well as urban communities, 
        through extension, cooperatively with, and supportive of, 
        existing public and private trade and development related 
        organizations;
            ``(4) facilitation of participation by universities and 
        public and private partners of universities in programs of 
        multilateral banks and agencies which receive United States 
        funds;
            ``(5) expanding learning opportunities about global 
        agriculture for students, teachers, community leaders, 
        entrepreneurs, and the general public through international 
        internships and exchanges, graduate assistantships, faculty 
        positions, and other means of education and extension through 
        long-term recurring Federal funds matched by State funds; and
            ``(6) competitive grants through universities to United 
        States agriculturalists and public and private partners of 
        universities from other countries for research, institution and 
        policy development, extension, training, and other programs for 
        global agricultural development, trade, and responsible 
        management of natural resources.''.
    (c) Sense of the Congress.--Section 296(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``each component'' and 
        inserting ``each of the program components described in 
        paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (b)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and public and private partners 
                of universities'' after ``for the universities''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and public and private partners 
                of universities'' after ``such universities'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (D) by striking the matter following subparagraph 
                (B); and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) multilateral banks and agencies receiving 
                United States funds;
                    ``(D) development agencies of other countries; and
                    ``(E) United States Government foreign assistance 
                and economic cooperation programs;''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) generally engage the United States university 
        community more extensively in the agricultural research, trade, 
        and development initiatives undertaken outside the United 
        States, with the objectives of strengthening its capacity to 
        carry out research, teaching, and extension activities for 
        solving problems in food production, processing, marketing, and 
        consumption in agriculturally developing nations, and for 
        transforming progress in global agricultural research and 
        development into economic growth, trade, and trade benefits for 
        aid recipient countries and United States communities and 
        industries, and for the wise use of natural resources; and
            ``(5) ensure that all federally funded support to 
        universities and public and private partners of universities 
        relating to the goals of this title is periodically reviewed 
        for its performance.''.
    (d) Definition of Universities.--Section 296(d) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(d)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``sea-grant colleges;'' the 
        following: ``Native American land-grant colleges as authorized 
        under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 
        (7 U.S.C. 301 note);''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``extension'' and 
        inserting ``extension (including outreach)''.
    (e) Definition of Administrator.--Section 296(e) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(e)) is amended by inserting 
``United States'' before ``Agency''.
    (f) Definition of Public and Private Partners of Universities.--
Section 296 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) As used in this title, the term `public and private partners 
of universities' includes entities that have cooperative or contractual 
agreements with universities, which may include formal or informal 
associations of universities, other education institutions, United 
States Government and State agencies, private voluntary organizations, 
nongovernmental organizations, firms operated for profit, nonprofit 
organizations, multinational banks, and, as designated by the 
Administrator, any organization, institution, or agency incorporated in 
other countries.''.
    (g) Definition of Agriculture.--Section 296 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(g) As used in this title, the term `agriculture' includes the 
science and practice of activity related to food, feed, and fiber 
production, processing, marketing, distribution, utilization, and 
trade, and also includes family and consumer sciences, nutrition, food 
science and engineering, agricultural economics and other social 
sciences, forestry, wildlife, fisheries, aquaculture, floraculture, 
veterinary medicine, and other environmental and natural resources 
sciences.''.
    (h) Definition of Agriculturists.--Section 296 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(h) As used in this title, the term `agriculturists' includes 
farmers, herders, and livestock producers, individuals who fish and 
others employed in cultivating and harvesting food resources from salt 
and fresh waters, individuals who cultivate trees and shrubs and 
harvest nontimber forest products, as well as the processors, managers, 
teachers, extension specialists, researchers, policymakers, and others 
who are engaged in the food, feed, and fiber system and its 
relationships to natural resources.''.

SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

    (a) Authorization of Assistance.--Section 297(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows:
            ``(1) to implement program components through United States 
        universities as authorized by paragraphs (2) through (5) of 
        this subsection;'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), to read as follows:
            ``(3) to provide long-term program support for United 
        States university global agricultural and related environmental 
        collaborative research and learning opportunities for students, 
        teachers, extension specialists, researchers, and the general 
        public;''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by inserting ``United States'' before 
                ``universities'';
                    (B) by inserting ``agricultural'' before ``research 
                centers''; and
                    (C) by striking ``and the institutions of 
                agriculturally developing nations'' and inserting 
                ``multilateral banks, the institutions of 
                agriculturally developing nations, and United States 
                and foreign nongovernmental organizations supporting 
                extension and other productivity-enhancing programs''.
    (b) Requirements.--Section 297(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``universities'' and inserting ``United States 
                universities with public and private partners of 
                universities''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, environment,'' before 
                        ``and related''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``farmers and farm 
                        families'' and inserting ``agriculturalists'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including resources 
        of the private sector,'' after ``Federal or State resources''; 
        and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and the United States 
        Department of Agriculture'' and all that follows and inserting 
        ``, the Department of Agriculture, State agricultural agencies, 
        the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of the United 
        States Trade Representative, the Food and Drug Administration, 
        other appropriate Federal agencies, and appropriate 
        nongovernmental and business organizations.''.
    (c) Further Requirements.--Section 297(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:
            ``(2) focus primarily on the needs of agricultural 
        producers, rural families, processors, traders, consumers, and 
        natural resources managers;''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:
            ``(4) be carried out within the developing countries and 
        transition countries comprising newly emerging democracies and 
        newly liberalized economies; and''.
    (d) Special Programs.--Section 297 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(e) The Administrator shall establish and carry out special 
programs under this title as part of ongoing programs for child 
survival, democratization, development of free enterprise, 
environmental and natural resource management, and other related 
programs.''.

SEC. 4. BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 298(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(a)) is amended in the third sentence, by 
inserting at the end before the period the following: ``on a case-by-
case basis''.
    (b) General Areas of Responsibility of the Board.--Section 298(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(b)) is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``(b) The Board's general areas of responsibility shall include 
participating in the planning, development, and implementation of, 
initiating recommendations for, and monitoring, the activities 
described in section 297 of this title.''.
    (c) Duties of the Board.--Section 298(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``increase 
                food production'' and all that follows and inserting 
                the following: ``improve agricultural production, 
                trade, and natural resource management in developing 
                countries, and with private organizations seeking to 
                increase agricultural production and trade, natural 
                resources management, and household food security in 
                developing and transition countries;''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before 
                ``sciences'' the following: ``, environmental, and 
                related social'';
            (2) in paragraph (4), after ``Administrator and 
        universities'' insert ``and their partners'';
            (3) in paragraph (5), after ``universities'' insert ``and 
        public and private partners of universities'';
            (4) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (5) in paragraph (7), by striking ``in the developing 
        nations.'' and inserting ``and natural resource issues in the 
        developing nations, assuring efficiency in use of Federal 
        resources, including in accordance with the Governmental 
        Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-62; 107 
        Stat. 285), and the amendments made by that Act;''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) developing information exchanges and consulting 
        regularly with nongovernmental organizations, consumer groups, 
        producers, agribusinesses and associations, agricultural 
        cooperatives and commodity groups, State departments of 
        agriculture, State agricultural research and extension 
        agencies, and academic institutions;
            ``(9) investigating and resolving issues concerning 
        implementation of this title as requested by universities; and
            ``(10) advising the Administrator on any and all issues as 
        requested.''.
    (d) Subordinate Units.--Section 298(d) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220c(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``Research'' and insert ``Policy'';
                    (B) by striking ``administration'' and inserting 
                ``design''; and
                    (C) by striking ``section 297(a)(3) of this title'' 
                and inserting ``section 297''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Joint Committee on Country 
                Programs'' and inserting ``Joint Operations 
                Committee''; and
                    (B) by striking ``which shall assist'' and all that 
                follows and inserting ``which shall assist in and 
                advise on the mechanisms and processes for 
                implementation of activities described in section 
                297.''.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Section 300 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220e) 
is amended by striking ``April 1'' and inserting ``September 1''.




                                                       Calendar No. 913

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4002

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                                 AN ACT

   To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise and improve 
   provisions relating to famine prevention and freedom from hunger.

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            October 2 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

                       Reported with an amendment