110 HR 2844 RH: Food Security and Agricultural Development Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-07-23
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1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Food Security and Agricultural Development Act of
2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Title I—United States emergency and
non-emergency food and other assistance programs
Subtitle A—Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954
Sec. 101. United States
policy.
Sec. 102. General authority.
Sec. 103. Provision of agricultural
commodities.
Sec. 104. Generation and use of currencies by
private voluntary organizations and cooperatives.
Sec. 105. Levels of assistance.
Sec. 106. Food Aid Consultative
Group.
Sec. 107. Administration.
Sec. 108. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid
transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged
foods.
Sec. 109. Administrative
provisions.
Sec. 110. Expiration date.
Sec. 111. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 112. Coordination and integration of
foreign assistance programs.
Sec. 113. Micronutrient
fortification programs.
Sec. 114. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter
Farmer-to-Farmer Program.
Subtitle B—Related statutes and other
provisions
Sec. 121. Bill Emerson Humanitarian
Trust.
Sec. 122. McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Sec. 123. International disaster assistance
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Sec. 124. Report on efforts to
improve procurement planning.
Title II—United States agricultural export
programs
Sec. 201. Export credit guarantee
program.
Sec. 202. Market access
program.
Sec. 203. Export enhancement
program.
Sec. 204. Assistance to address sanitary and
phytosanitary barriers to trade.
Sec. 205. Foreign market development cooperator
program.
Sec. 206. Emerging markets and facility
guarantee loan program.
Sec. 207. Food for Progress Act of
1985.
Title III—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 301. Technical assistance for specialty
crops.
Sec. 302. Support for sanitary
and phytosanitary priorities of the United States within certain international
organizations.
Sec. 303. Technical assistance for the
resolution of trade disputes.
Sec. 304. Sense of Congress
concerning the Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Sec. 305. Technical and conforming
amendments.
Sec. 306. Rule of
construction.
2.
(a)Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)The United Nations Food
and Agricultural Organization reports, that in 2006, an estimated 850,000,000
people in the world, with 824,000,000 in developing countries, were chronically
hungry.
(2)The largest concentrations of the
chronically hungry—an estimated 298,000,000 individuals—are in South Asia, with
most of those individuals concentrated in India, where there are an estimated
212,000,000 undernourished individuals, and in sub-Saharan Africa, where there
are an estimated 206,000,000 hungry people.
(3)The number of food and
humanitarian emergencies has doubled from an average of about 15 per year in
the 1980s to more than 30 per year since 2000, due in large part to increasing
conflicts, poverty, and natural disasters around the world. Some emergencies
are exacerbated by multiple shocks, such as civil wars, recurring droughts, and
endemic disease, adding to their complexity and protracting the crises for many
years.
(4)The United Nations
reports that progress is being made toward reaching the Millennium Development
Goal of reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world by half by 2015.
In 1990, the proportion of people in the developing countries living with
insufficient food was estimated to be 20 percent. By 2003, that percentage
declined to 17 percent. However, from 1996 to 2006, the absolute number of
hungry people increased from 790,000,000 to 850,000,000.
(5)The number of hungry
people in the most seriously affected regions of the world, namely South Asia
and sub-Saharan Africa, is increasing. In sub-Saharan Africa, in 1990, there
were an estimated 169,000,000 chronically-hungry people; in 2003, the number of
chronically-hungry people increased to 206,000,000.
(6)The major United States
Government response to reducing hunger in developing countries is to provide
United States agricultural commodities as food assistance. In fiscal year 2006,
the United States provided 3,000,000 metric tons of food valued at more than
$2,000,000,000 to meet emergency food needs and to support development projects
in developing countries.
(7)In 2006, the United
States provided food assistance to 65 countries, more than half of which were
in sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately $1,200,000,000, or 60 percent of such
assistance, was provided as emergency food assistance. The United States Agency
for International Development estimates that 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 people
benefit from United States food assistance programs annually.
(8)(A)Food assistance
contributed by the United States Government has totaled more than
$73,000,000,000 since 1946. Over the last decade, the United States has been
the single largest donor of international food assistance, with a large
proportion of the assistance provided through the United Nations World Food
Program and most of that assistance is for emergencies.
(B)The United States
contributed more than 52,000,000 tons of food assistance between 1996 and 2005,
more than half of the nearly 100,000,000 tons of food assistance delivered
worldwide in this period. In 2006, the United States contributed $1,125,000,000
or about 40 percent of total donor contributions to the World Food Program in
that year.
(9)Private voluntary
organizations and cooperatives are critical implementing partners in United
States food assistance programs. In addition to assisting people whose lives
and livelihoods are endangered due to crises, such organizations and
cooperatives help communities that suffer from chronic hunger, delivering
technical assistance and training and building local institutional
capacity.
(10)(A)Although the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171) called for
increased levels of non-emergency food assistance in order to address chronic
hunger needs and to have lasting impacts on vulnerable communities, according
to the Government Accountability Office, by 2006, non-emergency food assistance
programs were reduced to 42 percent of their 2001 levels.
(B)Implementing partner
organizations report that due to these reductions, such organizations have been
forced to close operations in countries that are prone to emergencies and with
populations that suffer from chronic hunger. As a result of such reductions,
there is little opportunity to develop new programs that address food
insecurity in developing countries.
(11)Food assistance experts,
advocates, and implementers have argued that distributing food commodities
alone will not reduce food insecurity. Food assistance needs to be combined
with other non-food resources, such as assistance to promote agricultural
development, economic growth, and assistance to support education, water, and
health programs, to ensure that food assistance has an impact on
chronically-hungry people.
(12)Women play an essential role in promoting
food security and production throughout the world. According to the United
Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, rural women are responsible for
half of the world’s food production and produce between 60 and 80 percent of
the food in most developing countries.
(b)The purposes of this Act are—
(1)to promote United States emergency and
non-emergency food and other assistance programs as described in title I of
this Act in an efficient and effective manner; and
(2)to promote United States
agricultural export programs as described in title II of this Act in an
efficient and effective manner.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term Administrator means the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development.
(2)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional
committees means—
(A)the Committee on Foreign
Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;
and
(B)the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
(3)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.
<enum>I</enum><header>United States emergency
and non-emergency food and other assistance programs</header>
<subtitle id="H7DE386CCAA9C424B9223EAC04DFB54B"><enum>A</enum><header>Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954</header>
<section id="HE80FAA4B1B514BCB90EE84DBABD059B"><enum>101.</enum><header>United States
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1691">7 U.S.C. 1691</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CB10D2E4A2E4EC2B32703E28F8CDC29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>chronic</quote> before <quote>world</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD29DCD538414599A616C45B00942891"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93D761EEDF9544079F56E035F92C269B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04B34982A7224F1200C649E4E791CF26"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="HE7B8327E56C84AF588C6163424154F12" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5719A251947B4856B384855CAE69CF41"><enum>(7)</enum><text>respond to emergency
needs and food crises;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6DE5AC856F54F309749DAACFE7C1DBA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>implement an effective
and efficient food assistance program that incorporates adequate resources for
both emergency and non-emergency food assistance programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H712857C9934346869090838DEC458CEA"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide adequate resources for
non-emergency food assistance programs to address the causes of chronic hunger
and food insecurity, to protect the livelihoods and health of vulnerable
populations, to meet the nutritional needs of all members of the community
(particularly children), to prevent future hunger related emergencies, and to
promote participation in productive
activities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4BDC7E4AE55B4FCF97FDA86B7818B7DE"><enum>102.</enum><header>General
authority</header>
<subsection id="H181F4E8DA451400D0023673E82F66D63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1721">7 U.S.C. 1721</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H26A362F27D6B4F5DB6A24614DAB8C540"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H498F00FC3CE7426CB975670309B919CA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE8BED08D21C04097A24CC2B488D9EBDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address famine and food crises and respond
to emergency food needs arising from manmade disasters, such as policy-based
disasters, economic shocks, and conflict or civil strife, and natural
disasters;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3371336F474148AB912DA0547CF65409"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CBE79029FE540618CAA009126BCFA75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H654EC6AA5B074AD38F534C6439E95E79"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting at the end
the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="HDEBC4C8AEFE143DB00D0DEBABD0016C2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFA2C9D4160964268A0EA39F191A16EAC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>promote participation in
educational, training, and other productive
activities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB8B0536123CD4CF5944EAA00C88B03F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA70FAFD69217400AA249E505AAB53280"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
President</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Program
required</header-in-text>.—The President</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDE904FB6A6F74A39BFFCD266F2817807"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Such
program</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE3381F28FB546F000F0A1F98718B642" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HA126620A02624F5594B2953283DD7E00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Such
program</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2C33FE65F7214EDF9BA0AD9128C9B763"><enum>103.</enum><header>Provision of
agricultural commodities</header>
<subsection id="HFE83802FD2414AE38D10026FC8688E07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Support for eligible
organizations</header><text>Subsection (e)(1) of section 202 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1722">7 U.S.C. 1722</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B3329C4FA8B48438B9E1846A69D00C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2187AADB36A94A699DE212C22728F7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>5
percent nor more than 10 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent but
not more than 12.5 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H845005337144423193DD00F3341E3366"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to
assist the organizations in</quote> and inserting <quote>to provide such
organizations financial assistance in order to</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE48B710244A45BEAC6B5B239FE61FBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E838510BE3747358F3DA04DF482859"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>establishing</quote> and inserting <quote>establish</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76A09D305377497B9413D9B7630138E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7877555287A4B7298E7BC554201CE1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB191A2FC207441269E308F89ECCB37B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>meeting</quote> and inserting <quote>meet</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B55761ABFDE4F07AC8F3992C2656993"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>management, personnel and internal transportation and distribution
costs</quote> and inserting <quote>management, operational, technical,
personnel and other programming costs </quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB09867686B1C488D86294C75F6756CE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25186ED31CA345989000421CEC1E33C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8F131D3AFD142D1A267FE49E736A9BC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H993C25DB8F8A44B3A1046CD6C3B43D93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve and implement
methodologies for food assistance programs, including needs assessments and
monitoring and
evaluation.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF82707123FEE48A2A5FD886B595B8C7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlined program
management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection
(h)(3)(B) of such section is amended by striking <quote>Committee on
International Relations</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on Foreign
Affairs</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5A61FD75EE0849E1B31CBC0320002975"><enum>104.</enum><header>Generation and use of
currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 203 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1723">7 U.S.C. 1723</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>1 or more recipient countries</quote> and inserting
<quote>in 1 or more recipient countries</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H09824FFD9CE34B0E999E00AB7FD4CFFF"><enum>105.</enum><header>Levels of
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a) of
section 204 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1724) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C7033DAC16E462BB797003108D72EA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through
2012</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE24F62C13FE148138782974DC96B84BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through
2012</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF1F1A077E944FABBE6B108C2465D5C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>International Relations</quote> and inserting <quote>Foreign
Affairs</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HAB44794FEEF44866B1F28A1CD9B4DFC"><enum>106.</enum><header>Food Aid Consultative
Group</header>
<subsection id="HB3542DB4FE294815B9BEF6282F630075"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of congress on
integrated and effective food assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1725">7 U.S.C. 1725</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H73D85F4CF99D448BBB767C76E71FAD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B6B7DA149804AF082FD3AD48A4193D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H4678A121DFEF498288E4F45CB94F49D5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2ACE6DDD0CEE47EEB79100B6FA9BEC7C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sense of congress on
integrated and effective food assistance program</header><text>It is the sense
of Congress that the Group should make every effort to develop a strategy to
achieve a more integrated and effective food assistance program.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A9052FC153A4EDB002ECFE648232BCB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H92A8157B82FE4F90B9604C153600B455"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) as subsections
(g) and (h), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1C1F18FB0EC4F500093D86BD284F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) (as added by subsection (a)(2)) the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1412F96A72E418384DF63C41B22456B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H10E7F6EDB759467084517951E2B2505"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header>
<paragraph id="H53F1EA737C8F4840AFC6CC43AA653696"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of the Food Security and Agricultural Development Act of 2007, and annually
thereafter until December 31, 2012, the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, in close consultation with the Group,
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on efforts
taken by the United States Agency for International Development and the
Department of Agriculture to develop a strategy under this section to achieve
an integrated and effective food assistance program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6A041B4250E24A49BB9FE4692729B88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB7A90215ECC4689ADC6022FEE53508F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign
Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H96D62A56E26449D58E657F631082A7B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A09C28456A641ADA84E061738FF3415"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended in
subsection (h) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0306B09F6B3745BFBD78125F82DBAB9"><enum>107.</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="H3C2908C29F4E4AD3AA151E7670B832B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(3) of section 207 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726a">7 U.S.C. 1726a</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>and the conditions that must be met for the approval
of such proposal</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA72F9385500497AA14D8BBB479C6CD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of such section is amended
by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6916E10633654FF29F37F74FDC8028DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program oversight,
monitoring, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EB62A88D16A45688BAB10CAD97EEAEE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H982A94A1BEF949AABEBEB56B63657B9C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program oversight,
monitoring, and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H18DBE80791554A658EA4DFCE744C7CF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary,
shall establish systems to improve, monitor, and evaluate the effectiveness and
efficiency of assistance provided under this title in order to maximize the
impact of such assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D819BE8D449409881261E7E554F29E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of Food Security and Agricultural Development
Act of 2007, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on efforts undertaken to implement paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1656F296F36B4846989118D81DA418B3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Government
accountability office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 270 days after the date of the submission of the report under
paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72611D2A661A499BBFDA7E35193D66D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reviews and comments on
the report under paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5CFFC644EF544D883586E9BF5CD009F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides recommendations
regarding any additional actions necessary to improve the monitoring and
evaluation of assistance provided under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF57C98BC498B458DAEC8477D5964A2BB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contracting
authority</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Administrator may contract with individuals for
personal services, provided that such individuals shall not be regarded as
employees of the United States Government for the purpose of any law
administered by the Civil Service Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H13E643BEA0BE43338D75C56CB0F42022"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF3FDAA6EBDB41E0BC78E7DED443426"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign
Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H522709595F4945878C22B2F8AF94ABF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H857E817BE5E74563A62943288808F052"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Indirect support costs
to united nations world food program</header><text>Such section is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22DD36B56F56429FB24C079000F3BC92" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0FE13EA84E70455D9D1D5935FFEAE7D4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Indirect support costs
to united nations world food program</header>
<paragraph id="HCC29F03A7C4245F2A4BF7FF5929366FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in providing
assistance under this title, the Administrator may make contributions to the
United Nations World Food Program to the extent that such contributions are
made in accordance with the United Nations World Food Program’s rules and
regulations for indirect cost rates. Prior to making a contribution to the
United Nations World Food Program under this subsection, the Administrator
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains
the proposed level of the contribution and the reasons for such proposed
level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H26903F6959854EE580C01B6EB8F62EF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBE208775981741FCB5F799058268535D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign
Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F89546DC9D9456C9FDC6B9F2F33B4E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE3571729A4DF47B8827B0426447100FA"><enum>108.</enum><header>Assistance for
stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of
shelf-stable prepackaged foods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (f) of section 208 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726b">7 U.S.C. 1726b</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6A28CBCBFA19479A818B103509006822"><enum>109.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
<subsection id="H7F8778FF076543AAA28B6CAC7300AD5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prepositioning</header><text>Subsection
(c)(4) of section 407 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD00918BC93DB471FA5E0A7A567CCA9F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Funds</quote> and inserting:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FBD82A3192147E4BD07002C5193D1B1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDA7B240463354E9DB7B3F9BB9583ABC6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Funds</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H448BB3FFEB544B70AFD56179389D47BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9F1FF1E52754938A45EE8563DC3BF4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>,
except that for each such fiscal year not more than $2,000,000 of such funds
may be used to store agricultural commodities for prepositioning in foreign
countries</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9CBE4272CD34670B082A2D7A9DB2321"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H380AFDD857C94E63B1062C0500C9C803" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H451B32AC49C1421FACDD40B800AFBFD9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
prepositioning sites</header>
<clause id="H3C0B4AF7BD8C4FE3BB9B981176689611"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Feasibility
assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On or after the
date of the enactment of the Food Security and Agricultural Development Act of
2007, the Administrator is authorized to carry out assessments for the
establishment of not less than two sites to determine the feasibility of and
costs associated with using such sites for the purpose of storing and handling
agricultural commodities for prepositioning in foreign countries.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H10D1F13A83BB4107BBB818C1EB779192"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Establishment of
sites</header><text>Based on the results of the assessments carried out under
clause (i), the Administrator is authorized to establish additional sites for
prepositioning in foreign countries.</text>
</clause><clause id="H464C49EB004A4CA5B33FAC6E5CC69F01"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out
this subparagraph, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H703B5578EE954801897D1EBAC51967D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>Subsection (f) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H445A2B3432AE4F468B39F54490E9A669"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H70D6B6170BFE41CF9FCFBCC06CA58286"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and the amount
of funds, tonnage levels, and types of activities for non-emergency food
assistance programs under title II of this Act</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D663B40B4F944DF88D464CA3370ED14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by
adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and a general
description of the projects and activities implemented</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04D4FBBE36B14D2190C2CD563F03E803"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph
(D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D724A1D89F64812B717AEBF4268D200" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4387832AFE3346E89CB5A9BDE0238900"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the progress toward
reducing food insecurity in the populations receiving food assistance from the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H47D56815695542CA95EFF475EC46B285"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>January 15</quote> and inserting <quote>March 1</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF49E48D8C9AF49ACBC17A31160E65F2D"><enum>110.</enum><header>Expiration
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736b">7 U.S.C. 1736b</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting
<quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3EBE256E31034D70B77E6E5CC68BA00"><enum>111.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a)
of section 412 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f">7 U.S.C. 1736f</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H6BEDA411308242C4B90856B15BEFC62" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H4129CC3D1598487D913DC8D258898D6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H5E6CA463253441E9894DA97601CFEE9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the President—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2853050B3B324D95B5F578DFCA644799"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the concessional credit sales program established under
title I;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7DCBDACD1B8456C84FC3F7253876747"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$2,500,000,000 to carry
out the emergency and non-emergency food assistance programs under title II;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC0954DABFD3B401EB6D4087F05393ED6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the grant program established under title III.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HACA4E2BD7C37484599DF0B74FA19E5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum level of
non-emergency food assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012, of the amounts made available to carry out emergency and non-emergency
food assistance programs under title II, not less than $600,000,000 for each
such fiscal year shall be obligated and expended for non-emergency food
assistance programs under title II.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3A0E00F7252548E5A1E3299037C71BB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>For
each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, there are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to make payments to the Commodity
Credit Corporation to the extent the Commodity Credit Corporation is not
reimbursed under the programs under this Act for the actual costs incurred or
to be incurred by such Corporation in carrying out such programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD088C6E6E5144CD2878F3B3539CCAB14"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under this subsection are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6C1F9E44B52D4AB197F110FF50F2D150"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorized to remain
available until expended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A9438506804410D8396C30091A992B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in addition to funds
otherwise available for such
purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H970F8E3A1FF94C8C91CECC8D0039BE53"><enum>112.</enum><header>Coordination and
integration of foreign assistance programs</header>
<subsection id="H789A0866651C4AA1B822976451BCD8F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 413 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736g">7 U.S.C. 1736g</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9AAEC989713B471E97A23B85F7055C99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: <quote>The Administrator shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, coordinate and integrate assistance to a foreign
country provided under title III with other United States development
assistance programs and objectives provided under chapter 1 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.</external-xref>), including assistance
to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, assistance for child and
maternal health, assistance for education, and assistance for agricultural
development and economic growth. Such assistance shall also be coordinated and
integrated with other United States foreign assistance programs, such as the
Millennium Challenge Account. Such assistance shall also be coordinated and
integrated with the overall development strategy of the recipient country,
including the poverty reduction strategy of the recipient country, and in the
recipient country with other donors, including international and regional
organizations and other donor countries.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF523A4386479413D8BFEAF70467B58D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Special emphasis should be placed on</quote> and inserting
<quote>Special consideration should be given to</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF52C17473174569B4CCB69C44D14DF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading for such section is amended by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and
integration</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">coordination</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H468665ABB5654C44AF0800BB1683AFA"><enum>113.</enum><header>Micronutrient
fortification programs</header>
<subsection id="H093439DDC49745FBAB83DB5D54BD837"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(2)(C) of section 415 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736g-2">7 U.S.C. 1736g–2</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H560A0EEB32A146AD9852196E4C1600A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using
the same mechanism that was used to assess the micronutrient fortification
program in</quote> and inserting <quote>utilizing recommendations from</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3347D7C1F24A0A85B2FF6100005208"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>with
funds from the Bureau for Humanitarian Response of the United States Agency for
International Development</quote> and inserting <quote>with implementation by
an independent entity with proven impartiality and a mechanism that
incorporates the range of stakeholders implementing programs under title II of
this Act as well as other food assistance industry experts</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54E99443EDCB49CAAE2049E3305C8FBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC4508B88F6BA480881135264A6C54372"><enum>114.</enum><header>John Ogonowski and
Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program</header>
<subsection id="H311D7D99CBE84A6D86709EE7CD27349B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum
funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of
section 501 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1737) is amended by striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5969C1F8EEF84EDFB198BCDB694F2CCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended by
striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through
2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H17B3CE07BBFD44B10049F62E008700B3"><enum>B</enum><header>Related statutes and
other provisions</header>
<section id="H2784A3B71E8E49A2AC2BB62C242BC3F6"><enum>121.</enum><header>Bill Emerson
Humanitarian Trust</header>
<subsection id="H2EFAF3327072487B99BD8FE420AA9DCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of
section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f-1">7 U.S.C. 1736f–1</external-xref>) is
amended by inserting after <quote>metric tons</quote> the following: <quote>,
an amount of funds equivalent to 4,000,000 metric tons of commodities, or any
combination of commodities and funds equivalent to 4,000,000 metric
tons</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H839750A95ACE42D685DD74DF2BCFB4FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commodities or funds in
trust</header><text>Subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5F3AEABE00F423297FACACFE475494C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2000 through
2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2008 through
2012</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEF6FE33A1514891941FD861061F719F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$20,000,000</quote> and
inserting <quote>$60,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD304A3AEF3FD43D09CDC2554EF4008A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (h) of
such section is amended in paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking
<quote>2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H098EDF49832B41B1A8AC134DD6D42F9E"><enum>122.</enum><header>McGovern-Dole
International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program</header>
<subsection id="H9FA0EC41CC4A4329971E70AE9D173535"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administration of
program</header><text>Section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o-1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H71EB7026FE7C4A678B2100438BFB5D92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The President shall
designate 1 or more Federal agencies to</quote> and inserting <quote>The
Secretary shall</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB154B2BC8592478B88C9CADEE4EEADB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2), in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>implementing
agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC3894D2413D440CA912D222A60047C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsections (c)(2)(B),
(f)(1), (h)(1) and (2), and (i), by striking <quote>President</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD32E5FB6240C4F09A3006EEA41DE059"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subsection
(l) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H90B5C1DD6CE643ED9640AB963C8800CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H733468B3302D40899253BBA3AA00C6D9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD514BEE0C3DE4EDBA418D72DF73858F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of commodity credit
corporation funds</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EB30F0DB4A94911A96B6952C2076C22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$140,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD56D98CD1C9D41638120121326C69445"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$180,000,000 for fiscal
year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52AE7845C51A46799F14B82200F067EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$220,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D4696DB70AE422A80CABE8B12CE9B00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$260,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FC3C40718F24835A3BB26D896B3C7D7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal
year
2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3CDE3938E84472C0041944944FDA6D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2C622BF5F1A4245AD21B2A2DF665F67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>any Federal agency
implementing or assisting</quote> and inserting <quote>the Department of
Agriculture or any other Federal department or agency assisting</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H55317EAD714444ACB33C8417EBD1CDD9"><enum>123.</enum><header>International disaster
assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header>
<subsection id="H1FD1D154667D4A59B78B312660AFA616"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President, acting
through the Administrator, should exercise the President’s authority under
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2292">22 U.S.C. 2292</external-xref>) to purchase
and to distribute to a recipient country agricultural commodities
produced—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8FD3A017C774FB1A6CDA6DAF39B5436"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the recipient country,
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7853F0D37BA94475A3EFBCFECEA8655B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in developing countries
in the region of the recipient country,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">for
the purposes of famine prevention and relief.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H8AEE408A995D47AE9444C2E7194130DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of funding
for famine prevention and relief</header><text>For each of the fiscal years
2008 through 2012, of the amounts made available to carry out section 491 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $40,000,000 for each such
fiscal year shall be made available for the purposes of famine prevention and
relief under such section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2C7210658F584D73A6F020B7A44E14B"><enum>124.</enum><header>Report on efforts to
improve procurement planning</header>
<subsection id="H8515EADCEADB4BDC9FCF47D7EACFEF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Administrator and the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on efforts taken by both the
United States Agency for International Development and the Department of
Agriculture to improve planning for food and transportation procurement,
including efforts to eliminate bunching of food purchases.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC45010850C4A4CF0A970595571D6C987"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) should include, among other things, a
description of efforts taken to—</text>
<paragraph id="H7503A53D022A4143A6E22EB966D890FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve coordination of
food purchases by the United States Agency for International Development and
the Department of Agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15FE20244EEE45BC8778D04C4E001689"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increase flexibility in
procurement schedules;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC28370FD0489415986B5EFD716DF0608"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase utilization of
historical analyses and forecasting; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1D1B65D2AE746A5A5AD41312C94C667"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improve and streamline
legal claims processes for resolving transportation disputes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>United States
agricultural export programs</header>
<section id="H83CA4D19DF214EDE9B2C4900E4B3D100"><enum>201.</enum><header>Export credit
guarantee program</header>
<subsection id="H09D933099C744F3282A62E60CFCFF636"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of supplier
credit guarantee program and intermediate export credit guarantee
program</header>
<paragraph id="H12989DB0B2B04C9195F3E86C00FD3115"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>Section
202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA18C38BD0004674AF68A5BDD4EDD2EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="H7EB69652A1A04485A2C4B8F42417B2F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>(1)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>The
Commodity</quote> and inserting <quote>The Commodity</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFE773A1B85F44D91A8AB469727487926"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs
(2) and (3);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEE68397FB3D4FC6A4B2F64149F2E8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsections
(b) and (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16C89277C6E745A68B4457B6EDFB3F00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) through (l) as subsections (b) through (j),
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H559B3FD9595240BA93860687F6B600A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D9C3B3A7691482DA3F2F71569107C8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4) (as
redesignated by paragraph (1)(C)), by striking <quote>, consistent with the
provisions of subsection (c)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5823DAE6BAFB4A129B91C57DE02CB7FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as
redesignated by paragraph (1)(C))—</text>
<clause id="H6328B6AF86F34E3A9F488C8628037BF7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>The Commodity</quote>
and inserting <quote>The Commodity</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5941C514BA96460800581B4D5FB1181F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(2); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48A760E5D53D442DABD1D59F1004A1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2) (as
redesignated by paragraph (1)(C)), by striking <quote>subsections (a) and
(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD314B68443354CAEA26103CD425805D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Process and high-value
products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref>) is amended in paragraph (1) of subsection (i) (as
redesignated by subsection (a)(1)(C)) by striking <quote>2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B286427E4334A9B805F50563BBDCC98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Export credit guarantee
programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of
section 211 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5641">7 U.S.C. 5641</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H7FCFFB249968449CAC54BEBD62002C30" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9CA1CFF1631F45F0969463BE4DEB1225"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Export credit guarantee
programs</header><text>The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available,
to the maximum extent practicable, for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012
not less than $5,500,000,000 in credit guarantees under section
202(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H6D008E7440A44357AE41B190776B850"><enum>202.</enum><header>Market access
program</header>
<subsection id="HEF3DAB9C0C304C91B418249530FE7624"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Organic
commodities</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 203 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after
<quote>agricultural commodities</quote> the following: <quote>(including
commodities that are organically produced (as defined in section 2103 of the
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6502">7 U.S.C. 6502</external-xref>)))</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA0890F2B808246B588AED33D923E8F7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subsection
(c)(1)(A) of section 211 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5641">7 U.S.C. 5641</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>, and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and
$225,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7C4F291513844FAA89C77320C1E2D63B"><enum>203.</enum><header>Export enhancement
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e) of
section 301 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5651">7 U.S.C. 5651</external-xref>) is amended by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="HE182001DC48B46AD8FCE9F5EDE70054" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD9A5FCF1C30B4A638FB7B8C50033F3EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to
carry out the program established under this section not more than $478,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H15A2CAFCE50E4F30AA9BDB084DD3003F"><enum>204.</enum><header>Assistance to address
sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Agricultural Trade Act of
1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5651">7 U.S.C. 5651 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6641C89EB63E41798C062432BFD8DC55" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="H41A7A421AD2A4162A4B514A67155D086"><enum>304.</enum><header>Assistance to address
sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade</header>
<subsection id="H789D867795D545579D3004EFBA9411E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance
authorized</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts
with technical experts and scientists, or provide grants to appropriate
entities, as determined by the Secretary, to address sanitary, phytosanitary,
and technical barriers to the export of United States agricultural commodities,
including meat, poultry, and specialty crops, by—</text>
<paragraph id="H0EC1DC92D77842B69FCB3CEF54BAE958"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contracting with
technical experts and scientists outside of the Federal government to address
sanitary and phytosanitary issues, and other issues regarding technical
barriers, involving agricultural commodities and the products of such
agricultural commodities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA81C2BBF4B89492CAD9FFF1C858EFAE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>commissioning targeted
outside scientific reports on sanitary and phytosanitary issues, and other
issues regarding technical barriers, involving agricultural commodities and the
products of such agricultural commodities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA3AAAB0381AC4FA2BB0772F302CEC308"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Targeted trade
issues</header><text>Projects funded under this section may include projects
relating to the acceptance by foreign markets of—</text>
<paragraph id="H10C30645D2F74CA8A8B61B7727393B6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>antimicrobial
treatments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3967FF808AD44ADF9102AF828F087077"><enum>(2)</enum><text>wood-packaging
material;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94B623D7614244549D3B01E5A79BEBDA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>irradiation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB86DEACFF504ED9A440FE00842E046C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>biotechnology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBAE551CA7224913929114DE59321CFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>science-based maximum
residue level standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B15D1DDE8AC4690AA001FE2E4C168E6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>testing procedures and
controls for mycotoxins;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAFD3BCDCDDC4EC9993ED92748DC58A7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>labeling; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1473AEE1EE1D4450A9686430C2009B70"><enum>(8)</enum><text>shelf life.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H872878E914CE4FD5A648FFB7E7D1D1CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H4C0E685C92764BABAB6563A9EEAE00B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commodity credit
corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD32B21923A35471A8446446900B0008F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding
amount</header><text>The Secretary shall use, to the maximum extent
practicable, $2,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H34E8D056898D490D853FC6C2832F1FC5"><enum>205.</enum><header>Foreign market
development cooperator program</header>
<subsection id="H765A26DD8B71465E83F005112245D44D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign market
development cooperator program</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 702 of
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5722">7 U.S.C. 5722</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>Committee on International Relations</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA2C74EEBA6CD43308E48D855E81E7BB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section
703 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5723">7 U.S.C. 5723</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H19D5A5851ECA46AA9EF4603736A295E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by
striking <quote>2002 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through
2012</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61C403C5DCAA495399C682D853D94E73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2A927890CC93410989BAD74D3DFADED3"><enum>206.</enum><header>Emerging markets and
facility guarantee loan program</header>
<subsection id="H5A87921959F74ECA9D65BDAF34F04AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Promotion of
agricultural exports to emerging markets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (a) and (d)(1)(A)(i) of section
1542 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
5622 note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2007</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB0DF4FEA25CF4E0985D39817EE715C58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Facility guarantee loan
program</header><text>Such section is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6302B203682547BFB84562D670D83F84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3F3D5F3B1034D7D8FD0E990CC4057C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
adjusting the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6057BE8F492C42DEBD03411327E4B893"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A
portion</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H40094DE8DA194F3BA548DE53BFD47224" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HED1A5C116AEC44899D11B2C02CBC2FAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A
portion</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36D3720F5C0242FE80006D916531EEA5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the second
sentence—</text>
<clause id="H76682B146F584395A0AB663006F91018"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
Commodity Credit Corporation</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="HB39EA2208AA840B0AF5E40BE3791CB78" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF16DDD10554A46CCA72BC51E03D10044"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Commodity Credit Corporation</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H583841DBEED74EA49768A309FD9E38DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by moving the margins of
subparagraphs (A) and (B) two ems to the right; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6898B4CB907E4E79A3177E468E043B6C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H62AD466CD9E447370063CADDF3FF8143" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB7D86095F1E94E0D81E69C69F9660400"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial
payment</header><text>The Secretary may require an initial down payment, upon
such terms as the Secretary may determine, by the beneficiary of the credit
guarantee as a condition of providing a credit guarantee under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C092E7897F04372AEBC80A60016ACD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Maximum
liability</header><text>The liability of the Commodity Credit Corporation under
a guarantee provided pursuant to this section may not exceed 98 percent
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC92DF4A26EE4370B0E7FB900876956F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the principal amount
involved in the underlying financial arrangement for construction of the
facility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95B0D88D01D5438FB400993F66CCEAB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the interest on the
outstanding principal amount at the rate specified in the underlying financial
arrangement for construction of the facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC993D5E99E414F41ABB88AB17501487"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Term of
guarantee</header><text>A facility payment guarantee under this subsection
shall be for a term that is not more than the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE502BA3FC3D342D4A8612234746C8228"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term of the
depreciation schedule of the facility assisted; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00C70D68BE0143CC8039C45A78F4132"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a maximum period, as
determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1D3D84ED42D14DDAA802ACE1364F9F10"><enum>207.</enum><header>Food for Progress Act
of 1985</header>
<subsection id="H5CBC596F188E4CC9BE14A7E638D1B9CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Provision of eligible
commodities to developing countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f)(3) of the Food for Progress
Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o">7 U.S.C. 1736o</external-xref>; section 1110 of the Food Security Act of 1985) is
amended by striking <quote>1996 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008
through 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF8C6DAC1D1904169B5C2EBD46127C227"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum
tonnage</header><text>Subsection (g) of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA05218CAF2E4A7C96664593B76372D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>400,000</quote> and inserting <quote>500,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90E0B654287E482DA5AF8F5DC4EE35AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2002
through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB1E5A7BC35A74FDC8BB891C3558532F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Subsection
(j)(3) of such Act is amended by inserting <quote>and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs</quote> after <quote>Committee on Agriculture</quote> the first place
such term appears.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E89D27A4701483088C5506088EDED40"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective and
termination dates</header><text>Subsection (k) of such Act is amended by
striking <quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46FFA20B830443EB80FD57334275F0BD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>Subsection (l)(1) of such Act is amended by striking
<quote>1996 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008 through
2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H192C20DA006F4D70BC2066AA9D929977"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Program
management</header><text>Subsection (n)(2)(C) of such Act is amended, by
striking <quote>Committee on International Relations</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<section id="H043946789F0F4E38AC2CEE5C9CFACAA5"><enum>301.</enum><header>Technical assistance
for specialty crops</header>
<subsection id="H891436DE10D94F27B2A68321F5F1EBD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3205 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5680">7 U.S.C. 5680</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A0B8205B9F24D7F979F3F66957DBE49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7D85A0E219F4CB5A3FCD8E3D2687E8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" id="H22F9F5892C514F7BB4A5B5EB3ECC6654" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5CF43F616667476CB1B26852A2E21CB2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H1E4128E50800485F94DA66CDFBBCFEEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum
award</header><text>The maximum amount of assistance provided annually to a
project under the program shall be $500,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7832B0C3FA4A4AA28E718CF956558D32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project
duration</header><text>The Secretary may extend a project under the program
irrespective of the initial estimated duration of the
project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF155F96EE92411AAC02DA4F4594AE35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Such
section is further amended in subsection (e) (as redesignated by subsection
(a)(1)), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HFA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA5EDD9711F84D45895200192D251E4E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7F4700A96D02400800EA1130AEACF7D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H2AFDBF1C3B2148C4BFB0F0D6694114EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commodity credit
corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FC3F653616F4F8EA4D0FD49F98909C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding
amount</header><text>The Secretary shall make available the following amounts
of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity
Credit Corporation, to the maximum extent practicable, for the following fiscal
years to carry out this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C8011B3F4254F2D87CBCC890D96CA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD602B018534C44E0A42CBCF6529E2870"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$6,000,000 for fiscal
year 2009.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8667370FCC2427DB9AA62E9DBC84E54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2F55508078D403AA400573B9B4CE896"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2011 through
2015.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H0B6A562E76AE44D3BE84C9DB478DA97"><enum>302.</enum><header>Support for sanitary
and phytosanitary priorities of the United States within certain international
organizations</header>
<subsection id="HE24D9195961D4BA6A53FD112AA51378C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Support
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to enhance United States support for international
organizations, including international organizations described in subsection
(b), that establish international standards regarding food, food safety,
plants, and animals by funding additional positions of associate professional
officers to address sanitary and phytosanitary priorities of the United States
within such international organizations. The Secretary shall carry out this
subsection pursuant to the authority of the Secretary under section 1458(a)(3)
of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3291">7 U.S.C. 3291(a)(3)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2161D43AFF8F46289BAF618B49EA22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>International
organizations described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
international organizations referred to in subsection (a) are the Food and
Agriculture Organization, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the International
Plant Protection Convention, and the World Organization for Animal
Health.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDB39847E24D1426F9F315F14B23B9714"><enum>303.</enum><header>Technical assistance
for the resolution of trade disputes</header>
<subsection id="H5D1F31D1A66640EBB95F46EE2348019"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical assistance
authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide
monitoring, analytic support, and other technical assistance to
limited-resource persons and organizations associated with agricultural trade
(as determined by the Secretary) to address unfair trade practices of foreign
countries, including intellectual property right violations, and to reduce
trade barriers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8C0624E7555647F086E7CF28ED4FB065"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>To carry out this section, there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H47B30F04349B448BA640F056DEEFF4D"><enum>304.</enum><header>Sense of Congress
concerning the Global Crop Diversity Trust</header>
<subsection id="HFD8B1D78F7204FD8A069CC1927BCD361"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFFE280C8C75A4E5EA3E96FC0E812B8BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Crop diversity—the
natural diversity exhibited in the array of varieties in every crop—is one of
the world’s least recognized, but most valuable resources. It provides the
genetic building blocks for adapting crops to constantly evolving pests,
diseases, and changing climates. Without crop diversity, agriculture cannot
retain current productivity levels and cannot meet anticipated future
challenges associated with population growth and global warming.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88FF608174704285A091A28C27FD07A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Currently, much of the
world’s crop diversity is neither safely conserved, nor readily available to
scientists and farmers who rely on it to safeguard agricultural productivity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99A759C37760435183533D49B5839223"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Global Crop Diversity
Trust, an independent organization created by the United Nations Food and
Agricultural Organization in conjunction with the 2001 International Treaty on
Plant Genetic Resources, is the only organization working globally to solve the
problem of protecting crop diversity. The Global Crop Diversity Trust became a
legal entity at the end of 2004, but has already raised $135,000,000 from a
broad alliance of partners, including developed and developing countries,
private corporations, and philanthropic foundations, including a joint
initiative with the United Nations Foundation funded by The Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27C1C5D1F447432B82E42DA09D1862"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The United States was an
early supporter of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, and has so far contributed
$6,500,000 to the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Robust involvement of the United
States in the Global Crop Diversity Trust ensures significant benefits to
United States farmers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H995BB41D5BC14AE8B4BFD440F5620202"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should
provide significant United States financial resources to the Global Crop
Diversity Trust to ensure the conservation of crop diversity which can yield
significant benefits to United States farmers.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H51E1B1FF627A4B1E00DF778823D46910"><enum>305.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 3206 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5603a">7 U.S.C. 5603a</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>Committee on International Relations</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB207EE814C344B28A4BEE5738003300"><enum>306.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to supersede the
provisions of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).</text>
</section>
July 23, 2007
Committee on
Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed