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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
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