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[CITE: 22USC2151e]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
  Part I--Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations
 
Sec. 2151e. Appropriate technology

    (a) In carrying out activities under this part, the President shall 
place special emphasis on the use of relatively smaller, cost-saving, 
labor-using technologies that are generally most appropriate for the 
small farms, small businesses, and small incomes of the poor.
    (b) Funds made available to carry out this part should be used to 
the extent practicable for activities in the field of appropriate 
technology, including support of an expanded and coordinated private 
effort to promote the development and dissemination of appropriate 
technology in developing countries.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. I, Sec. 107, as added Pub. L. 94-161, title III, 
Sec. 306(2), Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 859; amended Pub. L. 95-424, title 
I, Sec. 107, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 947.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2151e, Pub. L. 87-195, pt. I, Sec. 107, as added 
Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 2(3), Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 715, authorized 
additional appropriations of $39,000,000 for fiscal years 1974, and 
1975, for assistance to select countries and organizations in support of 
general economy of recipient countries as for development programs 
conducted by private international organizations, prior to repeal by 
section 306(1) of Pub. L. 94-161. See section 2151d of this title.


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-424 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted provisions mandating that the President place special 
emphasis on the use of relatively smaller, cost-saving, labor-using 
technologies generally more appropriate for small farms, small 
businesses and small incomes of the poor, for provisions authorizing the 
use of $20,000,000 for activities in the field of intermediate 
technology, directing the Agency for International Development to 
prepare a proposal to carry out this section and to keep Congress 
informed, and to implement such proposal, and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-424 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 
of Pub. L. 95-424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. 
Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 2381 of this title.
