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[CITE: 22USC2220c]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
                         Part II--Other Programs
 
         subpart xii--famine prevention and freedom from hunger
 
Sec. 2220c. Board for International Food and Agricultural 
        Development
        

(a) Establishment; terms and expenses of members

    To assist in the administration of the programs authorized by this 
subpart, the President shall establish a permanent Board for 
International Food and Agricultural Development (hereafter in this 
subpart referred to as the ``Board'') consisting of seven members, not 
less than four to be selected from the universities. Terms of members 
shall be set by the President at the time of appointment. Members of the 
Board shall be entitled to such reimbursement for expenses incurred in 
the performance of their duties (including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence while away from their homes or regular place of business) as 
the President deems appropriate on a case-by-case basis.

(b) General areas of responsibility

    The Board's general areas of responsibility shall include 
participating in the planning, development, and implementation of, 
initiating recommendations for, and monitoring, the activities described 
in section 2220b of this title.

(c) Specific, but not exclusive, duties

    The Board's duties shall include, but not necessarily be limited 
to--
        (1) participating in the formulation of basic policy, 
    procedures, and criteria for project proposal review, selection, and 
    monitoring;
        (2) developing and keeping current a roster of universities--
            (A) interested in exploring their potential for 
        collaborative relationships with agricultural institutions, and 
        with scientists working on significant programs designed to 
        improve agricultural production, trade, and natural resource 
        management in developing countries, and with private 
        organizations seeking to increase agricultural production and 
        trade, natural resources management, and household food security 
        in developing and transition countries; \1\
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            (B) having capacity in the agricultural, environmental, and 
        related social sciences,
            (C) able to maintain an appropriate balance of teaching, 
        research, and extension functions,
            (D) having capacity, experience, and commitment with respect 
        to international agricultural efforts, and
            (E) able to contribute to solving the problems addressed by 
        this subpart;

        (3) recommending which developing nations could benefit from 
    programs carried out under this subpart, and identifying those 
    nations which have an interest in establishing or developing 
    agricultural institutions which engage in teaching, research, or 
    extension activities;
        (4) reviewing and evaluating memorandums of understanding or 
    other documents that detail the terms and conditions between the 
    Administrator and universities and their partners participating in 
    programs under this subpart;
        (5) reviewing and evaluating agreements and activities 
    authorized by this subpart and undertaken by universities and public 
    and private partners of universities to assure compliance with the 
    purposes of this subpart;
        (6) recommending to the Administrator the apportionment of funds 
    under section 2220b of this title;
        (7) assessing the impact of programs carried out under this 
    subpart in solving agricultural problems and natural resource issues 
    in the developing nations, assuring efficiency in use of Federal 
    resources, including in accordance with the Governmental Performance 
    and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-62; 107 Stat. 285), and the 
    amendments made by that Act;
        (8) developing information exchanges and consulting regularly 
    with nongovernmental organizations, consumer groups, producers, 
    agribusinesses and associations, agricultural cooperatives and 
    commodity groups, State departments of agriculture, State 
    agricultural research and extension agencies, and academic 
    institutions;
        (9) investigating and resolving issues concerning implementation 
    of this subpart as requested by universities; and
        (10) advising the Administrator on any and all issues as 
    requested.

(d) Subordinate units; creation of Joint Policy Committee, Joint 
        Operations Committee, and other units

    The President may authorize the Board to create such subordinate 
units as may be necessary for the performance of its duties, including 
but not limited to the following:
        (1) a Joint Policy Committee to participate in the design and 
    development of the collaborative activities described in section 
    2220b of this title; and
        (2) a Joint Operations Committee which shall assist in and 
    advise on the mechanisms and processes for implementation of 
    activities described in section 2220b of this title.

(e) Consultations in preparation of annual report and on agricultural 
        development activities

    In addition to any other functions assigned to and agreed to by the 
Board, the Board shall be consulted in the preparation of the annual 
report required by section 2220e of this title and on other agricultural 
development activities related to programs under this subpart.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. I, Sec. 298, as added Pub. L. 94-161, title III, 
Sec. 312, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 864; amended Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4, 
Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1432.)

                       References in Text

    The Governmental Performance and Results Act of 1993, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(7), probably means the Government Performance and Results 
Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-62, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 285, which enacted 
section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, sections 
1115 to 1119, 9703, and 9704 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and 
sections 2801 to 2805 of Title 39, Postal Service, amended section 1105 
of Title 31, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1101 
and 1115 of Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title of 1993 Amendment note set out under section 1101 
of Title 31 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(a), inserted ``on a case-
by-case basis'' before period at end of third sentence.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(b), amended subsec. (b) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``The 
Board's general areas of responsibility shall include, but not be 
limited to--
        ``(1) participating in the planning, development, and 
    implementation of,
        ``(2) initiating recommendations for, and
        ``(3) monitoring of,
the activities described in section 2220b of this title.''
    Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(c)(1)(A), substituted 
``improve agricultural production, trade, and natural resource 
management in developing countries, and with private organizations 
seeking to increase agricultural production and trade, natural resources 
management, and household food security in developing and transition 
countries;'' for ``increase food production in developing countries,''.
    Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(c)(1)(B), inserted ``, 
environmental, and related social'' before ``sciences''.
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(c)(2), inserted ``and their 
partners'' after ``Administrator and universities''.
    Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(c)(3), inserted ``and public 
and private partners of universities'' after ``universities''.
    Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(c)(5), substituted ``and 
natural resource issues in the developing nations, assuring efficiency 
in use of Federal resources, including in accordance with the 
Governmental Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-62; 107 
Stat. 285), and the amendments made by that Act;'' for ``in the 
developing nations.''
    Subsec. (c)(8) to (10). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(c)(4), (6), added 
pars. (8) to (10).
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(d)(1), substituted 
``Policy'' for ``Research'', ``design'' for ``administration'', and 
``section 2220b'' for ``section 2220b(a)(3)''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 106-373, Sec. 4(d)(2), substituted ``Joint 
Operations Committee which shall assist in and advise on the mechanisms 
and processes for implementation of activities described in section 
2220b of this title.'' for ``Joint Committee on Country Programs which 
shall assist in the implementation of the bilateral activities described 
in sections 2220b(a)(2), 2220b(a)(4), and 2220b(a)(5) 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2220e of this title.
