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[CITE: 22USC2399c]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                   Part II--Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 2399c. Coordination of policies and programs


(a) Development Coordination Committee established

    The President shall establish a system for coordination of United 
States policies and programs which affect United States interests in the 
development of low-income countries. To that end, the President shall 
establish a Development Coordination Committee which shall advise him 
with respect to coordination of United States policies and programs 
affecting the development of the developing countries, including 
programs of bilateral and multilateral development assistance. The 
Committee shall include the head of the agency primarily responsible for 
administering subchapter I of this chapter, Chairman, and 
representatives of the Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, 
Agriculture, Energy, and Labor, the Executive Office of the President, 
and other executive departments and agencies, as the President shall 
designate. The Committee shall advise the President concerning the 
degree to which bilateral and multilateral development assistance should 
focus on critical problems in those functional sectors which affect the 
lives of the majority of people in the developing countries: food 
production; rural development and nutrition; population planning and 
health; and education, public administration, and human resource 
development.

(b) Procedures to assure coordination

    The President shall prescribe appropriate procedures to assure 
coordination among--
        (1) the various departments and agencies of the United States 
    Government having representatives in diplomatic missions abroad; and
        (2) representatives of the United States Government in each 
    country, under the direction of the Chief of the United States 
    Diplomatic Mission.

The President shall keep the Congress advised of his actions under this 
subsection.

(c) Guidance of Secretary of State

    Programs authorized by this chapter shall be undertaken with the 
foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State.

(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 95-424, title V, Sec. 502(d)(1), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 
        Stat. 959

(e) Temporary assignment of employees

    The head of any of the departments or agencies referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section may temporarily assign, upon the request 
of the Chairman, any employee from such department or agency to the 
staff of the Committee.

(f) Studies

    To carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the 
Committee shall--
        (1) prepare studies on various development problems;
        (2) devise implementation strategies on developmental problems 
    appropriate to each such department or agency;
        (3) monitor and evaluate the results of the development 
    activities of each such department or agency; and
        (4) arrange for the exchange of information and studies between 
    such agencies and departments.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. III, Sec. 640B, as added Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 21, 
Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 725; amended Pub. L. 95-88, title I, Sec. 127, 
Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 542; Pub. L. 95-424, title V, Sec. 502(d), Oct. 
6, 1978, 92 Stat. 959; Pub. L. 96-53, title I, Sec. 118, Aug. 14, 1979, 
93 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 97-113, title VII, Sec. 734(a)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 
95 Stat. 1560.)


References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter 
                                   II

    References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include 
parts IV (Sec. 2346 et seq.), VI (Sec. 2348 et seq.), and VIII 
(Sec. 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references 
to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) of 
Pub. L. 92-226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and 
sections 2348c and 2349aa-5 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 97-113 struck our subsec. (g) which 
required annual reports to Congress by the Chairman of the Development 
Coordination Committee on the activities of the Committee respecting aid 
to low-income countries. See section 2394(a) of this title.
    1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-53 inserted reference to Department of 
Energy.
    1978--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-424, Sec. 502(d)(1), struck out 
subsec. (d) relating to annual reports to Congress by the President on 
United States actions affecting the development of less developed 
countries.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95-424, Sec. 502(d)(2), substituted ``section 
2394 of this title, the Chairman of the Committee'' for ``subsection (d) 
of this section, the President''.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-88, Sec. 127(a), provided that the 
Committee advise the President concerning the degree to which bilateral 
and multilateral development assistance should focus on critical 
problems in those functional sectors which affect the lives of the 
majority of people in the developing countries: food production; rural 
development and nutrition; population planning and health; and 
education, public administration, and human resource development.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-88, Sec. 127(b), substituted ``less 
developed countries'' for ``low-income countries'' in the description of 
the subject matter of the Presidential reports to Congress, designated 
existing provisions setting out the subject matter of the reports as cl. 
(2)(A), and added cls. (1) and (2)(B).
    Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 95-88, Sec. 127(c), added subsecs. (e) 
to (g).


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-53 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 
512(a) of Pub. L. 96-53, set out as a note under section 2151 of this 
title.


                    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.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by 
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2394 of this title.
