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[CITE: 7USC1738k]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
        CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER VI--ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE
 
Sec. 1738k. Eligible activities and grantees


(a) Eligible entities

    Activities eligible to receive assistance through the framework 
agreements entered into under section 1738f of this title, shall 
include--
        (1) activities of the type described in the Global Environmental 
    Protection Assistance Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.);
        (2) agriculture-related activities, including those that provide 
    for the biological prevention and control of animal and plant pests 
    and diseases, to benefit the environment; and
        (3) local community initiatives that promote conservation and 
    sustainable use of the environment.

(b) Regulation

    All activities of the type referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section shall, where appropriate, include initiatives that link 
conservation of natural resources with local community development.

(c) Setting of priorities

    Appropriate activities and priorities relating to the use of an 
Environmental Fund shall be set by local nongovernmental organizations 
within the appropriate eligible country.

(d) Grants

    Grants may be made by the body referred to in section 1738f(c) of 
this title from the Environmental Fund for environmental purposes to--
        (1) host country nongovernmental environmental, conservation, 
    development, educational, and indigenous peoples organizations;
        (2) other appropriate local or regional entities; or
        (3) in exceptional circumstances, the government of the eligible 
    country.

(e) Priority

    In providing assistance from an Environmental Fund, the body 
established under section 1738f(c) of this title within the eligible 
country shall give priority to projects that are run by nongovernmental 
organizations and other private entities, and that involve local 
communities in their planning and execution.

(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title VI, Sec. 612, as added Pub. L. 101-624, 
title XV, Sec. 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3661; amended Pub. L. 102-
237, title III, Sec. 306, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856.)

                       References in Text

    The Global Environmental Protection Assistance Act of 1989, referred 
to in subsec. (a)(1), is title VII of Pub. L. 101-240, Dec. 19, 1989, 
103 Stat. 2521, which is classified generally to part VII (Sec. 2281 et 
seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 32 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and 
Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title of 1989 Amendments note set out under section 2151 of Title 
22 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``2281 et seq.);'' 
for ``462), and--''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1738f, 1738o of this title; 
title 12 section 635i-6.
