PUBLIC LAW 106-373 —OCT. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 1431 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, policy- makers, and others who are engaged in the food, feed, and fiber system and its relationships to natural resources.". SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORITY. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.— Section 297(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: "(1) to implement program components through United States universities as authorized by paragraphs (2) through (5) of this subsection;"; (2) in paragraph (3), to read as follows: "(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 (3) in paragraph (4)— (A) by inserting "United States" before "universities"; (B) by inserting "agricultural" before "research centers"; and (C) by striking "and the institutions of agriculturally developing nations" and inserting "multilateral banks, the institutions of agriculturally developing nations, and United States and foreign nongovernmental organizations supporting extension and other productivity-enhancing programs". (b) REQUIREMENTS. —Section 297(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(b)) is amended- (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "universities" and inserting "United States universities with public and private partners of universities"; and (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by inserting ", environment," before "and related"; and (ii) by striking "farmers and farm families" and inserting "agriculturalists"; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ", including resources of the private sector," after "Federal or State resources"; and (3) in paragraph (3), by striking "and the United States Department of Agriculture" and all that follows and inserting ", the Department of Agriculture, State agricultural agencies, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Food and Drug Administration, other appropriate Federal agencies, and appropriate nongovernmental and business organizations.". (c) FURTHER REQUIREMENTS. —Section 297(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220b(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), to read as follows: "(2) focus primarily on the needs of agricultural producers, rural families, processors, traders, consumers, and natural resources managers;"; and
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