CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 607. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act.—The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 1641)— (A) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; (B) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: “(2) Congress further finds that the forest and rangeland renewable resources of the world are threatened by deforestation due to conversion to agriculture of lands better suited to other uses, over-grazing, over-harvesting, and other causes that pose a direct adverse threat to people, the global environment, and the world economy.”; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) It is the purpose of this Act to authorize the Secretary to expand research activities to encompass international forestry and natural resource issues on a globed scale.”; and (2) in the first section of section 4(c) (16 U.S.C. 1643(c)), by inserting “international,” before “Federal”. (b) Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act.—The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 2(a)— (A) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (16); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(18) the same forest resource supply, protection, and management issues that exist in the United States are also present on an international scale, and the forest and rangeland renewable resources of the world are threatened by deforestation due to conversion to agriculture of lands better suited to other purposes, over-grazing, over-harvesting, and other causes which pose a direct adverse threat to people, the global environment, and the world economy.”; (2) in section 2(b), by inserting “in the United States, and forest lands in foreign countries,” after “non-Federal forest lands,” the first place it appears and in paragraph (10); and (3) in section 12, by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 104 STAT. 2073 “(h) In addition to the authority provided elsewhere in this Act, the Secretary may provide assistance to other countries with respect to the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 3(b), paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 7(b), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 9(b). For the purposes of providing assistance to other countries under this subsection, the term ‘non-Federal forest land’ shall mean any forest land and related renewable natural resources in such countries. In providing the assistance authorized under this subsection, the Secretary shall coordinate with other Federal officials, departments, agencies, or international organizations, as the President may direct. The references to ‘State foresters or equivalent State officials’ in this Act shall not apply to the assistance provided by the Secretary to other countries under this subsection.”. This Act may be cited as the “Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991”.