INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

SEC. 1613. INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. (a) Science, Education, and Development.— Subsection (a) of section 1458 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and104 STAT. 3725 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) Authority of the Secretary.— To carry out the policy of this subtitle, the Secretary (in consultation with the Agency for International Development and subject to such coordination with other Federal officials, Departments, and agencies as the President may direct) may— “(1) expand the operational coordination of the Department of Agriculture with institutions and other persons throughout the world performing agricultural and related research and extension activities by— “(A) exchanging research materials and results with the institutions or persons; and “(B) conducting with the institutions or persons joint or coordinated research and extension on problems of significance to food and agriculture in the United States; “(2) enter into cooperative arrangements with Departments and Ministries of Agriculture in other nations to conduct research, extension, and education activities in support of the development of a viable and sustainable global agricultural system, including efforts to establish a global system for plant genetic resources conservation; “(3) enter into agreements with land-grant colleges and universities, the Agency for International Development, and international organizations (such as the United Nations, World Bank, regional development banks, the International Agricultural Research Center), or other organizations, institutions or individuals with comparable goals, to promote and support the development of a viable and sustainable global agricultural system. “(4) further develop within the Department highly qualified and experienced scientists and experts who specialize in international programs, to be available to carry out the activities described in this section; “(5) work with transitional and more advanced countries in food, agricultural, and related research, development, and extension (including providing technical assistance, training, and advice to persons from the countries engaged in the activities and the stationing of scientists and other specialists at national and international institutions in the countries); “(6) expand collaboration and coordination with the Agency for International Development regarding food and agricultural research, extension, and education programs in developing countries; “(7) assist colleges and universities in strengthening their capabilities for food, agricultural, and related research and extension that is relevant to agricultural development activities in other countries through— “(A) the provision of support to State universities and land-grant colleges and universities to do collaborative research with other countries on issues relevant to United States agricultural competitiveness; “(B) the provision of support for cooperative extension education in global agriculture and to promote the application of new technology developed in foreign countries to United States agriculture; and104 STAT. 3726 “(C) the provision of support for the internationalization of resident instruction programs of the universities and colleges described in subparagraph (A); and “(8) establish, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, a program, to be coordinated through the International Arid Land Consortium, to enhance collaboration and cooperation between institutions possessing research capabilities applied to the development, management, and reclamation of arid lands.”. (b) Specialized or Technical Services.— Subsection (c) of section 1458 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 3291) is amended by inserting after “universities” the following: “and other nongovernmental organizations”. (c) International Trade Development Centers.— Section 1458A of that Act (7 U.S.C. 3292) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting “Grant Program.—” after “(a)”; (B) by striking “grants to States” in the first sentence and inserting “grants to States (or regional groupings of States)”; (C) by striking “State funding” in the second sentence and inserting “State or regional funding”; and (D) by striking “State from” in the second sentence and inserting “State or region from”; (2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) Location and Funding of Certain Centers.— The Secretary shall make determinations regarding the location and funding of international trade development centers established after the date of the enactment of this subsection based on a national plan for agricultural export promotion through international trade development centers. Grants under this section shall be made available on a competitive basis in accordance with such plan.”; and (4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— (A) by inserting “Preferences.—” after “(c)”; (B) by inserting after “shall” in the matter preceding the paragraphs the following: “, consistent with the plan developed under subsection (b),”; and (C) by striking “States” and inserting “States (or regional groupings of States)”. (d) Stylistic Amendments.— (1) Section 1458 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 3291) (as amended by subsections (a) and (b)) is further amended— (A) by striking “Sec. 1458.” and inserting the following: “SEC. 1458. INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION.”; (B) by inserting “Enhancing Linkages.—” after “(b)”; (C) by inserting “Provision of Specialized or Technical Services.—”after “(c)”. (2) Section 1458A of that Act (7 U.S.C. 3292) (as amended by subsection (b)) is further amended— (A) by striking the section heading and “Sec. 1458A.” and inserting the following: 104 STAT. 3727 “SEC. 1458A. GRANTS TO STATES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.”; (B) by inserting “Activities of Centers.—” after “(d)”; and (C) by inserting “Authorization of Appropriations.—” after “(e)”.