technical assistance, energy, research, reconstruction, and selected development problems; intermediate technology

technical assistance, energy, research, reconstruction, and selected development problems; intermediate technology Sec. 306. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— (1) by repealing sections 106, 107, and 241; and (2) by inserting immediately after section 105 the following new sections: “Sec. 106. Technical Assistance, Energy, Research, Reconstruction, and Selected Development Problems.—(a) The President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for the following activities, to the extent that such activities are not authorized by sections 103, 104, and 105 of this Act: “(1) programs of technical cooperation and development, particularly the development efforts of United States private and voluntary agencies and regional and international development organizations; “(2) programs to help developing countries alleviate their energy problems by increasing their production and conservation of energy, through such means as research and development of suitable energy sources and conservation methods, collection and analysis of information concerning countries’ potential supplies of and needs for energy, and pilot projects to test new methods of production or conservation of energy; “(3) programs of research into, and evaluation of, the process of economic development in less developed countries and areas, into the factors affecting the relative success and costs of development activities, and into the means, techniques, and such other 89 STAT. 859aspects of development assistance as the President may determine in order to render such assistance of increasing value and benefit; “(4) programs of reconstruction following natural or manmade disasters; “(5) programs designed to help solve special development problems in the poorest countries and to make possible proper utilization of infrastructure and related projects funded with earlier United States assistance; and “(6) programs of urban development, with particular emphasis on small, labor intensive enterprises, marketing systems for small producers, and financial and other institutions which enable the urban poor to participate in the economic and social development or their country. “(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $99,550,000 for the fiscal year 1976 and $104,500,000 for the fiscal year 1977, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended Of the amounts made available under this section, not less than $30,000,000 shall be available during the period beginning July 1, 1975, and ending September 30, 1977, only for reimbursement to private voluntary agencies of the United States for costs incurred with respect to the shipment of food and nonfood commodities provided through private donations. “Sec. 107. Intermediate Technology.—Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter for the, fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, a total of $20,000,000 may be used for activities in the field of intermediate technology, through grants in support of an expanded and coordinated private effort, to promote the development and dissemination of technologies appropriate for developing countries. The Agency for International Development shall prepare a detailed proposal to carry7 out this section and shall keep the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee fully and currently informed concerning the development of the proposal. The proposal shall be transmitted to these committees no later than March 31, 1976, and shall not be implemented until thirty days after its transmittal or until passage by each committee of a resolution in effect approving its implementation.”.