ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 3012. ADMINISTRATION. Section 207 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking “and the conditions that must be met for the approval of such proposal”;(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3);(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:“(d) Timely Provision of Commodities.—The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall develop procedures that ensure expedited processing of commodity call forwards in order to provide commodities overseas in a timely manner and to the extent feasible, according to planned delivery schedules.”; and(4) by adding at the end the following:“(f) Program Oversight, Monitoring, and Evaluation.—“(1) Duties of administrator.—The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish systems and carry out activities—“(A) to determine the need for assistance provided under this title; and“(B) to improve, monitor, and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the assistance provided under this title to maximize the impact of the assistance.“(2) Requirements of systems and activities.—The systems and activities described in paragraph (1) shall include—122 STAT. 1825“(A) program monitors in countries that receive assistance under this title;“(B) country and regional food aid impact evaluations;“(C) the identification and implementation of best practices for food aid programs;“(D) the evaluation of monetization programs;“(E) early warning assessments and systems to help prevent famines; and“(F) upgraded information technology systems.“(3) Implementation report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on efforts undertaken by the Administrator to conduct oversight of nonemergency programs under this title.“(4) Government accountability office report.—Not later than 270 days after the date of submission of the report under paragraph (3), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains—“(A) a review of, and comments addressing, the report described in paragraph (3); and“(B) recommendations relating to any additional actions that the Comptroller General of the United States determines to be necessary to improve the monitoring and evaluation of assistance provided under this title.“(5) Contract authority.—“(A) In general.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in carrying out administrative and management activities relating to each activity carried out by the Administrator under paragraph (1), the Administrator may enter into contracts with 1 or more individuals for personal service to be performed in recipient countries or neighboring countries.“(B) Prohibition.—An individual who enters into a contract with the Administrator under subparagraph (A) shall not be considered to be an employee of the Federal Government for the purpose of any law (including regulations) administered by the Office of Personnel Management.“(C) Personal service.—Subparagraph (A) does not limit the ability of the Administrator to enter into a contract with any individual for personal service under section 202(a).“(6) Funding.—“(A) In general.—Subject to section 202(h)(3), in addition to other funds made available to the Administrator to carry out the monitoring of emergency food assistance, the Administrator may implement this subsection using up to $22,000,000 of the funds made available under this title for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012, except for paragraph (2)(F), for which only $2,500,000 shall be made available during fiscal year 2009.“(B) Limitations.—“(i) In general.—Subject to clause (ii), of the funds made available under subparagraph (A), for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012, not more than 122 STAT. 1826 $8,000,000 may be used by the Administrator to carry out paragraph (2)(E).“(ii) Condition.—No funds shall be made available under subparagraph (A), in accordance with clause (i), unless not less than $8,000,000 is made available under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for such purposes for such fiscal year.“(g) Project Reporting.—“(1) In general.—In submitting project reports to the Administrator, a private voluntary organization or cooperative shall provide a copy of the report in such form as is necessary for the report to be displayed for public use on the website of the United States Agency for International Development.“(2) Confidential information.—An organization or cooperative described in paragraph (1) may omit any confidential information from the copy of the report submitted for public display under that paragraph.”.