Pub. L. 114-27, tit. I, sec. 109 (as amended)

AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

Year: 2018Length: 168 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 109. AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. Section 13 of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (19 U.S.C. 3701 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “shall identify not fewer than 10 eligible sub-Saharan African countries as having the greatest” and inserting “, through the Secretary of Agriculture, shall identify eligible sub-Saharan African countries that have”; and (B) by striking “and complying with sanitary and phytosanitary rules of the United States” and inserting “, complying with sanitary and phytosanitary rules of the United States, and developing food safety standards”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “20” and inserting “30”; and (B) by inserting after “from those countries” the following: “, particularly from businesses and sectors that engage women farmers and entrepreneurs,”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(c) Coordination.—The President shall take such measures as are necessary to ensure adequate coordination of similar activities of agencies of the United States Government relating to agricultural technical assistance for sub-Saharan Africa.” .
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