INFORMATION REGARDING RESEARCH ASSISTANCE [Section 733 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (P.L. 102-142; 105 Stat. 914; 7 U.S.C. 2209d)] SEC. 733. Hereafter, the Department of Agriculture, when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations, and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds, including but not limited to State and local governments, shall clearly state (1) the percentage of the total cost of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money, and (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program. [Section 2381 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (P.L. 101–624; 104 Stat. 4049; 7 U.S.C. 3125b)] SEC. 2381. NATIONAL RURAL INFORMATION CENTER CLEARINGHOUSE. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.-The Secretary shall establish, within the National Agricultural Library, in coordination with the Extension Service, a National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse (in this section referred to as the "Clearinghouse") to perform the functions specified in subsection (b). (b) FUNCTIONS.-The Clearinghouse shall provide and distribute information and data to any industry, organization, or Federal, State, or local government entity, on request, about programs and services provided by Federal, State, and local agencies and private nonprofit organizations and institutions under which individuals residing in, or organizations and State and local government entities operating in, a rural area may be eligible for any kind of assistance, including job training, education, health care, and economic development assistance, and emotional and financial counseling. To the extent possible, the National Agricultural Library shall use telecommunications technology to disseminate information to rural areas. (c) FEDERAL AGENCIES.-On request of the Secretary, the head of a Federal agency shall provide to the Clearinghouse such information as the Secretary may request to enable the Clearinghouse to carry out subsection (b). (d) STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.-The Secretary shall request State and local governments and private nonprofit organizations and institutions to provide to the Clearinghouse such information as such agencies and organizations may have about any program or service of such agencies, organizations, and institutions under which individuals residing in a rural area may be eligible for any kind of assistance, including job training, educational, health care, and economic development assistance, and emotional and financial counseling. (e) LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995. [Section 1499A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (as added by section 201(h)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991; 7 U.S.C. 3125c)] SEC. 1499A. EDUCATION PROGRAM REGARDING HANDLING OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CONTAINERS. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated in advance, the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct the Extension Service to operate a program in each State to catalogue the Federal, State, and local laws and regulations that govern the handling of unused or unwanted agricultural chemicals and agricultural chemical containers in the State. The program established under this section shall make available to producers of agricultural commodities and the general public, and provide on request, educational materials developed or collected by the program. [Section 1543 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-624; 104 Stat. 3694; 7 U.S.C. 3293), amended by section 705 of P.L. 102-511; 106 Stat. 3349] SEC. 1543. AGRICULTURAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a fellowship program for, 1 to be known as the "Cochran Fellowship Program", to provide fellowships to individuals from eligible countries (as determined under subsection (b)) who specialize in agriculture for study in the United States. (b) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.-Countries described in any of the following paragraphs shall be eligible to participate in the program established under this section: (1) MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY.-A country that has developed economically to the point where it no longer qualifies for bilateral foreign aid assistance from the United States because its per capita income level exceeds the eligibility requirements of such assistance programs (hereafter referred to in this section as a "middle-income" country). (2) ONGOING RELATIONSHIP.-A middle-income country that has never qualified for bilateral foreign aid assistance from the United States, but with respect to which an ongoing relationship with the United States, including technical assistance and training, would provide mutual benefits to such country and the United States. 1 So in original. See Public Law 102-511, sec. 705, 106 Stat. 3349. (3) TYPE OF GOVERNMENT.-A country that has recently begun the transformation of its system of government from a non-representative type of government to a representative democracy and that is encouraging democratic institution building, and the cultural values, institutions, and organizations of democratic pluralism. (4) INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.– A country that is an independent state of the former Soviet Union (as defined in section 102(8) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602(8)), to the extent that the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such country should be eligible to participate in the program established under this section. (c) PURPOSE OF THE FELLOWSHIPS.-Fellowships under this section shall be provided to permit the recipients to gain knowledge and skills that will (1) assist eligible countries to develop agricultural systems necessary to meet the food needs of their domestic populations; and (2) strengthen and enhance trade linkages between eligible countries and agricultural interests in the United States. (d) INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS.-The Secretary shall utilize the expertise of United States agricultural counselors, trade officers, and commodity trade promotion groups working in participating countries to help identify program candidates for fellowships under this section from both the public and private sectors of those countries. The Secretary may provide fellowships under the program authorized by this section to private agricultural producers from eligible countries. (e) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.-The Secretary shall consult with other United States Government agencies, United States universities, and the private agribusiness sector, as appropriate, to design and administer training programs to accomplish the objectives of the program established under this section. (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program established under this section, except that the amount of such funds in any fiscal year shall not exceed (1) for eligible countries that meet the requirements of subsection (b)(1), $3,000,000; (2) for eligible countries that meet the requirements of subsection (b)(2), $2,000,000; and (3) for eligible countries that meet the requirements of subsection (b)(3), $5,000,000. (g) COMPLEMENTARY FUNDS.-If the Secretary of Agriculture determines that it is advisable in furtherance of the purposes of the program established under this section, the Secretary may accept money, funds, property, and services of every kind by gift, devise, bequest, grant, or otherwise, and may, in any manner, dispose of all such holdings and use the receipts generated from such disposition as general program funds under this section. All funds so designated for the program established under this section shall remain available until expended. |