Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/909

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PUBLIC LAW 102-237—DEC. 13, 1991 105 STAT. 1861 "(B) IMPLEMENTATION. — The Secretary shall draw on the Department of Agriculture's experience to design, implement, and evaluate, on a cost-sharing basis with cooperating agricultural institutions, a program to— "(i) compile, through contacts with the Government of the Soviet Union and private sector officials in the Soviet Union, a list of their gigricultural institutions, including the location, capabilities, and needs of the ' institutions; "(ii) make such information available through an appropriate agency of the Department of Agriculture to agribusinesses and agricultural institutions in the United States and other agencies of the United States Government; and "(iii) carry out a program— "(I) to review available agricultural information resources, to determine which would be useful for the purposes of this program; "(II) to arrange for the exchange of persons associated with such agricultural institutions and agribusinesses with experience or interest in the areas of need identified in clause (i); and "(III) to help establish contacts between agricultural entrepreneurs and businesses in the United States and the Soviet Union, which may include individuals and entities participating in the program established under paragraph (1), to facilitate cooperation and joint enterprises. "(C) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.— The Secretary shall consult and coordinate with the Secretary of State and the Agency for International Development in the formulation and implementation of this program in conjunction with overall assistance to the Soviet Union. "(D) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'Soviet Union' means the Soviet Union, its successor entities, or any of the individual republics of the Soviet Union. " (E) AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program established under this paragraph.". SEC. 339. CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE AMERICAS BOARD. Section 610(b)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1738i(b)(l)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by striking "five" and inserting "six"; and (B) by inserting ", at least one of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Agriculture" after "Government"; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking "four" and inserting "five". Contracts. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.