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 114 STAT. 1430 PUBLIC LAW 106-373—OCT. 27, 2000 "(E) United States Government foreign assistance and economic cooperation programs;"; and (4) by adding at the end the following: "(4) generally engage the United States university community more extensively in the agricultural research, trade, and development initiatives undertaken outside the United States, with the objectives of strengthening its capacity to carry out research, teaching, and extension activities for solving problems in food production, processing, marketing, and consumption in agriculturally developing nations, and for transforming progress in global agricultural research and development into economic growth, trade, and trade benefits for aid recipient countries and United States communities and industries, and for the wise use of natural resources; and "(5) ensure that all federally funded support to universities and public and private partners of universities relating to the goals of this title is periodically reviewed for its performance.". (d) DEFINITION OF UNIVERSITIES. —Section 296(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(d)) is amended— (1) by inserting after "sea-grant colleges;" the following: "Native American land-grant colleges as authorized under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note);"; and (2) in paragraph (1), by striking "extension" and inserting "extension (including outreach)". (e) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.— Section 296(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(e)) is amended by inserting "United States" before "Agency". (f) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS OF UNIVER- SITIES.— Section 296 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(f) As used in this title, the term 'public and private partners of universities' includes entities that have cooperative or contractual agreements with universities, which may include formal or informal associations of universities, other education institutions. United States Government and State agencies, private voluntary organizations, nongovernmental organizations, firms operated for profit, nonprofit organizations, multinational beinks, and, as designated by the Administrator, any organization, institution, or agency incorporated in other countries.". (g) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURE. —Section 296 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(g) As used in this title, the term 'agriculture' includes the science and practice of activity related to food, feed, and fiber production, processing, marketing, distribution, utilization, and trade, and also includes family and consumer sciences, nutrition, food science and engineering, agricultural economics and other social sciences, forestry, wildlife, fisheries, aquaculture, floraculture, veterinary medicine, and other environmental and natural resources sciences.". (h) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURISTS.— Section 296 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(h) As used in this title, the term 'agriculturists' includes farmers, herders, and livestock producers, individuals who fish and others employed in cultivating and harvesting food resources from

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