§ 1736-1. — Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1736-1]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 1736-1. Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food
Assistance
(a) Appointment by President
The President shall appoint a Special Assistant to the President for
Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ``Special Assistant''). The President shall appoint
the initial Special Assistant not later than May 1, 1986.
(b) Service in Executive Office of President
The Special Assistant shall serve in the Executive Office of the
President.
(c) Required functions
The Special Assistant shall--
(1) assist and advise the President in order to improve and
enhance food assistance programs carried out in the United States
and foreign countries;
(2) be available to receive suggestions and complaints
concerning the implementation of United States food aid and
agricultural export programs anywhere in the United States
Government and provide prompt responses thereto, including
expediting the program implementation in any instances in which
there is unreasonable delay;
(3) make recommendations to the President on means to coordinate
and streamline the manner in which food assistance programs are
carried out by the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for
International Development, in order to improve their overall
effectiveness;
(4) make recommendations to the President on measures to be
taken to increase use of United States agricultural commodities and
the products thereof through food assistance programs;
(5) advise the President on agricultural trade;
(6) advise the President on the Food for Progress Program and
expedite its implementation;
(7) serve as a member of the Development Coordination Committee
and the Food Aid Subcommittee of such Committee;
(8) advise departments and agencies of the Federal Government on
their policy guidelines on basic issues of food assistance policy to
the extent necessary to assure the coordination of food assistance
programs, consistent with law, and with the advice of such
Subcommittee; and
(9) submit a report to the President and Congress each year
through 1990 containing--
(A) a global analysis of world food needs and production;
and
(B) a detailed plan for using available export and food aid
authorities to increase United States agricultural exports to
those targeted countries.
(d) Compensation
Compensation for the Special Assistant shall be fixed by the
President at an annual rate of basic pay of not less than the rate
applicable to positions in level III of the Executive Schedule.
(Pub. L. 99-198, title XI, Sec. 1113(a)-(d), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat.
1479; Pub. L. 99-260, Sec. 4(a)(1), (b), (d), Mar. 20, 1986, 100 Stat.
49; Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, Sec. 1572(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat.
3702.)
References in Text
Level III of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (d), is
set out in section 5314 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and
not as part of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954 which comprises this chapter.
Another section 1113(d) of Pub. L. 99-198 amended section 5312 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (c)(9)(B), (C). Pub. L. 101-624 redesignated subpar.
(C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which required that report
contain identification of at least 15 target countries most likely to
emerge as growth markets for commodities in next 5 to 10 years.
1986--Pub. L. 99-260, Sec. 4(a)(1)(A), substituted ``Food
Assistance'' for ``Food Aid'' in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-260, Sec. 4(a)(1)(B), (b), substituted
``Food Assistance'' for ``Food Aid'' and inserted provision that the
President appoint the initial Special Assistant not later than May 1,
1986.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-260, Sec. 4(d), amended subsec. (d)
generally, substituting provision relating to compensation of the
Special Assistant for provision relating to additional required
functions of the Special Assistant.
