7 U.S.C. § 1738i — Enterprise for the Americas Board
submitted 72 years ago by Pub. L. 101-624 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 244 words · no verdicts yet
This section establishes the Enterprise for the Americas Board and sets its membership. The Board advises on environmental agreements, helps identify administering bodies, and reviews their programs and audits.
(a) Establishment.—A board called the “Enterprise for the Americas Board,” or the “Board,” is established.
(b) Membership and chair.—(1) The Board has six United States Government representatives, at least one from Agriculture, and five representatives from private nongovernmental environmental, child-survival and child-development, community-development, scientific, and academic organizations experienced in Latin America and the Caribbean. At least one of the five must represent a child-survival and child-development organization. The President appoints them. (2) The President appoints the Chair from the United States Government representatives.
(c) Responsibilities.—The Board must (1) advise the President on negotiating the section 1738f environmental agreements; (2) consult the eligible country’s government, its NGOs, regional NGOs when appropriate, and its or the region’s environmental, scientific, and academic leaders to ensure a suitable section 1738f(c) body is identified; and (3) review those bodies’ programs, operations, and fiscal audits.
There is established a board to be known as the “Enterprise for the Americas Board” (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “Board”).
The Board shall be composed of—
six representatives from the United States Government, at least one of whom shall be a representative of the Department of Agriculture; and
five representatives from private nongovernmental environmental, child survival and child development, community development, scientific, and academic organizations with experience and expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean, at least one of whom shall be a representative from a child survival and child development organization;
to be appointed by the President.
The Board shall be headed by a chairperson who shall be appointed by the President from among the representatives appointed under paragraph (1)(A).
The Board shall—
advise the President on the negotiations for the environmental framework agreements described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1738f of this title;
ensure, in consultation with the government of the appropriate eligible country, with nongovernmental organizations of such eligible country, and if appropriate, of the region, and with environmental, scientific, and academic leaders of such eligible country and, as appropriate, of the region, that a suitable body referred to in section 1738f(c) of this title is identified; and
review the programs, operations, and fiscal audits of the bodies referred to in section 1738f(c) of this title.
Source credit: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title VI, § 610, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3661; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, § 339, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1861; Pub. L. 102–549, title VI, § 603, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3669.)
- 1954Enacted · Pub. L. 101-624 · 104 Stat. 3661
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-237 · 105 Stat. 1861
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-549 · 106 Stat. 3669
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