§2286 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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The head of USAID must ask each government in sub‑Saharan Africa, working with conservation groups, to send a list of areas that are badly damaged and that threaten people’s survival, future growth, or are important for wildlife or ecosystems. USAID will review each list and try to reach an agreement with the country to restore those areas and use them in a way that lasts over time. USAID can give grants to NGOs so they can buy discounted commercial debt of an eligible sub‑Saharan country on the open market. In return, the country must promise to restore the listed natural areas or make plans for sustainable use. NGOs that get these grants may keep interest earned on the money from such debt‑for‑nature deals without sending it to the U.S. Treasury and without more congressional funding. That interest can be used for approved program work, including creating an endowment whose income supports the work.

Title 22, §2286

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(a)The Administrator of the Agency for International Development, in cooperation with nongovernmental conservation organizations, shall invite the government of each country in sub-Saharan Africa to submit a list of those areas of severely degraded national resources which threaten human survival and well-being and the opportunity for future economic growth or those areas of biological or ecological importance within the territory of that country.

(b)The Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall assess the list submitted by each country under subsection (a) and shall seek to reach agreement with the host country for the restoration and future sustainable use of those areas.

(c)(1)The Administrator of the Agency for International Development is authorized to make grants, on such terms and conditions as may be necessary, to nongovernmental organizations for the purchase on the open market of discounted commercial debt of a foreign government of an eligible sub-Saharan country in exchange for commitments by that government to restore natural resources identified by the host country under subsection (a) or for commitments to develop plans for sustainable use of such resources.

(2)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee (or any subgrantee) of the grants referred to in section (a) 11 So in original. Probably should be “paragraph (1)”. may retain, without deposit in the Treasury of the United States and without further appropriation by Congress, interest earned on the proceeds of any resulting debt-for-nature exchange pending the disbursements of such proceeds and interest for approved program purposes, which may include the establishment of an endowment, the income of which is used for such purposes.

Editorial Notes

Codification Another section 466 of Pub. L. 87–195 is classified to section 2276 of this title.

§2286 Pilot program for sub-Saharan Africa

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