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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2399c Coordination of policies and programs

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part II— - Administrative Provisions › § 2399c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must set up a system to coordinate U.S. policies and programs that affect development in low-income countries. As part of that, the President must create a Development Coordination Committee to advise on how bilateral and multilateral aid is planned and used. The Committee will include the agency that runs these programs, the Chairman, and leaders or representatives from major departments (State, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Labor), the White House, and others the President names. The Committee will advise how aid should focus on key areas: food production; rural development and nutrition; population planning and health; and education, public administration, and human resource development. The President must set rules so U.S. agencies and country teams overseas coordinate under each Chief of Mission. Programs covered by this law must follow foreign‑policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Agency heads can temporarily assign staff to the Committee when the Chairman asks. The Committee must study development problems, make action plans for agencies, monitor and evaluate agency work, and share information and studies among agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2399c

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(a)The President shall establish a system for coordination of United States policies and programs which affect United States interests in the development of low-income countries. To that end, the President shall establish a Development Coordination Committee which shall advise him with respect to coordination of United States policies and programs affecting the development of the developing countries, including programs of bilateral and multilateral development assistance. The Committee shall include the head of the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter, Chairman, and representatives of the Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, and Labor, the Executive Office of the President, and other executive departments and agencies, as the President shall designate. The Committee shall advise the President concerning the degree to which bilateral and multilateral development assistance should focus on critical problems in those functional sectors which affect the lives of the majority of people in the developing countries: food production; rural development and nutrition; population planning and health; and education, public administration, and human resource development.
(b)The President shall prescribe appropriate procedures to assure coordination among—
(1)the various departments and agencies of the United States Government having representatives in diplomatic missions abroad; and
(2)representatives of the United States Government in each country, under the direction of the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission.
(c)Programs authorized by this chapter shall be undertaken with the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State.
(d)
(e)The head of any of the departments or agencies referred to in subsection (a) may temporarily assign, upon the request of the Chairman, any employee from such department or agency to the staff of the Committee.
(f)To carry out the purposes of subsection (a), the Committee shall—
(1)prepare studies on various development problems;
(2)devise implementation strategies on developmental problems appropriate to each such department or agency;
(3)monitor and evaluate the results of the development activities of each such department or agency; and
(4)arrange for the exchange of information and studies between such agencies and departments.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 97–113 struck our subsec. (g) which required annual reports to Congress by the Chairman of the Development Coordination Committee on the activities of the Committee respecting aid to low-income countries. See section 2394(a) of this title. 1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–53 inserted reference to Department of Energy. 1978—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–424, § 502(d)(1), struck out subsec. (d) relating to annual reports to Congress by the President on United States actions affecting the development of less developed countries. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95–424, § 502(d)(2), substituted “section 2394 of this title, the Chairman of the Committee” for “subsection (d) of this section, the President”. 1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–88, § 127(a), provided that the Committee advise the President concerning the degree to which bilateral and multilateral development assistance should focus on critical problems in those functional sectors which affect the lives of the majority of people in the developing countries: food production; rural development and nutrition; population planning and health; and education, public administration, and human resource development. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–88, § 127(b), substituted “less developed countries” for “low-income countries” in the description of the subject matter of the Presidential reports to Congress, designated existing provisions setting out the subject matter of the reports as cl. (2)(A), and added cls. (1) and (2)(B). Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 95–88, § 127(c), added subsecs. (e) to (g).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter IIReferences to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) of Pub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and section 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–53 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) of Pub. L. 96–53, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–424 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 of Pub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title. Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2399c

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73