§2431i — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Adds four members to the Enterprise for the Americas Board and gives the Board extra duties for the tropical forest program. The President must appoint four new members: two from the U.S. government (one must be from the International Forestry Division of the U.S. Forest Service) and two from private nonprofit groups with experience protecting and managing tropical forests. The President also appoints the Board chair, who must be the Department of State representative. The Board must advise the Secretary of State on Tropical Forest Agreements, consult with the beneficiary country’s government, local and regional nonprofits, and scientific/forestry/academic leaders, and review the programs, operations, and financial audits of each agency running the programs.

Title 22, §2431i

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(a)The Enterprise for the Americas Board established under section 1738i(a) of title 7 shall, in addition to carrying out the responsibilities of the Board under section 1738i(c) of title 7, carry out the duties described in subsection (c) of this section for the purposes of this subchapter.

(b)(1)The Enterprise for the Americas Board shall be composed of an additional four members appointed by the President as follows:

(A)Two representatives from the United States Government, including a representative of the International Forestry Division of the United States Forest Service.

(B)Two representatives from private nongovernmental environmental, scientific, forestry, or academic organizations with experience and expertise in preservation, maintenance, sustainable uses, and restoration of tropical forests.

(2)Notwithstanding section 1738i(b)(2) of title 7, the Enterprise for the Americas Board shall be headed by a chairperson who shall be appointed by the President and shall be the representative from the Department of State appointed under section 1738i(b)(1)(A) of title 7.

(c)The duties described in this subsection are as follows:

(1)Advise the Secretary of State on the negotiations of Tropical Forest Agreements.

(2)Ensure, in consultation with—

(A)the government of the beneficiary country;

(B)nongovernmental organizations of the beneficiary country;

(C)nongovernmental organizations of the region (if appropriate);

(D)environmental, scientific, forestry, and academic leaders of the beneficiary country; and

(E)environmental, scientific, forestry, and academic leaders of the region (as appropriate),

(3)Review the programs, operations, and fiscal audits of each administering body.

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Amendments

2008—Subsecs. (a), (b)(2). Pub. L. 110–246 made technical

Amendments

to references in original act which appear in text as references to section 1738i(a) of title 7 in subsec. (a) and section 1781i(b)(2) of title 7 in subsec. (b)(2). 2001—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–26 substituted “and shall be the representative from the Department of State appointed under section 1738i(b)(1)(A) of title 7” for “from among the representatives appointed under section 1738i(b)(1)(A) of title 7 or paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection”.

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of 2008 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

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note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

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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