22 U.S.C. § 2399C
Section 2399c · Coordination of policies and programs
Amended 5 times on record
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 Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency, 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.
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.
The President shall keep the Congress advised of his actions under this subsection.
Programs authorized by this chapter shall be undertaken with the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State.
The head of any of the departments or agencies referred to in subsection (a) of this section may temporarily assign, upon the request of the Chairman, any employee from such department or agency to the staff of the Committee.
To carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, 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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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).
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment 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 Amendment
Amendment 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.
Transfer of Functions
“Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency” substituted for “head of the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter” in subsec. (a), pursuant to section 6(b)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1979, 44 F.R. 41166, 93 Stat. 1379, eff. Oct. 1, 1979, as provided in Ex. Ord. No. 12163, §1–101, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, set out as notes under section 2381 of this title, which transferred the functions and authorities vested in the head of such agency under this section to the Director.
Development Coordination Committee
For establishment, composition, and functions of the Development Coordination Committee required to be established by this section, see section 1–506 of Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56676, eff. Oct. 1, 1979, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory 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 14 of Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.