7 U.S.C. § 1736-1 : US Code - Section 1736-1: Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance

Search 7 U.S.C. § 1736-1 : US Code - Section 1736-1: Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance

(a) Appointment by President
The President shall appoint a Special Assistant to the President
for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the "Special Assistant"). The President
shall appoint the initial Special Assistant not later than May 1,
1986.
(b) Service in Executive Office of President
The Special Assistant shall serve in the Executive Office of the
President.
(c) Required functions
The Special Assistant shall - 
(1) assist and advise the President in order to improve and
enhance food assistance programs carried out in the United States
and foreign countries;
(2) be available to receive suggestions and complaints
concerning the implementation of United States food aid and
agricultural export programs anywhere in the United States
Government and provide prompt responses thereto, including
expediting the program implementation in any instances in which
there is unreasonable delay;
(3) make recommendations to the President on means to
coordinate and streamline the manner in which food assistance
programs are carried out by the Department of Agriculture and the
Agency for International Development, in order to improve their
overall effectiveness;
(4) make recommendations to the President on measures to be
taken to increase use of United States agricultural commodities
and the products thereof through food assistance programs;
(5) advise the President on agricultural trade;
(6) advise the President on the Food for Progress Program and
expedite its implementation;
(7) serve as a member of the Development Coordination Committee
and the Food Aid Subcommittee of such Committee;
(8) advise departments and agencies of the Federal Government
on their policy guidelines on basic issues of food assistance
policy to the extent necessary to assure the coordination of food
assistance programs, consistent with law, and with the advice of
such Subcommittee; and
(9) submit a report to the President and Congress each year
through 1990 containing - 
(A) a global analysis of world food needs and production; and
(B) a detailed plan for using available export and food aid
authorities to increase United States agricultural exports to
those targeted countries.
(d) Compensation
Compensation for the Special Assistant shall be fixed by the
President at an annual rate of basic pay of not less than the rate
applicable to positions in level III of the Executive Schedule.