ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Sec. 8. (a) There shall be in the Department of Agriculture, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided for by law, an additional Assistant Secretary of Agriculture who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be responsible for such duties as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture. (b) Section 5315 of title 5 of the United States Code is amended by striking out "(6)" following "Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture" and inserting in lieu thereof "(7)." (c) Section 5316 of title 5 of the United States Code is amended by striking out "Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration." (d) Section 3 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1953 (67 Stat. 633) is repealed. (e) This section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act except that subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall take effect upon the appointment of a person to fill the successor position created by subsection (a) of this section. 77 U.S.C. 2212c. 8. World Food Day-Proclamation Public Law 98-476 [S.J. Res. 332], 98 Stat. 2207, approved October 15, 1984 A JOINT RESOLUTION To proclaim October 16, 1984, as "World Food Day". Whereas hunger and chronic malnutrition remain daily facts of life for hundreds of millions of people throughout the world; Whereas the children of the world suffer the most serious effects of hunger and malnutrition, with millions of children dying each year from hunger-related illness and disease, and many others suffering permanent physical or mental impairment, including blindness, because of vitamin and protein deficiencies; Whereas Congress is particularly concerned by the rise of hunger, recurring natural catastrophes, and inadequate food production now affecting a large number of African countries and the need for an appropriate United States response to emergency and long-term food needs of that continent; Whereas although progress has been made in reducing the incidence of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, certain groups, notably Native Americans, migrant workers, the elderly, and children, remain vulnerable to malnutrition and related diseases; Whereas the danger posed by malnutrition and related diseases to these groups and to other people is intensified by unemployment and slow rates of economic growth; Whereas national policies concerning food, farmland, and nutrition require continuing evaluation and should consider and strive for the well-being and protection of all residents of the United States and particularly those most at health risk; Whereas there is widespread concern that the use and conservation of land and water resources required for food production throughout the United States ensure care for the national patrimony we bequeath to future generations; Whereas the United States has always supported the principle that the health of a nation depends on a strong agriculture based on private enterprise and the primacy of the independent family farm; Whereas the United States, as the world's largest producer and trader of food, has a key role to play in efforts to assist nations and peoples to improve the ability to feed themselves; Whereas the United States has a long tradition of demonstrating its humanitarian concern for helping the hungry and malnourished; Whereas efforts to resolve the world hunger problem are critical to the security of the United States and the international community; Whereas the Congress is acutely aware of the paradox of immense farm surpluses and rising farm foreclosures in the United States despite the desperate need for food by hundreds of millions of people around the world; Whereas a key recommendation of the 1980 report of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger was that efforts be undertaken to increase public awareness of the world hunger problem; Whereas the member nations of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations designated October 16 of each year as World Food Day because of the need to alert the public to the increasingly dangerous world food situation; Whereas past observances of World Food Day have been supported by proclamations of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States, by resolutions of Congress, by Presidential proclamations, by programs of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Government departments and agencies, and by the governments and peoples of many other nations; and Whereas more than three hundred private and voluntary organizations and many thousands of community leaders are participating in the planning of World Food Day observances this year: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That October 16, 1984, is hereby proclaimed "World Food Day". The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate activities to explore ways in which our Nation can further contribute to the elimination of hunger in the world. C. THE PEACE CORPS CONTENTS Page 1. The Peace Corps Act, as amended 643 2. Establishment of the Peace Corps as an Independent Agency (Public Law 97-113) (partial text). 667 3. Independent Implementing Provisions of Public Law 89-134. 4. Executive Order 12137 (The Peace Corps).... 670 671 5. Executive Order 11103 (Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Civil Service).... 676 6. Executive Order 12468 (Presidential Advisory Council on the Peace Corps)... 677 (641) |