TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE EIC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (Approved by the EIC, 20 January 1959)

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• Publication Date: January 20, 1959
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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
EIC-D-3231
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE EIC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
(Approved by the EIC, 20 January i 9 )
A. Mission of EIC Subcommittee on Agriculture
The mission of the EIC Subcommittee on Agriculture is to provide
an organizational framework for carrying out within its field the
basic review and coordination responsibilities of the RIO and for
ensuring that, on intelligence matters in its field affecting the
national security, the intelligence community is supported by the
full economic knowledge and technical talent available in or to the
Government.
B. Membership and Organization
1. Membership of the Subcommittee on Agriculture consists of
representatives of the USIB agencies as designated by these depart-
ments and agencies and approved by the EIC.
2. Representatives of other government departments and agencies
may participate as Associate Members of the Subcommittee upon approval
of the EIC.
3. Active participation by agency representatives generally
is governed by (a) the extent to which each agency concerned has
production responsibilities in the field of agriculture, (b) the
extent to which an agency has an interest in economic intelligence
of broader scope which involves reference matters within the scope
of the subcommittee; and (c) the availability of qualified person-
nel.
4E. The chairman of the subcommittee is designated by the EIC,
and the Central Intelligence Agency provides the permanent Secre-
tariat. The Subcommittee may set up ad hoc working groups as
necessary to assist in carrying out any of its assigned functions.
The production of interdepartmental economic intelligence normally
is assigned to ad hoc working groups rather than to the Subcommittee
proper.
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C. Functions
1. As the standing interagency economic intelligence group of
professional and technical personnel in the field of agriculture,
the Subcommittee shall perform the following minimum functions.
(a) With the guidance of current Priority National Economic
Intelligence Objectives, identify significant research and.col-
lection deficiencies in its field of responsibility and;
(b) Develop and report not less than annually to the EIC
ways in which these recognized research deficiencies could be,
or are being, corrected and ways in which improvements could
be, or are being, made in economic intelligence collection
requirements and in the distribution and processing of economic
intelligence information.
(c) Facilitate review of proposals for external research
contracts in its field in accordance with the provisions of
DCID 3/1 using the procedures adopted by the EIC. fSee EIC-D-
112/1, 5 June 1958, Procedures for EIC Review of Proposed US
Governmental External Economic Research Contracts Involving
More Than $5,000)
(d) Produce, on its own initiative (with EIC approval),
or when directed by the EIC, interdepartmental economic intelli-
gence on subjects in its field which transcend the competence
of a single department or agency.
(e) Arrange on its own initiative, or when directed by
the EIC, for the coordination of individual agency reports
deemed of sufficient national security importance to warrant
the solicitation of concurrences from the representatives on
the Subcommittee. Arrange for coordination with other Sub-
committees as appropriate.
(f) Mobilize, in support of the intelligence community,
the full economic knowledge and technical talent in its field
available in or to the Government. Such support will normally
take the form of ad hoc responses to the requests of other
USIB Committees je.g., the USIB Ad Hoc Committee on Exchange-
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2. In addition to the minimum functions outlined above, the
Subcommittee on Agriculture, when appropriate, shall perform the
following functions with respect to its assigned field:
(a) Assist or advise agencies in the programming of
research in order to minimize duplication and assure as
effective a distribution of research effort as is practical
in view of each agency's responsibilities.
(b) Provide an opportunity for the review and comparison
of methodologies utilized in research in the field covered by
the Subcommittee.
(c) Provide an opportunity, where appropriate and
practical, of obtaining closer agreement on selected basic
statistics within the field of competence of each Subcom-
mittee.
(d) Bring to the attention of the EIC current problems
and requirements for coordinated research which are recognized
by the members of the Subcommittees.
D. Operating Procedures
The Subcommittee shall establish its on operating procedures
subject to the following conditions:
1. It shall meet in formal session at least once each fiscal
year to prepare and approve its Annual Report to the EIC. The
Annual Report will be responsive to the request of the EIC Secre-
tariat and will cover the activities of the Subcommittee in ful-
filling its mission as outlined in C, above. The Subcommittee will
schedule other meetings as required to fulfill its missions.
2. The Subcommittee Secretariat shall provide all members
of the EIC, the Subcommittee, and EIC Secretariat with copies of
the Agenda and Minutes of its meetings.
3. Reports and. recommendationswhich have been approved by the
Subcommittee may be transmitted to the EIC without comment. In case
of dissent, the transmittal must be accompanied by an appropriate
statement, prepared by the dissenter(s), advising the EIC of the
nature and substance of the dissent.
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