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 PUBLIC LAW 102-511 —OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3349 SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL TRADE ACT OF 1978. (a) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—Section 102(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602(1)) is amended by striking "feed, or fiber" and inserting "feed, fiber, or livestock (including livestock as it is defined in section 602(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471(2)) and insects)". (b) INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. — Section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(8) iNDEPENDENr STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.— The term 'independent states of the former Soviet Union' means the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.". SEC. 703. ASSISTANCE FOR PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS. The President is encouraged to use funds made available under section 109 of Public Law 102-229 (105 Stat. 1708), and funds made available under chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to assist private voluntary organizations and cooperatives in carrying out food assistance programs for the independent states of the former Soviet Union under— (1) section 1110 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o); (2) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431); or (3) title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). SEC. 704. DISTRIBUTION OF AID TO THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. It is the sense of Congress that, in order to avoid waste and to ensure fair and equitable distribution of food and commodities provided to the independent states of the former Soviet Union, the President should, as appropriate, when discussing and planning the provision of such food aid, whether acting unilaterally or multilaterally with other donor countries, encourage the involvement of suitable multinational organizations to monitor the transport and distribution of such food aid within such entities. SEC. 705. AGRICULTURAI. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES. (a) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.— Section 1543 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3293) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking "middle income countries and emerging democracies" and by inserting "(as determined under subsection (b))" after "eligible countries"; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking "that meet the following requirements" in the text preceding paragraph (1) and inserting "described in any of the following paragraphs"; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "(4) INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.— A country that is an independent state of the former Soviet Union (as defined in section 102(8) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602(8)), to the extent that the Secretary

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