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 12 2 STA T . 1 8 21 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 18, 2008 (S) S ection105 o f t h e Mu tu alEd ucational and C ultu r al E x chan g e A ctof1 96 1( 2 2 U. S.C. 2 4 55). ( T ) Section 3 5of the F oreign Militar y Sale s Act (22 U.S.C. 2 7 75). (U) The Su p port for East European D e m ocracy (SEED) Act of 19 8 9 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et se q .). ( V ) Section 1707 of the Cu b an Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6006). ( W ) The Cuban L iberty and Democratic Solidarity (L IB E R TAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq.). ( X ) Section 902 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201). ( Y ) Chapter 553 of title 46 , United State Code. ( Z ) Section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stoc kP iling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c). (AA) The Food, Agriculture, Conser v ation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public La w 101 – 624 104 Stat. 3359). (BB) Section 738 of the Agriculture, Rural Develop - ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat 1549A–34). (c) R EF E R E NC E S. — Any reference in any Federal, State, tribal, or local law (including regulations) to the ‘ ‘Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 ’ ’ shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Food for Peace Act’’. SEC.30 0 2 . UNIT E D ST A TES POL IC Y . Section 2 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (4); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively. SEC. 3003. F OOD AID TO DE V ELOPIN G COUNT R IES. Section 3(b) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691a(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘(b)’’ and all that follows through paragraph (1) and inserting the following

‘‘(b) SENSE O F CON G RESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— ‘‘(1) in negotiations at the Food Aid Convention, the World Trade O rgani z ation, the United N ations Food and Agriculture Organization, and other appropriate venues, the President shall— ‘‘(A) seek commitments of higher levels of food aid by donors in order to meet the legitimate needs of devel- oping countries; ‘‘(B) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that humanitarian nongovernmental organizations, recipient country governments, charitable bodies, and international organizations shall continue— ‘‘(i) to be eligible to receive resources based on assessments of need conducted by those organizations and entities; and ‘‘(ii) to implement food aid programs in agreements with donor countries; and ‘‘(C) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that options for providing food aid for emergency and non- emergency needs shall not be sub j ect to limitation, including in-kind commodities, provision of funds for agri- cultural commodity procurement, and monetization of 7USC169 1 note. 7 USC 176 5d– 1. 4 6USC55 3 14, 55316. 2 2USC6 0 41, 6062. 22 USC 5413, 5423, 5425.

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