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PUBLIC LAW 93-189-DEC. 17, 1973 P R O H I B I T I O N ON ASSISTANCE TO N O R T H

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VIETNAM

SEC. 37. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized by this Act shall be expended to aid or assist in the reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), unless by an Act of Congress assistance to North Vietnam is specifically authorized. REPORT C O N C E R N I N G CERTAIN USE OF M I L I T A R Y ASSISTANCE I N

AFRICA

P s e n t i a l r<5SEC. 38. The President of the United States shall, as soon as prac- portr etoi dCongress. ticable following the date of the enactment of this Act, make a determination and report to Congress with respect to the use, if any, by any non-African country in support of its military activities in its African terrorities of— (1) assistance furnished under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 75 Stat. 424. (2) defense articles or services furnished after such date under note."^^ ^^^^ the Foreign Military Sales Act; or 82 Stat. 1320 (3) agricultural commodities furnished after such date under ^^^l ^^^ ^^^^ the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. esstat. 454. WORLD FOOD

SHORTAGES

7 USC 16911736d.

SEC. 39. (a) I t is the sense of the Congress that the United States should participate fully in efforts to alleviate current and future food shortages which threaten the world. To this end, the President shall— (1) encourage, support, and expedite studies relating to the studies. long-range implications of the world food situation (including studies of national and world production, distribution, and utilization of agricultural commodities and other foodstuff's) and support the organizing of a world food conference under United Nations auspices in 1974; (2) request the member nations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to explore the means for assuring equitable access by all nations to national markets and mineral and agricultural resources; (3) consult and cooperate with appropriate international agencies, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in determining the need for, the feasibility of, and cost on an equitably-shared basis of, establishing an international system of strategic food reserves; and (4) report his findings and recommendations to the Congress re^ort^to^colTon the iiliplementation of this section no later than December 31, gress. 1974. (b) I t is further the sense of the Congress that— (1) in making assessments which would affect or relate to the level of domestic production, the Executive Branch should include in the estimates of overall utilization the expected demands for humanitarian food assistance through such programs as are carried out under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480); and (2) legislation providing increased flexibility for responding to emergency and humanitarian requirements for food assistance should be considered as promptly as possible to the end that the last sentence of section 401 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480), may be so Stat. isas. amended by striking the period and inserting in lieu thereof a ^ "^c 1731.

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