Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/911

 PUBLIC LAW 94-161—DEC. 20, 1975

89 STAT. 851

"In furnishing food aid under this Act, the President shall— "(1) give priority consideration, in helping to meet urgent food needs abroad, to making available the maximum feasible volume of food commodities (with appropriate regard to domestic price and supply situations) required by those countries most seriously affected by food shortages and by inability to meet immediate food requirements on a normal commercial basis; "(2) continue to urge all traditional and potential new donors of food, fertilizer, or the means of financing these commodities to increase their participation in efforts to address the emergency and longer term food needs of the developing world; "(3) relate United States assistance to eft'orts by aid-receiving countries to increase their own agricultural production, with emphasis on development of small, family farm agriculture, and improve their facilities for transportation, storage, and distribution of food commodities; "(4) give special consideration to the potential for expanding markets for America's agricultural abundance abroad in the allocation of commodities or concessional financing; and "(5) give appropriate recognition to and support of a strong and viable American farm economy in providing for the food security of consumers in the United States and throughout the world.". WORLD FOOD COXFERENCE TARGET

SEC. 202. The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by inserting immediately after section 2 the following new section: "SEC. 3. Pursuant to the World Food Conference recommendation that donor countries provide a total of at least ten million tons of food assistance to needy nations annually, the President is urged to maintain a significant United States contribution to this goal and to encourage other countries to maintain and increase their contributions as well.". EXERCISE o r

7 USC 1691a.

AUTHORITIES

SEC. 203. Section 103 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended— ^ USC 1703. (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) take into account efforts of friendly countries to help themselves toward a greater decree of self-reliance, including efforts to increase their own agricultural production, especially through small, family farm agriculture, to improve their facilities for transportation, storage, and distribution of food commodities, and to reduce their rate of population growth;"; (2) in subsection (b), by inserting "and in section 106(b)(2)" immediately after "section 104"; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking out the second proviso and Waiver, inserting in lieu thereof '•'•Provided, That this exclusion from the definition of 'friendly country' ma^ be waived by the President if he determines that such waiver is in the national interest and reports such determination to the Congress within 10 days of the date of such determination,".

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