Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/913

 PUBLIC LAW 94-161—DEC. 20, 1975

89 STAT. 853

"(iii) farm extension and technical information services designed to improve the marketing, storage, transportation, and distribution system for agricultural commodities and to develop the physical and institutional infrastructure supporting the small farmer; "(C) provides for participation by the poor, insofai- as possible, in the foregoing at the regional and local levels; apcl "(D) is designed to reach the largest practicable number of farmers in the recipient country.". SALES AGREEMENTS W I T H DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES

SEC. 206. Section 109(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof: "In 7 USC 1709. taking these self-help measures into consideration the President shall take into particular account the extent to which they are being carried out in ways designed to contribute directly to development progress in poor rural areas and to enable the poor to participate actively in increasing agricultural production through small farm agriculture.". ASSISTANCE TO MOST SERIOUSLY AFFECTED

COUNTRIES

SEC. 207. Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 111. Not more than 25 per centum of the food aid commodities 7 USC 1711. provided under this title in each fiscal year shall be allocated and agreed to be delivered to countries other than those with an annual per capita gross national product of $300 or less and affected by inability to secure sufficient food for their immediate requirements through their own production or commercial purchase from abroad, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the use of such food assistance is required for humanitarian food purposes and neither House of Congress disapproves such use, by resolution, within thirty calendar days after such certification. In determining per capita gross national product for the purposes of this section, the President is authorized and directed to make use of data developed by the AVorld Bank for its most recent annual report and relied upon by the Secretary of the Treasury. A reduction below 75 per centum in the proportion of food aid allocated and agreed to be delivered to countries with a per capita gross national product of $300 or less and affected by inability to secure sufiicient food for their immediate requirements through their own production or commercial purchase from abroad which results from significantly changed circumstances occurring after the initial allocation shall not constitute a violation of the requirements of this section. Any reallocation of food aid shall be in accordance with this section so far as practicable. The President shall report Report to promptly any such reduction, and the reasons therefor, to the Congress. Congress.". C O N T I N U I T Y o r DISTRIBUTION UNDER TITLE II

SEC. 208. Section 201 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended— 7 USC 1721. (1) by inserting " (a) " immediately after "SEC. 201."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The minimum quantity of agricultural commodities distributed

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