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 PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977

91 STAT. 545

(5) a detailed projection of the administrative budgetary impact of the establishment of the section on minority business; and (6) a detailed set of objective criteria upon which determinations will be made as to the qualifications of minority business enterprises to receive contracts funded by such agency. TITLE II—FOOD FOR PEACE



REPEAL o r CERTAIN PROHIBITIOXS ON TITLE I F I N A N C I N G

SEC. 201. (a) Section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out ": Provided, 7 USC 1702. and all that follows through the end of the section and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (b) Section 103(d) of such Act is amended by striking out ", or 7 USC 1703. (3)" and all that follows through "United Arab Republic under title I of this Act". ALLOCATION OF TITLE I AGREEMENTS

SEC. 202. Section 111 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out the first three sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Not more than 25 per centum of the food aid commodities provided under this title in each fiscal year shall be allocated and agreed to be delivered to countries other than those which meet the poverty criterion established for International Development Association financing and which are 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 (1) the use of such food assistance is required for humanitarian food purposes, or (2) the quantity of commodities which would be required to be allocated under this section to countries which meet the International Development Association poverty criterion could not be used effectively to carry out the humanitarian or development purposes of this title. A reduction below 75 per centum in the proportion of food aid allocated and agreed to be delivered to countries which meet the International Development Association poverty criterion and which are affected by inability to secure sufficient 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.*'.

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HUMAN

7 USC 1711. eertification to Congress,

Reduction,

RIGHTS

SEC. 203. Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Agreements. Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 112. (a) No agreement may be entered into under this title to 7 USC 1712. finance the sale of agricultural commodities to the government of any country which engages in a consisitent pattern of gross violations of internationaly recognized human rights, including torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of person, unless such agreement will directly benefit

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