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PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1493

exchange transaction is subject to subsection (b)(6) or (b)(7), such determination shall be made by the Secretary of Agriculture in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. ^M..:

"MINIMUM TONNAGE

"SEC. 901c. (a)(l) For fiscal year 1986 and each fiscal year there- 46 USC app. after, the minimum quantity of agricultural commodities to be 1241g. exported under programs subject to section 901b shall be the aver- Ante, p. 1491. age of the tonnage exported under such programs during the base period defined in subsection (b), discarding the high and low years. "(2) The President may waive the minimum quantity for any President of U.S. fiscal year required under paragraph (1) if he determines and reports to the Congress, together with his reasons, that such quantity cannot be effectively u»ed for the purposes of such programs or, based on a certification by the Secretary of Agriculture, that the commodities are not available for reasons which include the unavailability of funds. "(b) The base period utilized for computing the minimum tonnage quantity referred to in subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be the five fiscal years beginning with the sixth fiscal year preceding such fiscal year and ending with the second fiscal year preceding such fiscal year. FINANCING OF SHIPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN UNITED STATES-FLAG VESSELS

"SEC. 901d. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall finance any increased ocean freight charges incurred in any fiscal year which result from the application of section 901b. "(b) If in any fiscal year the total cost of ocean freight and ocean freight differential for which obligations are incurred by the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation on exports of agricultural commodities and products thereof under the agricultural export programs specified in section 901b(b) exceeds 20 percent of the value of such commodities and products and the cost of such ocean freight and ocean freight differential on which obligations are incurred by such Department and Corporation during such year, the Secretary of Transportation shall reimburse the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation for the amount of such excess. For the purpose of this subsection, commodities shipped from the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be valued as provided in section 403(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1733(b)). "(c) For the purpose of meeting those expenses required to be assumed under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of Transportation shall issue to the Secretary of the Treasury such obligations in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such obligations shall be at a rate of interest as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods of maturity comparable to the aversige maturities of such obligations during the month preceding the issuance of such obligations of the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any

46 USC app. 1241h. Ante, p. 1491.

Securities. Public debt.

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