§5413 Agricultural Assistance

Summary

The United States will provide food and other farm products through the SEED Program to help East European countries that face shortages as they move from state-run systems to free markets. The U.S. will push the European Community and other surplus countries to help too. Aid must be enough to fix severe shortages and lower inflation, but not so large that it stops people from growing and selling food privately. For Poland, the U.S., working with the European Community, will give aid targeted to those most at risk of hunger and malnutrition — especially the sick, the elderly, and children — and to help the country move to a free market without hurting its own farmers. For fiscal year 1990, aid under the Food for Peace Act and related laws must be at least $125,000,000. As much as possible, that aid should go through nongovernmental organizations and focus on feed grains. This requirement must not conflict with House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress (the 1990 budget).