§5413 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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The United States must provide food and other farm products under the SEED Program to help East European countries that face serious shortages as they move from state control to a market economy. The U.S. must encourage the European Community and other surplus countries to help too. When joining with others, the U.S. must supply enough food to fight shortages and ease inflation but not so much that it stops people from growing and selling food privately. For Poland, the U.S., working with the European Community, must give aid to relieve urgent food shortages and to help the country move to a market system while avoiding harm to local farming. Aid must target the most vulnerable, especially the infirm, the elderly, and children. For fiscal year 1990, aid should be at least $125,000,000 under the Food for Peace laws, should be given through nongovernmental organizations when possible, and should emphasize feed grains. This must not require any budget actions that conflict with House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress for fiscal year 1990.

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(a)(1)A principal component of the SEED Program shall be the provision by the United States of food and other agricultural commodities and products to alleviate crucial shortages that may be created in an East European country by the transition from state-directed controls to a free market economy.

(2)In order to ensure the necessary quantity and diversity of agricultural assistance for that purpose, the United States shall take all appropriate steps to encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other agricultural surplus countries.

(3)In participating in such multilateral agricultural assistance, the United States shall seek to strike a balance wherein agricultural commodities and products are supplied in such quantities as will be effective in overcoming severe shortages and dampening inflation but without impeding the development of incentives for private agricultural production and marketing in the recipient country.

(b)Pursuant to section 5411(b)(3) of this title, the United States Government—

(1)shall make available to Poland, in coordination with the European Community, United States agricultural assistance—

(A)to alleviate immediate food shortages (such assistance to be specifically targeted toward elements of the Polish population most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition, in particular the infirm, the elderly, and children), and

(B)to facilitate the transition from state-directed controls to a free market economy, while avoiding disincentives to domestic agricultural production and reform; and

(2)in order to ensure the necessary quantity and diversity of such agricultural assistance, shall take all appropriate steps to encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other agricultural surplus countries.

(c)In carrying out subsection (b) of this section, the level of assistance for Poland for fiscal year 1990 under section 1431(b) of title 7, the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 and following), and section 1736o of title 7 should not be less than $125,000,000. Such assistance—

(1)to the maximum extent practicable, shall be provided through nongovernmental organizations; and

(2)shall emphasize feed grains.

(d)Subsection (c) should not be construed to authorize or require any budgetary obligations or outlays that are inconsistent with House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress (setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1990).

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The Food for Peace Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, which is classified generally to chapter 41 (§ 1691 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1691 of Title 7 and Tables. House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress, referred to in subsec. (d), is H. Con. Res. 106, May 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2450, which is not classified to the Code.

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2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–246 substituted “Food for Peace Act” for “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954” in introductory provisions.

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of 2008 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

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note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

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