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§1736g–1 Assistance in Furtherance of Narcotics Control Objectives of United States

Title 7 › CHAPTER 41 — FOOD FOR PEACE › SUBCHAPTER IV — GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS › § 1736g–1

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Local currencies given under this chapter cannot be used to pay for making farm products for export if those exports would compete with and seriously hurt U.S. producers, as the President decides. But the President may allow help under this chapter — including local currencies from commodity sales — to pay for economic development in an eligible country listed as a major illicit drug producing country (22 U.S.C. 2291(i)(2)) to reduce its reliance on crops used to make narcotic or psychotropic drugs.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1736g–1

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(a)Substantial injury
Local currencies that are made available for use under this chapter may not be used to finance the production for export of agricultural commodities (or products thereof) that would compete in the world market with similar agricultural commodities (or products thereof) produced in the United States, if such competition would cause substantial injury to the United States producers, as determined by the President.
(b)Exception for narcotics control
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may provide assistance under this chapter, including assistance through the use of local currencies generated by the sale of commodities under such chapter, for economic development activities undertaken in an eligible country that is a major illicit drug producing country (as defined in section 2291(i)(2) of title 22), for the purpose of reducing the dependence of the economy of such country on the production of crops from which narcotic and psychotropic drugs are derived.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1991, see section 1513 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 1691 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1736g–1

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110