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7 U.S.C. § 1701 — Transferred
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### Statutory Notes
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Section, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 310, formerly § 303, 68 Stat. 459, as amended and renumbered, which related to bartering authority of Secretary, was transferred to [section 1727g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1727g&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 310, formerly § 303, 68 Stat. 459, as amended and renumbered, which related to bartering authority of Secretary, was transferred to [section 1727g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1727g&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Use of foreign currencies and credits** It is the sense of Congress that the President should use his authority under the Constitution and laws of the United States to accomplish the purposes of [section 2101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2101&num=0&edition=prelim) and in accomplishing such purposes (1) use to the fullest extent practicable foreign currencies or credits available for utilization by the United States, (2) enter into agreements to use foreign currencies and credits available to other nations for use with the agreement of the United States, and (3) use any other foreign currencies and credits which may be made available by participating foreign countries.
**(b) Disease and health deficiency investigations, experiments, and studies; rehabilitation** To carry out the purposes of [section 2101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2101&num=0&edition=prelim) the President, in cooperation with participating foreign countries, is authorized to encourage, support, and promote the planning and conduct of, and training for, research investigations, experiments, and studies in the United States and in participating foreign countries relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of diseases and impairments of mankind (including nutritional and other health deficiencies) or to the rehabilitation of the handicapped.
**(c) Fellowships; equipment; technical assistance; interchange of scientists and experts; compensation and travel expenses; health science programs and projects; meetings and conferences; scientific publications** To carry out his responsibilities under this chapter the President may—
(1) establish and maintain
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**(a) Purposes** The purposes of assistance authorized by this section are—
(1) to promote good health, economic development, poverty reduction, women’s empowerment, conflict prevention, and environmental sustainability by providing assistance to expand access to safe water and sanitation, promoting integrated water resource management, and improving hygiene for people around the world;
(2) to seek to reduce by one-half from the baseline year 1990 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015;
(3) to focus water and sanitation assistance toward the countries, locales, and people with the greatest need;
(4) to promote affordability and equity in the provision of access to safe water and sanitation for the very poor, women, and other vulnerable populations;
(5) to improve water efficiency through water demand management and reduction of unaccounted-for water;
(6) to promote long-term sustainability in the affordable and equitable provision of access to safe water and sanitation through the creation of innovative financing mechanisms such as national revolving funds, and by strengthening the capacity of recipient governments and communities to formulate and implement policies that expand access to safe water and sanitation in a sustainable fashion, including integrated planning;
(7) to secure the greatest amount of resources possible, encourage private investment in water and sanitation infrastructure and services, particularly in lower middle-income countries, without creating unsustainable debt for low-income countries or unaffordable water and sanitation costs for the very poor; and
(8) to promote the capacity of recipient governments to provide affordable, e
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(1) Repealed. Pub. L. 97–113, title VII, § 734(a)(5), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1560.
(2) The Secretary of State shall transmit to such committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any such debt relief no less than thirty days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief. The requirements of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to an agreement if a statutory requirement exists that the amount of the debt relief provided by the agreement may not exceed the amount approved for such purposes in advance in an appropriation Act.
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**(a) Authority to reduce debt**
(1) **Authority** — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may reduce the amount owed to the United States (or any agency of the United States) that is outstanding as of January 14, 2019, as a result of any credits extended under title I of the Food for Peace Act ([7 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to a country eligible for benefits from the Facility.
(2) **Authorization of appropriations**
(A) *In general* — For the cost (as defined in [section 661a(5) of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section661a/5&num=0&edition=prelim)) for the reduction of any debt pursuant to this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President—
(i) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(ii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
(iii) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
(B) *Limitation* — The authority provided by this section shall be available only to the extent that appropriations for the cost (as defined in [section 661a(5) of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section661a/5&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the modification of any debt pursuant to this section are made in advance.
**(b) Implementation of debt reduction**
(1) **In general** — Any debt reduction pursuant to subsection (a) shall be accomplished at the direction of the Facility by the exchange of a new obligation for obligations of the type referred to in subsection (a) outstanding as of the date specified in subsection (a)(1).
(2) **Exchange of obligations**
(A) *In general* — The Facility shall notify the Commodity Credit Corporation of an agreement entered into under
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**(a) Findings** The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) President Clinton stated in April 1993 that the United States opposed the construction of the Juragua nuclear power plant because of the concerns of the United States about Cuba’s ability to ensure the safe operation of the facility and because of Cuba’s refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or ratify the Treaty of Tlatelolco.
(2) Cuba has not signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or ratified the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the latter of which establishes Latin America and the Caribbean as a nuclear weapons-free zone.
(3) The State Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Department of Energy have expressed concerns about the construction and operation of Cuba’s nuclear reactors.
(4) In a September 1992 report to the Congress, the General Accounting Office outlined concerns among nuclear energy experts about deficiencies in the nuclear plant project in Juragua, near Cienfuegos, Cuba, including—
(A) a lack in Cuba of a nuclear regulatory structure;
(B) the absence in Cuba of an adequate infrastructure to ensure the plant’s safe operation and requisite maintenance;
(C) the inadequacy of training of plant operators;
(D) reports by a former technician from Cuba who, by examining with x-rays weld sites believed to be part of the auxiliary plumbing system for the plant, found that 10 to 15 percent of those sites were defective;
(E) since September 5, 1992, when construction on the plant was halted, the prolonged exposure to the elements, including corrosive salt water vapor, of the primary reactor components; and
(F) the possible inadequacy of the upper portion of the reactors’ dome retention capability to withstand only 7 pounds of pressure per
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**(a) In general** The President shall establish a mechanism to coordinate, with the maximum possible effectiveness and efficiency, the efforts of United States Government departments and agencies engaged in formulating policy and carrying out programs for achieving nonproliferation and threat reduction.
**(b) Membership** The coordination mechanism established pursuant to subsection (a) shall include—
(1) representatives designated by—
(A) the Secretary of State;
(B) the Secretary of Defense;
(C) the Secretary of Energy;
(D) the Secretary of Commerce;
(E) the Attorney General; and
(F) the Director of the Office of Homeland Security, or the head of a successor department or agency; and
(2) such other executive branch officials as the President may select.
**(c) Level of representation** To the maximum extent possible, each department 11 So in original. Probably should be “department’s”. or agency’s representative designated pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be an official of that department or agency who has been appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(d) Chair** The President shall designate an official to direct the coordination mechanism established pursuant to subsection (a). The official so designated may invite the head of any other department or agency of the United States to designate a representative of that department or agency to participate from time to time in the activities of the Committee.
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It is the policy of the United States to use its abundant agricultural productivity to promote the foreign policy of the United States by enhancing the food security of the developing world through the use of agricultural commodities and local currencies accruing under this chapter to—
(1) combat world hunger and malnutrition and their causes;
(2) promote broad-based, equitable, and sustainable development, including agricultural development;
(3) expand international trade;
(4) foster and encourage the development of private enterprise and democratic participation in developing countries; and
(5) prevent conflicts.
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**(a) Authority** The President, taking into account the financial resources of a country, may waive payments of principal and interest that such country would otherwise be required to make to the Commodity Credit Corporation under dollar sales agreements under subchapter II if—
(1) that country is a least developed country; and
(2) either—
(A) an International Monetary Fund standby agreement is in effect with respect to that country;
(B) a structural adjustment program of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or of the International Development Association is in effect with respect to that country;
(C) a structural adjustment facility, enhanced structural adjustment facility, or similar supervised arrangement with the International Monetary Fund is in effect with respect to that country; or
(D) even though such an agreement, program, facility, or arrangement is not in effect, the country is pursuing national economic policy reforms that would promote democratic, market-oriented, and long term economic development.
**(b) Request for debt relief by President** The President may provide debt relief under subsection (a) only if a notification is submitted to Congress at least 10 days prior to providing the debt relief. Such a notification shall—
(1) specify the amount of official debt the President proposes to liquidate; and
(2) identify the countries for which debt relief is proposed and the basis for their eligibility for such relief.
**(c) Appropriations action required** The aggregate amount of principal and interest waived under this section may not exceed the amount approved for such purpose in an Act appropriating funds to carry out this chapter.
**(d) Limitation on new credit assistance** If the authority of this section is us
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “Food for Progress Act of 1985”.
**(b) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Cooperative** — The term “cooperative” has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Food for Peace Act ([7 U.S.C. 1732](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1732&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Corporation** — The term “Corporation” means the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(3) **Developing country** — The term “developing country” has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Food for Peace Act ([7 U.S.C. 1732](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1732&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(4) **Eligible commodity** — The term “eligible commodity” means an agricultural commodity, or a product of an agricultural commodity, in inventories of the Corporation or acquired by the Secretary or the Corporation for disposition through commercial purchases under a program authorized under this section.
(5) **Eligible entity** — The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) the government of an emerging agricultural country;
(B) an intergovernmental organization;
(C) a private voluntary organization;
(D) a nonprofit agricultural organization or cooperative;
(E) a nongovernmental organization;
(F) a college or university (as such terms are defined in [section 3103(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3103/4&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(G) any other private entity.
(6) **Food security** — The term “food security” means access by all people at all times to sufficient food and nutrition for a healthy and productive life.
(7) **Nongovernmental organization** — The term “nongovernmental organization” has the mea
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Effective October 1, 1976, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide appropriate orientation and language training to families of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture in anticipation of an assignment abroad of such officers and employees or while abroad pursuant to this chapter or other authority: Provided, That the facilities of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center or other Government facilities shall be used wherever practicable, and the Secretary may utilize foreign currencies generated under title I of the Food for Peace Act, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to carry out the purposes of this section in the foreign nations to which such officers, employees, and families are assigned. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $50,000 annually, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, any appropriations available to the Secretary of Agriculture (not to exceed $50,000) may be used to carry out the purposes of this section.
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