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7 U.S.C. § 1703 — Economic assistance and food security
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**(a) In general** The President shall establish a program under this subchapter to provide for the sale of agricultural commodities to developing countries and private entities for dollars on credit terms, or for local currencies (including for local currencies on credit terms) for use under this subchapter. Such program shall be implemented by the Secretary.
**(b) General authority** To carry out the policies and accomplish the objectives described in [section 1691 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1691&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may negotiate and execute agreements with developing countries and private entities to finance the sale and exportation of agricultural commodities to such countries and entities.
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**(a) In general** The President shall establish a program under this subchapter to provide for the sale of agricultural commodities to developing countries and private entities for dollars on credit terms, or for local currencies (including for local currencies on credit terms) for use under this subchapter. Such program shall be implemented by the Secretary.
**(b) General authority** To carry out the policies and accomplish the objectives described in [section 1691 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1691&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may negotiate and execute agreements with developing countries and private entities to finance the sale and exportation of agricultural commodities to such countries and entities.
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**(a) Notice of negotiations** The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in every feasible instance, notify the designated congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to any formal negotiation for debt relief under this subchapter.
**(b) Transmittal of text of agreements** The Secretary of State shall transmit to the designated congressional committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any debt relief under this subchapter no less than 30 days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief.
**(c) Annual report** The Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall submit to the designated congressional committees not later than February 1 of each year a consolidated statement of the budgetary implications of all debt relief agreements entered into force under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year.
**(d) Designated congressional committees** As used in this section, the term “designated congressional committees” means the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 616a, acts Mar. 26, 1934, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 500; June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 204, 49 Stat. 1987, which related to the shipment of exports financed by the Government in United States vessels, was transferred to [section 1241–1 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section1241–1&num=0&edition=prelim), Appendix, Shipping, and was subsequently repealed and restated as [section 55304 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55304&num=0&edition=prelim), Shipping, by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 8(c), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1586, 1710.
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**(a) Minimum Tonnage.—** When the United States Government procures, contracts for, or otherwise obtains for its own account, or furnishes to or for the account of a foreign country, organization, or persons without provision for reimbursement, any equipment, materials, or commodities, or provides financing in any way with Federal funds for the account of any persons unless otherwise exempted, within or without the United States, or advances funds or credits, or guarantees the convertibility of foreign currencies in connection with the furnishing or obtaining of the equipment, materials, or commodities, the appropriate agencies shall take steps necessary and practicable to ensure that at least 50 percent of the gross tonnage of the equipment, materials, or commodities (computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers) which may be transported on ocean vessels is transported on privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, as provided under subsection (b), to the extent those vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the United States, in a manner that will ensure a fair and reasonable participation of commercial vessels of the United States in those cargoes by geographic areas.
**(b) Eligible Vessels.—** To be eligible to carry cargo as provided under subsection (a), a privately-owned commercial vessel shall be documented under the laws of the United States—
(1) for not less than three years; or
(2) after January 1, 2030, for less than three years, if the vessel owner signs an agreement with the Secretary providing that—
(A) the vessel shall remain documented under the laws of the United States for not less than three years; and
(B) the vessel owner shall, upon request of the Secretary, agre
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**(a) Establishment; authority of President to furnish assistance from Fund** There is hereby established the President’s Emergency Food Assistance Fund (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Fund”). Whenever the President determines it to be in the national interest of the United States, he is authorized to furnish, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and on such terms and conditions as he may determine, assistance from the Fund for the purpose of alleviating the human suffering of peoples outside the United States caused by acute food shortages. Such assistance may be provided through such governments or other entities, private or public, including intergovernmental and multilateral organizations, as the President deems appropriate.
**(b) Types of assistance authorized** Because the effects of severe food shortages will vary with the country or region, assistance to alleviate human suffering may include the provision of food assistance or such activities as the provision of seed, animal fodder, animal vaccines, and transportation (including inland transportation) and distribution services.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $50,000,000 each for fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1986 to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, to remain available until expanded.11 So in original. Probably should be “expended.”
**(d) Authority of President** The President may make loans, advances, and grants to, make and perform agreements and contracts with, or enter into transactions with, any individual, corporation, or other body of persons, government or government agency, whether within or without the United States, and international and intergovernmental organizations in furtherance of
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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It is the sense of Congress that any loans made by an instrumentality of the United States Government to foster the exporting of agricultural or other products shall provide that the products may be transported only on vessels of the United States unless, as to any or all of those products, the Secretary of Transportation, after investigation, certifies to the instrumentality that vessels of the United States are not available in sufficient number, in sufficient tonnage capacity, on necessary schedules, or at reasonable rates.
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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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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1703
its own and private stocks, and allowing it, upon re-
quest, to serve as purchasing and/or shipping agent.
1977—Pub. L. 95–113 inserted provisions authorizing
the Corporation, when requested by the purchaser of
commodities, to serve as the purchasing or shipping
agent, or both, in arranging the purchasing or shipping
of the commodities.
Pub. L. 95–88 struck out proviso prohibiting the fi-
nancing by the Commodity Credit Corporation of the
sale and export of agricultural commodities where the
exporter had engaged in any sales, trade, or commerce
with North Vietnam, or with any resident thereof, or
which owned or controlled any company so engaged ei-
ther directly or indirectly, and struck out an addi-
tional proviso requiring that financing applications be
accompanied by statements in which were listed the
branches, etc., in which the applicant had a controlling
interest and the companies which had a controlling in-
terest in the applicant company.
1968—Pub. L. 90–436 inserted proviso that the Com-
modity Credit Corporation should not finance the sale
and export of any agricultural commodities where the
exporter has engaged in any sales, trade or commerce
with North Vietnam, or with any resident thereof, or
which owns or controls any company so engaged, or
which is owned or controlled by any company or person
so engaged either directly or indirectly, and the further
proviso that the financing application be accompanied
by a statement in which are listed the branches, etc.,
in which the applicant has a controlling interest and
the companies which have a controlling interest in the
applicant company.
1966—Pub. L. 89–808 incorporated provisions formerly
constituting subsec. (a)(2), and struck out other provi-
si
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