§ 1691a. — Food aid to developing countries.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC1691a]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
Sec. 1691a. Food aid to developing countries
(a) Policy
In light of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture and the
Ministerial Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative
Effects of the Reform Program on Least-Developed and Net-Food Importing
Developing Countries, the United States reaffirms the commitment of the
United States to providing food aid to developing countries.
(b) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the President should initiate consultations with other donor
nations to consider appropriate levels of food aid commitments to
meet the legitimate needs of developing countries; and
(2) the United States should increase its contribution of bona
fide food assistance to developing countries consistent with the
Agreement on Agriculture.
(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, Sec. 3, as added Pub. L. 94-161, title II,
Sec. 202, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 851; amended Pub. L. 101-624, title
XV, Sec. 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3633; Pub. L. 104-127, title II,
Sec. 201(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 951.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``Food aid to developing
countries'' for ``Global food aid needs'' in section catchline and
amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``In
view of the principal findings of the National Research Council of the
National Academy of Sciences that doubling food aid above 1990 levels of
about 10,000,000 metric tons per year would be necessary to meet
projected global food needs throughout the decade of the nineties, it is
the sense of Congress that the President should--
``(1) increase the contributions of food aid by the United
States, and encourage other donor countries to increase their
contributions toward meeting new food aid requirements; and
``(2) encourage other advanced nations to make increased food
aid contributions to combat world hunger and malnutrition,
particularly through the expansion of international food and
agricultural assistance programs.''
1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally, substituting
present provisions for provisions urging President to maintain United
States food assistance and encourage other countries to increase their
contributions, in order to meet annual goal of World Food Conference of
providing 10,000,000 tons of food assistance annually for needy nations.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101-624 effective Jan. 1, 1991, see section
1513 of Pub. L. 101-624, set out as a note under section 1691 of this
title.
World Food Conference Recommendations
Pub. L. 94-161, title II, Sec. 213, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 855,
directed the President to strengthen the efforts of the United States to
carry out the recommendations of the World Food Conference and to submit
a detailed report to the Congress not later than Nov. 1, 1976, prior to
repeal by Pub. L. 97-113, title VII, Sec. 734(a)(7), Dec. 29, 1981, 95
Stat. 1560.
