§ 1728. — Findings regarding emergency food assistance.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC1728]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER III-B--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
Sec. 1728. Findings regarding emergency food assistance
The Congress finds that--
(1) acute food crises continue to cause loss of life, severe
malnutrition, and general human suffering in many areas of the Third
World, especially in sub-Saharan Africa;
(2) the United States continues to respond to these needs, as a
reflection of its humanitarian concern for the people of the Third
World, with emergency food and other necessary assistance to
alleviate the suffering of those affected by severe food shortages;
(3) the timely provision of food and other necessary assistance
to those in need is of paramount importance if the worst effects of
such food crises are to be mitigated; and
(4) the ability of the United States to provide food and other
necessary assistance on a timely basis, and to ensure that such
assistance is distributed to those in need, should be enhanced in
order to better enable the United States to help those affected by
severe food shortages.
(Pub. L. 98-473, title III, Sec. 302, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2194.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.
Short Title
Section 301 of title III of Pub. L. 98-473 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this subchapter and amending section 1723 of this title]
may be cited as the `President's Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1984'.''
