(i) the quantity of commodities furnished for such sale or barter; (ii) the amount of funds (including dollar equivalents for foreign currencies) and value of services generated from such sales and barter in such fiscal year; (iii) how such funds and services were used; (iv) the amount of foreign currency proceeds that were used under agreements under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (7) in such fiscal year, and the percentage of the quantity of all commodities and products furnished under this subsection in such fiscal year such use represented; (v) the Secretary's best estimate of the amount of foreign currency proceeds that will be used, under agreements under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (7), in the then current fiscal year and the next following fiscal year (if all requests for such use are agreed to), and the percentage that such estimated use represents of the quantity of all commodities and products that the Secretary estimates will be furnished under this subsection in each such fiscal year; (vi) the effectiveness of such sales, barter, and use during such fiscal year in facilitating the distribution of commodities and products under this subsection; (vii) the extent to which sales, barter, or uses (I) displace or interfere with commercial sales of United States agricultural commodities and products that otherwise would be made, (II) affect usual marketings of the United States, (III) disrupt world prices of agricultural commodities or normal patterns of trade with friendly countries, or (IV) discourage local production and marketing of agricultural commodities in the countries in which commodities and products are distributed under this subsection; and (viii) the Secretary's recommendations, if any, for changes to improve the conduct of sales, barter, or use activities under paragraph 7. (10)(A) Subject to the limitations established under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall make available for disposition under this subsection in each of the fiscal years 1986 through 1990 not less than the minimum quantities of eligible commodities specified in subparagraph (B). (B) The minimum quantity of eligible commodities that shall be made available for disposition under this subsection in each fiscal year shall be (i) 500,000 metric tons of wheat, rice, feed grains,30 and oilseeds from the Corporation's uncommitted stocks, or an amount equal to 10 percent of the Corporation's uncommitted stocks of wheat, rice, feed grains, 30 and oilseeds as of the end of such fiscal year (as estimated by the Secretary), whichever is less; and 30 Sec. 1(b) of Public Law 100-277 (102 Stat. 67) inserted "wheat, rice, and feed grains" in lieu of "grains". (ii) 10 percent of the Corporation's uncommitted stocks of dairy products, but not less than 150,000 metric tons of such products to the extent that uncommitted stocks are available. The Secretary shall make such estimation of expected year-end levels of the Corporation's uncommitted stocks prior to the beginning of the fiscal year or, in the case of fiscal year 1986, prior to March 31, 1986.31 The Secretary's determination as to the amount of the Corporation's stocks that shall be made available for disposition under this subsection for such fiscal year shall be published in the Federal Register, along with a breakdown by kind of commodity and the quantity of each kind of commodity that shall be made available, before the beginning of such fiscal year or, in the case of fiscal year 1986, March 31, 1986.31 (C) Of the aggregate amounts made available each fiscal year pursuant to both clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B), not less than 75,000 metric tons shall be made available to carry out the Food for Progress Act of 1985. (D)i) The Secretary (I) may waive the minimum quantity requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) for a fiscal year to the extent that the Secretary determines and reports to Congress that there are not sufficient requests for eligible commodities under this subsection for such fiscal year, except that the waiver authority of this subclause may not be used to waive the minimum quantity requirement of subparagraph (C); (II) may waive the minimum quantity requirement of subparagraph (C) in accordance with subsection (f)(2) of the Food for Progress Act of 1985; and (III) may waive the minimum quantity requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) for a fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that the restrictions on the furnishing of commodities under paragraph (3) prevent the making available of commodities in such quantities. (ii) For any fiscal year in which the minimum levels of uncommitted Commodity Credit Corporation stocks specified in subparagraph (B) are not made available and during which any requests for commodities under this subsection are rejected, the Secretary shall provide a detailed, written explanation to Congress, at the end of such fiscal year, of the reasons for the rejections of such requests. (11)(A) The Secretary may furnish eligible commodities under this subsection in connection with (i) concessional sales agreements entered into under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 or other statutes, or (ii) agricultural export bonus or promotion program carried out under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act or other statutes. (B) Eligible commodities may be furnished by the Secretary under this subsection in connection with agreements by recipient countries to acquire additional agricultural commodities from the United States through commercial arrangements. 31 The words to this point beginning with" or, in the case of" were added by sec. 16 of Public Law 99-260 (100 Stat. 55). (C) The amount of any commodity furnished under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph in any fiscal year shall not be considered for the purpose of determining whether the requirements of paragraph (10)(A) of this subsection have been met during such fiscal year. (12) 32 There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1988, in addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated, $1,000,000 for technical assistance for the sale or barter of commodities under paragraph (7) to strengthen nonprofit private organizations and cooperatives in the Philippines. (c) 5 To prevent the waste of dairy products acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price support operations, the Corporation, on such terms and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, shall carry out a two-year pilot program under which the Corporation shall barter or exchange such dairy products, to the extent they are available, for forty thousand metric tons (consisting of twenty thousand metric tons in each year of the pilot program) of ultra-high temperature processed fluid milk. Such barter or exchange shall be effected on the basis of competitive bids submitted by domestic processors. The processed milk acquired by the Corporation under this subsection shall be available for donation through foreign governments and public and nonprofit private humanitarian organizations for the assistance of needy persons outside the United States, and the Corporation may pay, with respect to such processed milk donated under this subsection, transporting, handling, and other charges, including the cost of overseas delivery. Any donations under this subsection shall be coordinated through the mechanism designated by the President to coordinate assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and shall be in addition to the level of assistance programmed under that Act. The pilot program shall be implemented by the Corporation as soon as practicable after the enactment of the Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act of 1984 and shall be operated for a period of two years after its implementation. Upon completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on its operation. * [Repealed-1990] * 33 * (d) 3 32 Paragraph (12) was added by sec. 1503 of title I of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-203; 101 Stat. 1330-28). 33 Sec. 1575 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101624; 104 Stat. 3702) struck out subsec. (d), which had provided for "a pilot program under which strategic or other materials that the United States does not produce domestically in amounts sufficient for its requirements and for which national stockpile or reserve goals established by law are unmet shall be acquired in exchange for commodities meeting the criteria specified in subsection (a).”. Subsec. (d) was added by sec. 1129 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198; 99 Stat. 1486). f. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 Partial text of Public Law 102-142 [H.R. 2698], 105 Stat. 878, approved October 28, 1991 AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE V-FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $125,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $110,023,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis. AMERI FLORA '92 EXPOSITION To enable the Secretary to meet any extra expenses of participating in the planning, organizing and carrying out of the Ameri Flora '92 Exposition, the first international horticulture and environment exposition to be held in the United States, $500,000 as authorized by section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended. PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest there on, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-1715, 1721-1726, 17271727f, 1731-1736g), as follows: (1) $511,619,000 for Public Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress credit; (2) $52,185,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended; (3) $710,087,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said Act; and (4) $333,594,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds made available to carry out any title of said Act may be used to carry out any other title of said Act. For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, of direct credit agreements as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of modifying credit agreements under said Act, $388,319,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $1,815,000. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit guarantee program for short-term credit extended to finance the export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof, as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641). INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term credit extended to finance the export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof, as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641). EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended to finance the export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof to emerging democracies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note). |