Volume 67 · 80
Public Law 83–77
To provide for the transfer of price-support wheat to Pakistan.
Approved June 25, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the transfer of price-support wheat to Pakistan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized and directed to make available to the President out of wheat stocks acquired through price-support operations not to exceed one million long tons of wheat, during the period ending June 30, 1954, for transfer to the Government of Pakistan upon such terms and conditions as the President determines appropriate, of which seven hundred thousand tons may be made available in order to alleviate starvation and mass suffering threatened by famine conditions in Pakistan and not to exceed three hundred thousand tons to provide such reserve supply as he may determine to be a necessary
Delivery.
supplement to such emergency assistance. Commodity Credit Corporation shall deliver the wheat on board vessels in United States ports as directed by the President. At, least 50 per centum of the gross tonnage of wheat made available under this Act and transported from the United States on ocean vessels shall be so transported on United States flag vessels to the extent practicable and to the extent such vessels are available at market rates for United States flag vessels.
Sec. 2.
For the purpose of making payments to the Commodity
Appropriation.
Credit Corporation for commodities disposed of hereunder, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are equal to the Corporation’s investment in such commodities, including handling costs, plus the costs incurred in making deliveries hereunder. Any funds or other assets available to the Commodity Credit Corporation may be used, in advance of such appropriation or payments, for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Sec. 3.
No assistance under authority of this Act shall be made
U. S.-Pakistan agreement.
available until an agreement is entered into between Pakistan and the United States containing the following undertakings, and any others the President may determine to be desirable to carry out the purposes of this Act, on the part, of Pakistan:
To distribute the supplies made available under this Act among the people of Pakistan without discrimination and to provide such supplies free of cost to persons who, by virtue of circumstances beyond their control, are unable to pay for them.
To give full and continuous publicity in Pakistan to the assistance furnished by the people of the United States.
To permit persons designated by the Government of the United States to observe without restriction the distribution in Pakistan of supplies made available under authority of this Act.
To deposit in a special account amounts of the currency of Pakistan equivalent to the amounts of such currency accruing to the Government of Pakistan from the import and sale of commodities furnished as a grant hereunder, this account to be utilized as may be agreed upon by the United States and the Government of Pakistan for the benefit of the people of Pakistan in programs to increase food production and in other projects and programs in the mutual interest of the United States and Pakistan.
To allocate to the use of the Government of the United States 5 per centum of the local currency account established in subsection (d) for use, in accordance with applicable United States laws, for local currency requirements of the United States, including administrative and operating expenses in Pakistan in connection with assistance supplied by the United States.
To pursue all appropriate measures to reduce its relief needs and to increase production and supply and improve distribution of foodstuffs within Pakistan so as to lessen the danger of similar emergencies in the future.
Sec. 4.
All or any part of the assistance provided hereunder shall
Termination.
be terminated by the President whenever he, or Congress by concurrent resolution, determines that because of changed conditions continuation of assistance is unnecessary or undesirable. Termination of assistance to Pakistan under this section may include the termination of deliveries of all supplies scheduled under this Act and not yet delivered.
Sec. 5.
Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the applicability
Foreign credits.
of section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 or other
provisions of law to the local currency allocated to the use of the United States in accordance with the agreement provided for in section 3.
Approved June 25, 1953.