§ 5413. Agricultural assistance

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1989

   Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989

   Pub. L. 101–179 title I § 103 · 103 Stat. 1298

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5413

   Pub. L. 101–179, title I, § 103, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1303

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–179, title I, § 103, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1303

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC 103. AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE. (a) Agricultural Assistance Strategy.— (1) United states assistance.— A principal component of the SEED Program shall be the provision by the United States of food and other agricultural commodities and products to alleviate crucial shortages that may be created in an East European country by the transition from state-directed controls to a free market economy. (2) Assistance from other countries.— In order to ensure the necessary quantity and diversity of agricultural assistance for that purpose, the United States shall take all appropriate steps to encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other agricultural surplus countries. (3) Avoiding disincentives to private agricultural production and marketing.— In participating in such multilateral agricultural assistance, the United States shall seek to strike a balance wherein agricultural commodities and products are supplied in such quantities as will be effective in overcoming severe shortages and dampening inflation but without impeding the development of incentives for private agricultural production and marketing in the recipient country. (b) Agricultural Assistance for Poland.— Pursuant to section 101(b)(3), the United States Government— (1) shall make available to Poland, in coordination with the European Community, United States agricultural assistance— (A) to alleviate immediate food shortages (such assistance to be specifically targeted toward elements of the Polish population most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition, in particular the infirm, the elderly, and children), and (B) to facilitate the transition from state-directed controls to a free market economy, while avoiding disincentives to domestic agricultural production and reform; and (2) in order to ensure the necessary quantity and diversity of such agricultural assistance, shall take all appropriate steps to encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other agricultural surplus countries. (c) FY 1990 Minimum Level of Agricultural Assistance for Poland.— In carrying out subsection (b) of this section, the level of assistance for Poland for fiscal year 1990 under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 and following), and the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o) should not be less than $125,006,000. Such assistance— (1) to the maximum extent practicable, shall be provided through nongovernmental organizations; and (2) shall emphasize feed grains. (d) Consistency With Budget Requirements.— Subsection (c) should not be construed to authorize or require any budgetary obligations or outlays that are inconsistent with House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress (setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1990).

2. 2008

   Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–246 title III § 3001(b)(1)(A) · 122 Stat. 1651

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 5413(c)

   Pub. L. 110–246 substituted “Food for Peace Act” for “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–246 substituted “Food for Peace Act” for “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) by striking “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954” each place it appears and inserting “Food for Peace Act”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

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