A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to provide the United States with the flexibility with which to participate in efforts to alleviate the suffering and human misery of hunger and malnutrition and for certain other purposes.

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Permits the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, to make commodities available for disposition to foreign countries where he determines that some part of the exportable supply should be used to carry out the national interest and humanitarian objectives of this Act. Requires that first priority be given to countries most in need of such commodity assistance, and that reference be made to reports of the United Nations indicating such countries. Requires that the humanitarian criterion upon which food allocations are made shall be published and made available at the same time food assistance report is submitted to the Congress. Requires that the President report to the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Forestry, Foreign Relations, Appropriations and Budget, and the House of Representatives Committees on Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Appropriations and Budget. Requires one such report prior to March 15, to include the projected food aid programmed for the next fiscal year, and another such report quarterly showing by country the food aid actually provided.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 27 February 1975

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