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SEC. 3003. MINIMUM LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 204(a) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1724(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 3004. REAUTHORIZATION OF FOOD AID CONSULT-
ATIVE GROUP. 
Section 205(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1725(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 3005. OVERSIGHT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF 
FOOD FOR PEACE ACT PROGRAMS. 
Section 207(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1726a(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), 
respectively; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) (as 
so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘during fiscal year 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during the period of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018’’. 
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SEC. 3006. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID 
TRANSPORTATION, 
DELIVERY, 
AND 
DIS-
TRIBUTION 
OF 
SHELF-STABLE 
PRE-
PACKAGED FOODS. 
Section 208(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1726b(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 3007. LIMITATION ON TOTAL VOLUME OF COMMOD-
ITIES MONETIZED. 
Section 403 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1733) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) LIMITATION ON MONETIZATION OF COMMOD-
ITIES.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Unless the Adminis-
trator grants a waiver under paragraph (2), no 
commodity may be made available under this 
Act unless the rate of return for the commodity 
(as determined under subparagraph (B)) is at 
least 70 percent. 
‘‘(B) RATE OF RETURN.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the rate of return shall be 
equal to the proportion that— 
‘‘(i) the proceeds the implementing 
partners generate through monetization; 
bears to 
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‘‘(ii) the cost to the Federal Govern-
ment to procure and ship the commodities 
to a recipient country for monetization. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Administrator 
may waive the application of the limitation in para-
graph (1) with regard to a commodity for a recipient 
country if the Administrator determines that it is 
necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act in the 
recipient country. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after a 
waiver is granted under paragraph (2), the Adminis-
trator shall prepare, publish in the Federal Register, 
and submit to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
Agriculture, and Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions, Foreign Relations, and Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(A) contains the reasons for granting the 
waiver and the actual rate of return for the 
commodity; and 
‘‘(B) includes for the commodity the costs 
of bagging or further processing, ocean trans-
portation, inland transportation in the recipient 
country, storage costs, and any other informa-
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tion that the Administrator determines to be 
necessary.’’. 
SEC. 3008. FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 406 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) FLEXIBILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law and as necessary to achieve the purposes of 
this Act, funds available under this Act may be used to 
pay the costs of up to 20 percent of activities conducted 
in recipient countries by nonprofit voluntary organiza-
tions, cooperatives, or intergovernmental agencies or orga-
nizations.’’. 
SEC. 3009. PROCUREMENT, TRANSPORTATION, TESTING, 
AND STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL COMMOD-
ITIES FOR PREPOSITIONING IN THE UNITED 
STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Section 407 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736a) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (c)(4)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘for each such fiscal year 
not more than $10,000,000 of such funds’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2001 through 
2012 not more than $10,000,000 of such funds 
and for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 
not more than $15,000,000 of such funds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) FUNDING FOR TESTING OF FOOD AID SHIP-
MENTS.—Funds made available for agricultural products 
acquired under this Act and section 3107 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
1736o–1) may be used to pay for the testing of those agri-
cultural products.’’. 
SEC. 3010. DEADLINE FOR AGREEMENTS TO FINANCE 
SALES OR TO PROVIDE OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736b) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 3011. MINIMUM LEVEL OF NONEMERGENCY FOOD AS-
SISTANCE. 
Section 412 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736f) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(e) MINIMUM LEVEL OF NONEMERGENCY FOOD AS-
SISTANCE.— 
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