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SEC. 3016. USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
Section 406(b)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1736(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including the costs
of carrying out section 415’’ before the semicolon.
SEC. 3017. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Section 407 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting
‘‘2012’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$4,000,000’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) NONEMERGENCY
OR
MULTIYEAR
AGREE-
MENTS.—Annual resource requests for ongoing non-
emergency or multiyear agreements under title II
shall be finalized not later than October 1 of the fiscal
year in which the agricultural commodities will be
shipped under the agreement.’’; and
(2) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting
‘‘, and the amount of funds, tonnage levels,
and types of activities for nonemergency
programs under title II’’ before the semi-
colon;
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(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting
‘‘, and a general description of the projects
and activities implemented’’ before the semi-
colon; and
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
‘‘achieving food security’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
ducing food insecurity’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘shall submit’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘shall—
‘‘(A) submit’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and in-
serting ‘‘April 1’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘of the Senate’’. and
inserting the following: ‘‘of the Senate; and
‘‘(B) make the reports available to the pub-
lic by electronic and other means.’’.
SEC. 3018. EXPIRATION DATE.
Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736b)
is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’.
SEC. 3019. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 412 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f)
is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(b) MINIMUM LEVEL OF NONEMERGENCY FOOD AS-
SISTANCE.—For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, of
the amounts made available to carry out emergency and
nonemergency food assistance programs under title II, not
less than $600,000,000 for each of those fiscal years shall
be obligated and expended for nonemergency food assistance
programs under title II.’’.
SEC. 3020. MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
Section 415 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736g–
2) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later
than September 30, 2003, the Administrator, in
consultation with the Secretary’’ and inserting
‘‘Not later than September 30, 2008, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Administrator’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; and
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and
(C) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) assess and apply technologies and sys-
tems to improve and ensure the quality, shelf
life, bioavailability, and safety of fortified food
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aid agricultural commodities, and products of
those agricultural commodities, that are provided
to developing countries, using recommendations
included in the report entitled ‘Micronutrient
Compliance Review of Fortified Public Law 480
Commodities’, published in October 2001, with
implementation by an independent entity with
proven impartial experience and expertise in
food aid commodity quality enhancements.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), re-
spectively; and
(3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’.
SEC. 3021. GERMPLASM CONSERVATION.
Title IV of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1731 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 417. GERMPLASM CONSERVATION.
‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION.—The Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development shall
contribute funds to endow the Global Crop Diversity Trust
(referred to in this section as the ‘Trust’) to assist in the
conservation of genetic diversity in food crops through the
collection and storage of the germplasm of food crops in a
manner that provides for—
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‘‘(1) the maintenance and storage of seed collec-
tions;
‘‘(2) the documentation and cataloguing of the
genetics and characteristics of conserved seeds to en-
sure efficient reference for researchers, plant breeders,
and the public;
‘‘(3) building the capacity of seed collection in
developing countries;
‘‘(4) making information regarding crop genetic
data publicly available for researchers, plant breeders,
and the public (including through the provision of an
accessible Internet website);
‘‘(5) the operation and maintenance of a back-
up facility in which are stored duplicate samples of
seeds, in the case of natural or man-made disasters;
and
‘‘(6) oversight designed to ensure international
coordination of those actions and efficient, public ac-
cessibility to that diversity through a cost-effective
system.
‘‘(b) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.—The ag-
gregate contributions of funds of the Federal Government
provided to the Trust shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
of the funds contributed to the Trust from all sources.