(G) an assessment of potential countries
that may be sanctioned under existing United
States law or executive authority, but which are
not now subject to sanctions (whether because
of presidentially exercised waivers, or statutes
or executive orders not being applied); and
(2) submit to the Committee on International
Relations and the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and to the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re-
port on the matters described in paragraph (1).
SEC. 702. PROHIBITION ON UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL
OR MEDICAL SANCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President shall not restrict or otherwise
prohibit any exports (including restricted commercial or
Federal financing) of food, other agricultural products (in-
cluding fertilizer), medicines, or medical supplies or equip-
ment as part of any policy of existing or future unilateral
economic sanctions imposed against a foreign government.
For the purposes of this section, discrimination against
a foreign government in eligibility for, or award of, credits
or incentives of any kind under any other Federal program
relating to exports shall be deemed a restriction of exports.
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President
may waive, for periods of not more than 1 year each, the
applicability of any sanction under subsection (a) with re-
spect to a foreign country or entity if the President, with
respect to each such waiver—
(1) determines that the national security so re-
quires; and
(2) transmits to the Congress that determina-
tion, together with a detailed description of the rea-
sons therefor, including an explanation of how the
sanction will further the national security.
SEC. 703. ANNUAL REPORTS BY SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Con-
gress, by not later than May 1 of each year, a report con-
taining the following:
(1) The Secretary’s assessment of all markets
where United States exports of agricultural commod-
ities are limited because of multilateral or unilateral
economic sanctions, including specific commodities
affected.
(2) The economic impact on producers of the
commodities specified under paragraph (1).
(3) An assessment of the extent to which dis-
placed United States commodities are being supplied
by foreign competitors.
(4) The expected longer-term consequences of
interrupting United States exports.
(5) Any assistance provided by the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service to offset lost markets due to such
sanctions.
SEC. 704. ACTIONS BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall expand agricul-
tural export assistance under United States market devel-
opment, food assistance, or export promotion programs to
offset all projected losses of agricultural commodity mar-
kets from unilateral or multilateral sanctions identified
under section 703, to the maximum extent permitted by
law and by the obligations of the United States under the
Agreement on Agriculture referred to in section 101(d)(2)
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)(2)).
SEC. 705. DEFINITION.
As used in this title, the term ‘‘unilateral economic
sanction’’ means any restriction or condition on economic
activity with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity
that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign
policy or national security, except in a case in which the
United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilat-
eral regime and the other members of that regime have
agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
TITLE VIII—EMERGENCY
CONSERVATION PROGRAM
SEC. 801. FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PRO-
GRAM.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $28,000,000
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry
out the emergency conservation program under title IV of
the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et
seq.).
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