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‘‘ ‘(i) to be eligible to receive resources 
based on assessments of need conducted by 
those organizations and entities; and 
‘‘ ‘(ii) to implement food aid programs 
in agreements with donor countries; and 
‘‘ ‘(C) ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that options for providing food aid for 
emergency and nonemergency needs shall not 
be subject to limitation, including in-kind com-
modities, provision of funds for agricultural 
commodity procurement, and monetization of 
commodities, on the condition that the provision 
of those commodities or funds— 
‘‘ ‘(i) is based on assessments of need 
and intended to benefit the food security 
of, or otherwise assist, recipients, and 
‘‘ ‘(ii) is provided in a manner that 
avoids disincentives to local agricultural 
production and marketing and with mini-
mal potential for disruption of commercial 
markets; and’. 
‘‘SEC. 3004. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) Title I of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) is amended in the title heading, by striking 
‘TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’ 
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and inserting ‘ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND 
FOOD SECURITY’. 
‘‘(b) Section 101 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1701) is amended in the section heading, by striking 
‘TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’ 
and inserting ‘ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND 
FOOD SECURITY’. 
‘‘SEC. 3005. AGREEMENTS REGARDING ELIGIBLE COUN-
TRIES AND PRIVATE ENTITIES. 
‘‘Section 102 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1702) is amended— 
‘‘(1) in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
‘‘(2) by striking subsection (c). 
‘‘SEC. 3006. USE OF LOCAL CURRENCY PAYMENTS. 
‘‘Section 104(c) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1704(c)) is amended— 
‘‘(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘, through agreements with recipient gov-
ernments, private voluntary organizations, and co-
operatives,’ after ‘developing country’; 
‘‘(2) by striking paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) in paragraph (2)— 
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‘‘(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘and’ at the end; 
‘‘(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘; and’; and 
‘‘(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘ ‘(E) the improvement of the trade capac-
ity of the recipient country.’; 
‘‘(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘agricultural 
business development and agricultural trade expan-
sion’ and inserting ‘development of agricultural busi-
nesses and agricultural trade capacity’; 
‘‘(5) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘, or other-
wise’ and all that follows through ‘United States’; 
‘‘(6) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘to promote 
agricultural products produced in appropriate devel-
oping countries’ after ‘trade fairs’; and 
‘‘(7) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(9) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 
‘‘SEC. 3007. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 
‘‘Section 201 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1721) is amended— 
‘‘(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘ ‘(1) address famine and food crises, and re-
spond to emergency food needs, arising from man- 
made and natural disasters;’; 
‘‘(2) in paragraph (5)— 
‘‘(A) by inserting ‘food security and sup-
port’ after ‘promote’; and 
‘‘(B) by striking ‘; and’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
‘‘(3) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘; and’; and 
‘‘(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘ ‘(7) promote economic and nutritional security 
by increasing educational, training, and other pro-
ductive activities.’. 
‘‘SEC. 3008. PROVISION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. 
‘‘Section 202 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1722) is amended— 
‘‘(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘may not 
deny a request for funds’ and inserting ‘may not use 
as a sole rationale for denying a request for funds’; 
‘‘(2) in subsection (e)(1)— 
‘‘(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘not less than 5 percent nor 
more than 10 percent’ and inserting ‘not less 
than 7.5 percent nor more than 13 percent’; 
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