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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5224
To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
to authorize assistance for the stockpiling and rapid transportation, deliv-
ery, and distribution of shelf stable prepackaged foods to needy individ-
uals in foreign countries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. STENHOLM, and Mr. BEREU-
TER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954 to authorize assistance for the stock-
piling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution
of shelf stable prepackaged foods to needy individuals
in foreign countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Food Re-
lief Partnership Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID TRANS-
PORTATION, DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION
OF SHELF STABLE PREPACKAGED FOODS.
Title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 208. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID
TRANSPORTATION, 
DELIVERY, 
AND 
DIS-
TRIBUTION 
OF 
SHELF 
STABLE 
PRE-
PACKAGED FOODS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator is author-
ized to provide grants to—
‘‘(1) United States nonprofit organizations (de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and
eligible organizations for the preparation of shelf
stable prepackaged foods and the establishment and
maintenance of stockpiles of such foods in the
United States; and
‘‘(2) private voluntary organizations and inter-
national organizations for the rapid transportation,
delivery, and distribution of such shelf stable pre-
packaged foods to needy individuals in foreign coun-
tries.
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES.—Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this section,
the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall issue such regulations or guidelines as
the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out
this section, including regulations or guidelines that pro-
vide to United States nonprofit organizations eligible to
receive grants under subsection (a)(1) guidance with re-
spect to the requirements for qualified shelf stable pre-
packaged foods and the amount of such foods to be stock-
piled by such organizations.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Administrator for the purpose of
carrying out this section, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes, $3,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended.’’.
SEC. 3. PREPOSITIONING OF COMMODITIES.
Section 407(c) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) PREPOSITIONING.—Funds made available
for fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to carry out titles II
and III of this Act may be used by the Adminis-
trator to procure, transport, and store agricultural
commodities for prepositioning within the United
States and in foreign countries, except that for each
such fiscal year not more than $2,000,000 of such
funds may be used to store agricultural commodities
for prepositioning in foreign countries.’’.
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