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‘‘ ‘(B) assess and apply technologies and 
systems to improve and ensure the quality, shelf 
life, bioavailability, and safety of fortified food 
aid agricultural commodities, and products of 
those agricultural commodities, using rec-
ommendations included in the report entitled 
‘‘Micronutrient Compliance Review of Fortified 
Public Law 480 Commodities’’, published in 
October 2001, with implementation by inde-
pendent entities with proven experience and ex-
pertise in food aid commodity quality enhance-
ments.’; 
‘‘(2) by striking subsection (b) and redesig-
nating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and 
(c), respectively; and 
‘‘(3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘2007’ and inserting ‘2012’. 
‘‘SEC. 3024. JOHN OGONOWSKI AND DOUG BEREUTER 
FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) MINIMUM FUNDING.—Section 501(d) of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1737(d)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(1) by striking ‘not less than’ and inserting 
‘not less than the greater of $10,000,000 or’; and 
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‘‘(2) by striking ‘2002 through 2007’ and in-
serting ‘2008 through 2012’. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
501(e) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1737(e)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012 to carry out the programs under this 
section— 
‘‘ ‘(A) $10,000,000 for sub-Saharan Afri-
can and Caribbean Basin countries; and 
‘‘ ‘(B) $5,000,000 for other developing or 
middle-income countries or emerging markets 
not described in subparagraph (A).’. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade 
Act of 1978 and Related Statutes 
‘‘SEC. 3101. EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) REPEAL
OF SUPPLIER CREDIT GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM AND INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT GUAR-
ANTEE PROGRAM.—Section 202 of the Agricultural Trade 
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622) is amended— 
‘‘(1) in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) by striking ‘GUARANTEES.—’ and all 
that follows through ‘The Commodity’ in para-
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graph (1) and inserting ‘GUARANTEES.—The 
Commodity’; and 
‘‘(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
‘‘(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
‘‘(3) by redesignating subsections (d) through 
(l) as subsections (b) through (j), respectively; and 
‘‘(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘ ‘(k) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘ ‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
LONG
TERM.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘long term’’ means a period of 
10 or more years. 
‘‘ ‘(2) GUARANTEES.—In administering the ex-
port credit guarantees authorized under this section, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘ ‘(A) maximize the export sales of agricul-
tural commodities; 
‘‘ ‘(B) maximize the export credit guaran-
tees that are made available and used during 
the course of a fiscal year; 
‘‘ ‘(C) develop an approach to risk evalua-
tion that facilitates accurate country risk des-
ignations and timely adjustments to the des-
ignations (on an ongoing basis) in response to 
material changes in country risk conditions, 
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