SEC. 108. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID 
TRANSPORTATION, 
DELIVERY, 
AND 
DIS-
TRIBUTION 
OF 
SHELF-STABLE 
PRE-
PACKAGED FOODS. 
Subsection (f) of section 208 of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1726b) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 109. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) PREPOSITIONING.—Subsection (c)(4) of section 
407 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) IN 
GENERAL.—Funds’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘, except that for each such fis-
cal year not more than $2,000,000 of such funds 
may be used to store agricultural commodities for 
pre-positioning in foreign countries’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
PREPOSITIONING 
SITES.— 
‘‘(i) FEASIBILITY
ASSESSMENT.—On 
or after the date of the enactment of the 
Food Security and Agricultural Develop-
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ment Act of 2007, the Administrator is au-
thorized to carry out assessments for the 
establishment of not less than two sites to 
determine the feasibility of and costs asso-
ciated with using such sites for the pur-
pose of storing and handling agricultural 
commodities for prepositioning in foreign 
countries. 
‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SITES.— 
Based on the results of the assessments 
carried out under clause (i), the Adminis-
trator is authorized to establish additional 
sites for pre-positioning in foreign coun-
tries. 
‘‘(iii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—To carry out this subparagraph, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Subsection (f) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 
end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, and 
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the amount of funds, tonnage levels, and types 
of activities for non-emergency food assistance 
programs under title II of this Act’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the 
end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, and 
a general description of the projects and activi-
ties implemented’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (D), to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the progress toward 
reducing food insecurity in the populations re-
ceiving 
food 
assistance 
from 
the 
United 
States.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘January 15’’ 
and inserting ‘‘March 1’’. 
SEC. 110. EXPIRATION DATE. 
Section 408 of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736b) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (a) of section 412 of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1736f) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the President— 
‘‘(A) such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the concessional credit sales program 
established under title I; 
‘‘(B) $2,500,000,000 to carry out the 
emergency and non-emergency food assistance 
programs under title II ; and 
‘‘(C) such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the grant program established under 
title III. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
LEVEL
OF
NON-EMERGENCY 
FOOD
ASSISTANCE.—For each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012, of the amounts made available 
to carry out emergency and non-emergency food as-
sistance programs under title II, not less than 
$600,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be obli-
gated and expended for non-emergency food assist-
ance programs under title II. 
‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT.—For each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
make payments to the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to the extent the Commodity Credit Corporation 
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is not reimbursed under the programs under this 
Act for the actual costs incurred or to be incurred 
by such Corporation in carrying out such programs. 
‘‘(4) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under this subsection are— 
‘‘(A) authorized to remain available until 
expended; and 
‘‘(B) in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes.’’. 
SEC. 112. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF FOREIGN 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 413 of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1736g) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘The Administrator shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, coordinate and integrate 
assistance to a foreign country provided under title 
III with other United States development assistance 
programs and objectives provided under chapter 1 of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), including assistance to combat 
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, assistance for 
child and maternal health, assistance for education, 
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and assistance for agricultural development and eco-
nomic growth. Such assistance shall also be coordi-
nated and integrated with other United States for-
eign assistance programs, such as the Millennium 
Challenge Account. Such assistance shall also be co-
ordinated and integrated with the overall develop-
ment strategy of the recipient country, including the 
poverty reduction strategy of the recipient country.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Special emphasis should be 
placed on’’ and inserting ‘‘Special consideration 
should be given to’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘AND INTEGRA-
TION’’ after ‘‘COORDINATION’’. 
SEC. 113. MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Subsection (a)(2)(C) of section 415 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736g–2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘using the same mechanism that 
was used to assess the micronutrient fortification 
program in’’ and inserting ‘‘utilizing recommenda-
tions from’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘with funds from the Bureau for 
Humanitarian Response of the United States Agen-
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cy for International Development’’ and inserting 
‘‘with implementation by an independent entity with 
proven impartiality and a mechanism that incor-
porates the range of stakeholders implementing pro-
grams under title II of this Act as well as other food 
assistance industry experts’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (d) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 114. JOHN OGONOWSKI AND DOUG BEREUTER FARM-
ER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM. 
(a) MINIMUM FUNDING.—Subsection (d) of section 
501 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1737) is amended by striking 
‘‘2002 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 
2012’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (e)(1) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘2002 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 
2012’’. 
Subtitle B—Related Statutes and 
Other Provisions 
SEC. 121. BILL EMERSON HUMANITARIAN TRUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 302 of 
the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 
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1736f–1) is amended by inserting after ‘‘metric tons’’ the 
following: ‘‘, an amount of funds equivalent to 4,000,000 
metric tons of commodities, or any combination of com-
modities and funds equivalent to 4,000,000 metric tons’’. 
(b) COMMODITIES OR FUNDS IN TRUST.—Subsection 
(b)(2)(B)(i) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2000 through 2007’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2012’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$60,000,000’’. 
(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (h) 
of such section is amended in paragraphs (1) and (2) by 
striking ‘‘2007’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 122. MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR 
EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 3107 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The President shall des-
ignate 1 or more Federal agencies to’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Secretary shall’’; 
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(2) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘implementing agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(3) in subsections (c)(2)(B), (f)(1), (h)(1) and 
(2), and (i), by striking ‘‘President’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (l) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FUNDS.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this 
section— 
‘‘(A) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(C) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(D) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
and 
‘‘(E) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘any Federal agency imple-
menting or assisting’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
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ment of Agriculture or any other Federal depart-
ment or agency assisting’’. 
SEC. 123. INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE UNDER 
THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator, should exercise the President’s authority under sec-
tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2292) to purchase and to distribute to a recipient country 
agricultural commodities produced— 
(1) in the recipient country, or 
(2) in developing countries in the region of the 
recipient country, 
for the purposes of famine prevention and relief. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING FOR FAMINE PRE-
VENTION AND RELIEF.—For each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012, of the amounts made available to carry out 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not 
less than $40,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be 
made available for the purposes of famine prevention and 
relief under such section. 
SEC. 124. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PROCURE-
MENT PLANNING. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
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trator and the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on efforts taken by both 
the United States Agency for International Development 
and the Department of Agriculture to improve planning 
for food and transportation procurement, including efforts 
to eliminate bunching of food purchases. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) should include, among other things, a descrip-
tion of efforts taken to— 
(1) improve coordination of food purchases by 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and the Department of Agriculture; 
(2) increase flexibility in procurement sched-
ules; 
(3) increase utilization of historical analyses 
and forecasting; and 
(4) improve and streamline legal claims proc-
esses for resolving transportation disputes. 
TITLE II—UNITED STATES AGRI-
CULTURAL 
EXPORT 
PRO-
GRAMS 
SEC. 201. EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL OF SUPPLIER CREDIT GUARANTEE PRO-
GRAM AND INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM.— 
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