International Development and Food Assistance Act
PL 95-88 (H.R.6714), enacted 08/03/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
91 STAT. 533 
Public Law 95-88 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize development assistance 
programs for fiscal year 1978, to amend the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 to make certain changes in the authorities of that 
Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it e'nMcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress 
assemhJed, 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "International Develop-
ment and Food Assistance Act of 1977". 
Aug. 3, 1977 
[H.R. 6714] 
International 
Development and 
Food Assistance 
Act of 1977. 
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T I T L E I — I N T E R N A T I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T ASSISTANCE 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE POLICY 
SEC. 101. (a) Subsection (d) of section 102 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) (1) Development assistance furnished under this chapter shall 
be increasingly concentrated in countries which will make the most 
effective use of such assistance to help the poor toward a better life 
(especially such countries which are suffering from the worst and most 
widespread poverty and are in greatest need of outside assistance). In 
order to make possible consistent and informed judgments concerning 
which countries will make the most effective use of such assistance, the 
President shall propose appropriate criteria and factors to assess the 
commitment and progress of countries in meeting the objectives set 
forth in subsection (c) of this section and in other sections of this 
chapter. In developing such criteria and factors, the President shall 
specifically take into account their value in assessing countries' actions 
which demonstrate genuine concern and effective action for materially 
improving the lives of the poor and their ability to participate in devel-
opment, including but not limited to efforts to— 
"(A) 
increase agricultural productivity per unit of land 
through small-farm, labor-intensive agriculture; 
"(B) reduce infant mortality; 
"(C) control population growth; 
"(D) promote greater equality of income distribution, includ-
ing measures such as more progressive taxation and more equitable 
returns to small farmers; and 
" ( E ) reduce rates of unemployment and underemployment. 
A report on such proposed criteria and factors shall be transmitted to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate by January 31,1978. 
"(2) The President shall endeavor to fcring about the adoption of 
similar criteria and factors by international development organiza-
tions in which the United States participates. 
"(3) Presentation materials submitted to the Congress with respect 
to assistance under this chapter, beginning with fiscal year 1977, shall 
contain detailed information concerning the steps being taken to 
implement this subsection.". 
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Criteria and 
factors, 
development by 
President. 
Report, 
transmittal to 
Speaker of the 
House and 
congressional 
committee. 
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Grant 
authorization. 
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India, assistance. 
(b) Such section 102 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(e) For the purpose of promoting economic growth in the poorest 
countries, the President is authorized, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, to make assistance under this chapter available to the 
relatively least developed countries on a grant basis to the maximum 
extent that is consistent with the attainment of United States develop-
ment objectives.". 
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rOOD AND 
NUTRITION 
SEC. 102. (a) Subsection (a) of section 103 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$291,000,000" and all that follows through 
"1976 and"; and 
(2) by inserting "and $580,000,000 for the fiscal year 1978" 
immediately after "1977". 
(b) Such section 103 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(h) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section 
for the fiscal year 1978, the President is requested to commit up to 
$60,000,000 for the purposes of assisting India with foreign exchange 
costs incurred in connection with the construction of grain storage 
facilities or other purposes specified in this section.". 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
POPULATION PLANNING AND 
HEALTH 
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SEC. 103. (a) Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following new subsections: 
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"(a) In order to increase the opportunities and motivation for fam-
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ily planning and to reduce the rate of population growth, the Presi-
dent is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions 
as he may determine, for population planning. There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this subsection, 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $167,000,000 
for the fiscal year 1978, which amount is authorized to remain available 
until expended. 
"(b) In order to prevent and combat disease and to help provide 
health services for the great majority, the President is authorized to 
furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, 
for health, disease prevention, and environmental sanitation. There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this 
subsection, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
$107,700,000 for the fiscal year 1978, which amount is authorized to 
remain available until expended.". 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section 104 is redesignated as subsection 
(c). 
Administration. 
(c) Such section 104 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(d)(1) Assistance under this chapter shall be administered so 
as to give particular attention to the interrelationship between (A) 
population growth, and (B) development and overall improvement 
in living standards in developing countries, and to the impact of all 
programs, projects, and activities on population growth. All appro-
priate activities proposed for financing under this chapter shall be 
designed to build motivation for smaller families in programs such as 
education in and out of school, nutrition, disease control, maternal 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
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91 STAT. 535 
and child health services, agricultural production, rural deA^elopment, 
and assistance to the urban poor. 
" (2) The President is authorized to study the complex factors affect- Study, 
ing population growth in developing countries and to identify factors 
which might motivate people to plan family size or space their 
children.". 
(d) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall Effective date, 
take effect on October 1,1977. 
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note. 
EDUCATIOlSr AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 104. (a) Subsection (a) of section 105 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 is amended— 
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(1) by striking out "$90,000,000" and all that follows through 
"1976 and"; and 
(2) by inserting "and $84,900,000 for the fiscal year 1978" imme-
diately after "1977". 
(b) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by inserting "for the 
fiscal year 1977, and not less than $1,647,000 shall be available for the 
fiscal year 1978," immediately after "shall be available". 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ENERGY, RESEARCH, RECONSTRUCTION, AND 
SELECTED DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS 
SEC. 105. Section 106(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 22 USC 2151d. 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "$99,550,000 for the fiscal year 1976 and"; 
and 
(2) by inserting "and $105,000,000 for the fiscal year 1978" 
immediately after "fiscal year 1977". 
COST-SHARINO AND FUNDING 
LIMITS 
SEC. 106. Section 110 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 22 USC 2151h. 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking out "107" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "106"; and 
(2) in subsection (b) — 
(A) by striking out "No" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Except for grants to countries determined to be relatively 
least developed based on the United Nations Conference 
on Trade and Development list of 'relatively least developed 
countries', no"; and 
(B) by striking out "107" and inserting in lieu thereof 
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"106". 
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DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF COOPERATIVES 
SEC. 107. (a) Section 111 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 22 USC 21511. 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking out "assistance in the devel-
opment" and inserting in lieu thereof "technical and capital 
assistance in the development and use"; and 
(2) by amending the second sentence to read as follows: "Not 
less than $10,000,000 of the funds made available under this Act 
for the fiscal year 1978 may be used only for technical assistance to 
carry out the purposes of this section.". 
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Effective date. 
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note. 
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Report to 
Speaker of the 
House and 
congressional 
committee. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1,1977. 
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INTEGRATING 
WOMEN 
INTO NATIONAL 
ECONOMIES 
SEC. 108. Section 113 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 113. INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO NATIONAL ECONOMIES.— (a) In 
recognition of the fact that women in developing countries play a sig-
nificant role in economic production, family support, and the overall 
development process of the national economies of such countries, this 
part shall be administered so as to give particular attention to those 
programs, projects, and activities which tend to integrate women into 
the national economies of developing countries, thus improving their 
status and assisting the total development effort. 
"(b) The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate a report on the impact of development programs^ projects, and 
activities on the integration of women into the developing economies 
of countries receiving assistance under this part. The report shall 
include— 
"(1) an evaluation of progress toward developing an adequate 
data base on the role of women in the national economies of 
recipient countries; 
"(2) a specific description of the efforts undertaken to imple-
ment subsection (a) ; and 
"(3) an evaluation of the effectiveness of such efforts. 
"(c) The report required by subsection (b) shall be transmitted not 
later than one vear after the date of enactment of this subsection.". 
P R O H I B I T I O N ON U S E OF F U N D S FOR INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATIONS 
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SEC. 109. Section 114 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "ABORTIONS.—" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"ABORTIONS OR INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATIONS.— (a)"; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) None of the funds made available to carry out this part shall 
be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilizations as a 
method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to practice sterilizations.". 
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L I M I T A T I O N S ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 110, Section 115(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(a) None of the funds made available to carry out this chapter 
may be used in any fiscal year for any country to which assistance is 
furnished in such fiscal year under chapter 4 of part II (security sup-
porting assistance) or under part VI (assistance for Middle East 
peace) unless the Congress has specifically authorized such use of those 
funds. The specific authorization requirement of this subsection shall 
be deemed to be satisfied if the purpose for which funds are to be used 
is described in the presentation materials submitted to the Congress 
on proposed development assistance programs for the fiscal year in 
question and the Congress indicates its approval of such use in the 
legislation authorizing development assistance programs for such 
fiscal year.". 
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91 STAT. 537 
HUMAN RIGHTS 
SEC. 111. (a) Subsections (c) and (d) of section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 are amended to read as follows: 
"(c) In determining whether or not a government falls within the 
provisions of subsection (a) and in formulating development assist-
ance programs under this part, the Administrator shall consider, in 
consultation with the Coordinator for Human Eights and Humani-
tarian Affairs— 
" (1) the extent of cooperation of such government in permitting 
an unimpeded investigation of alleged violations of intema-
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tionally recognized human rights by appropriate international 
organizations, including the International Committee of the Ked 
Cross, or groups or persons acting under the authority of the 
United Nations or of the Organization of American States; and 
"(2) specific actions which have been taken by the President or 
the Congress relating to multilateral or security assistance to a 
less developed country because of the human rights practices or 
policies of such country. 
"(d) The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate, by January 31 of each year, a full and complete report 
regarding— 
"(1) the status of internationally recognized human rights, 
within the meaning of subsection (a), in countries that receive 
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assistance under this part; and 
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"(2) the steps the Administrator has taken to alter United 
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States programs under this part in any country because of human 
rights considerations.", 
(b) Such section 116 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(e) Of the frmds made available under this chapter for the fiscal 
year 1978, not less than $750,000 may be used only for studies to iden-
tify, and for openly carrying out. programs and activities which will 
encourage or promote increased adherence to civil and political rights, 
as set forth in the L^niversal Declaration of Human Rights, in coun-
tries eligible for assistance under this chapter. None of these funds 
may be used, directly or indirectly, to influence the outcome of any 
election in any country.". 
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Report to 
Speaker of the 
House and 
congressional 
committee. 
Contents. 
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INFANT NUTRITION 
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SKC. 112. Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 117. INFANT NUTRITION.—The President is encouraged (1) to 
devise and carry out in partnership with developing nations a strategv 
for programs of nutrition and health improvement for mothers and 
children, including breast-feeding, and (2) to provide technical, 
financial, and material support to individuals or groups at the local 
level for such programs.". 
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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
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SEC. 113. (a) Chapter 1 of part T of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended by section 112 of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following UCAV section: 
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"SEC. 118. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL EESOURCES.—The President 
is authorized to furnish assistance under this part for developing and 
strengthening the capacity of less developed countries to protect and 
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manage their environment and natural resources. Special efforts shall 
be made to maintain and where possible restore the land, vegetation, 
water, wildlife, and other resources upon which depend economic 
growth and human well-being, especially that of the poor.*'. 
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(b) Section 102 of such Act is amended— 
(1) by inserting in the seventh paragraph of subsection (a) 
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"environment and natural resources," immediately after "decent 
housing,"; and 
(2) by inserting in subsection (b) (2) "environment and natural 
resources;" immediately after "health;". 
eooperative 
programs. 
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eooperation with 
ERDA. 
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Studies. 
Report to 
eongress. 
Review by AID 
and ERDA. 
Report to 
Speaker of the 
House and 
congressional 
committee. 
RENEWABLE AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES 
SEC. 114. Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended by sections 112 and 113 of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC 119. RENEWABLE AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLO-
GIES.— (a) (1) The President is authorized to furnish assistance under 
this chapter for cooperative programs with developing countries in 
energy production and conservation, with particular emphasis on pro-
grams in research, development, and use of small-scale, decentralized, 
renewable energy sources for rural areas carried out as integral parts 
of rural development efforts in accordance with section 103 of this Act. 
Programs under this subsection shall be undertaken, whenever appro-
priate, in cooperation with the Energy Research and Development 
Administration or its successor and shall be carried out, to the greatest 
extent possible, through and in conjunction with activities under sec-
tion 107 of this Act. These programs shall be directed toward the 
earliest practicable development and use of energy technologies which 
are environmentally acceptable, require minimum capital investment, 
are most acceptable to and affordable by the people using them, are 
simple and inexpensive to use and maintain, and are transferable from 
one region of the world to another. 
"(2) Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter for the 
fiscal year 1978, up to $18,000,000 are to be used for carrying out this 
subsection. 
"(b) (1) In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the Presi-
dent is authorized to carry out studies to identify the energy needs, 
uses, and resources which exist in developing countries. The results of 
the studies conducted under this subsection shall be reported to the 
Congress by March 1,1978. 
"(2) The Agency for International Development, in cooperation 
with the Energy Research and Development Administration or its suc-
cessor, shall conduct a review of the options for implementing the pur-
poses of this section, one of which shall be a proposal for a nonprofit 
Government corporation (which would be designated as the Interna-
tional Energy Institute) outside the Agency for International Devel-
opment. The President shall submit a comprehensive report on such 
review to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate by January 31, 1978, 
together with his recommendations as to which option should be 
implemented.". 
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91 STAT. 539 
SAHEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
SEC. 115. Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 494B as section 120 and inserting 
such redesignated section at the end of chapter 1 of such part, as 
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amendedby sections 112,113, and 114 of this Act; 
(2) by amending the section caption of such redesignated sec-
tion to read "SAHEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM—PLANNING"; and 
(3) by inserting the following new section immediately after 
such redesignated section: 
"SEC. 121. SAHEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM—IMPLEMENTATION.— (a) 
The President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and 
conditions as he may determine, for the long-term development of the 
Sahelian region. Assistance furnished under this section shall be in 
accordance with a long-term, multidonor development plan which calls 
for equitable burdensharing with other donors and shall be furnished, 
whenever appropriate, in cooperation with an international coordinat-
ing mechanism. 
"(b) The President shall prepare an annual report on the Sahel 
Development Program concerning the allocation of the United States 
contribution to the Program, the extent of the contributions from 
other donor countries, the effectiveness of the integrated effort through 
the Club des Amis du Sahel, and the progress made in achieving the 
objectives of the Program. 
"(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for 
purposes of this section beginning in the fiscal year 1978, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $200,000,000, 
except that not to exceed $50,000,000 may be appropriated under this 
section for the fiscal year 1978. Amounts appropriated under this 
section are authorized to remain available until expended.". 
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Assistance. 
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Annual report. 
eontents. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ABROAD 
SEC. 116. (a) Section 214 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking out "each of the fiscal years 1974" and all 
that follows through "1976 and" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"the fiscal year"; and 
(B) by inserting "and for the fiscal year 1978, $25,000,000," 
immediately after "$25,000,000,"; 
(2) in subsection (d) — 
(A) by striking out "1974" and all that follows through 
"1976 and"; and 
(B) by inserting "and 1978" immediately after "1977"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), funds appro-
priated under this section may be used for assistance to centers for 
pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery established by Children's 
Medical Relief International, except that assistance may not be fur-
nished for the domestic operations of any such center located in the 
United States, its territories or possessions.". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) (3) shall not apply to 
funds appropriated before the date of enactment of this Act. 
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Pediatric plastic 
and 
reconstructive 
surgery centers. 
Effective date. 
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HOUSING AND OTHER CREDIT GUARANTY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 117. (a) (1) Section 221 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the second sentence; and 
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(B) in the last sentence, by inserting ", section 222(c)," 
immediately after "222(b)". 
(2) Section 222(c) of such Act is amended— 
(A) by inserting "or under section 221" immediately after 
"1969"; and 
(B) by striking out "$600,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$1,030,000,000". 
(3) Section 223(i) of such Act is amended by striking out "1978" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "1979". 
(b) (1) Section 222A(h) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"December 31,1977" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30,1978". 
_ (2) Section 223(b) of such Act is amended— 
(A) by striking out "hereunder" and inserting in lieu thereof 
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"under section 221 or 222 or under prior housing guaranty 
authorities"; and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Fees collected in connection with guaranties issued under sec-
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tion 222A shall likewise be available to meet similar expenses, 
costs, or liabilities incurred in connection with the programs 
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authorized by that section.". 
(c) Section 223(j) of such Act is amended in the last sentence— 
; 
(1) by striking out "1977" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978"; 
and 
(2) by 
striking 
out 
"$50,000,000", 
"$20,000,000", and 
"$15,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$75,000,000", 
"$30,000,000", and "$30,000,000", respectively. 
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Integration of 
women. 
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 118. (a) Section 302(a) (1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 is amended— 
(1) by striking out "for the fiscal year 1974," and all that 
follows through "$194,500,000 and"; 
(2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end of 
the first sentence "and for the fiscal year 1978, $252,000,000"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this subsec-
tion for the fiscal year 1978, not to exceed $42,500,000 shall be 
available for voluntary contributions to the United Nations Relief 
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.". 
(b) Section 305 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new sentence: "The President is further requested, in 
making United States contributions to such organizations, to take into 
account the progress, or lack of progress, of such organizations in 
adopting and implementing policies and practices which encourage 
and promote the integration of women into the national economies of 
member and recipient countries, and into professional and policy-
making positions within such organizations, in accordance with the 
World Plan of Action of the Decade for Women.". 
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91 STAT. 541 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
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SEC. 119. The first sentence of section 492 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "1976 and 1977" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1977 and 1978". 
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ITALIAN RELIEF, REHABILITATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 120. Section 495B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 
(2) by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the follow-
ing new subsection: 
"(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President 
$30,000,000 for the fiscal year 1978 for relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
struction assistance, in accordance with the provisions of section 491 
and on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for the people 
who have been victimized by the recent earthquakes in Italy. Amounts 
appropriated under this subsection are authorized to remain available 
until expended.". 
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Appropriation 
authorization. 
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TURKEY RELIEF, REHABILITATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION 
SEC, 121. Chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 495D. TURKEY RELIEF, REHABILITATION, AND RECONSTRUC-
TION.—The President is requested to use up to $10,000,000 of the funds 
made available under section 492 of this Act to provide relief, reha-
bilitation, and reconstruction assistance to the victims of the recent 
earthquakes in Turkey.". 
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USE o r FOREIGN VOLUNTARY NONPROFIT AGENCIES 
SEC. 122. (a) Section 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the 
first sentence "(including foreign voluntary nonprofit relief agencies 
so registered and approved when no United States voluntary nonprofit 
relief agency is available)". 
(b) For purposes of implementing the amendment made by sub-
section (a), the President shall issue regulations governing registra-
tion with and approval bv the Advisory Committee on Voluntary 
Foreign Aid of foreign voluntary nonprofit agencies. 
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Regulations. 
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note. 
REPEAL OF PROHIBITIONS ON AID TO COUNTRIES ASSISTING OR TRADING 
WITH CUBA OR VIETNAM 
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is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1) by striking out the 
. semicolon and all that follows through "States"; and 
(2) by striking out paragraph (3). 
(b) Section 620(n) of such Act is repealed. 
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(c) Section 664 of such Act is repealed. 
Repeal. 
Repeal. 
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INSPECTOR GENERAL, FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 124. (a)(1) Section 624(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of Repeal. 
1961 is repealed. 
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Duty assignment. 
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Repeal. 
Effective date. 
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(2) The President (A) may assign to the Inspector General, 
Foreign Service, any of the duties and responsibilities vested by such 
section 624(d) in the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, and (B) 
may authorize the Inspector General, Foreign Service, to exercise 
such of the authorities granted by such section 624(d) to the Inspector 
General, Foreign Assistance, as the President determines are neces-
sary to carry out any duties or responsibilities so assigned. 
(b) Section 5316 of title 5, United State Code, is amended by 
repealing paragraphs (52) and (53). 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on 
July 1,1978. 
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS 
SEC. 125. The last proviso of section 625(d)(2) of the F'oreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out the semicolon and 
"however, the authority contained in this proviso may not be exer-
cised with respect to the assignment to such duty of more than fifty 
persons at any one time". 
DOUBLE DIPPING 
SEC. 126. Section 626(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended by striking out "sections 3323(a) and 8344 of title 5 of the 
United States Code, section 872 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 
amended, or any other law limiting the reemployment of retired 
officers or employees or governing the simultaneous receipt of compen-
sation and retired pay or annuities, subject to section 5532" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "section 3323 (a)". 
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C O O R D I N A T I O N OF UNITED STATES 
INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 127. (a) Subsection (a) of section 640B of the Foreign Assist-
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ance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new sentence: "The Connnittee shall advise the President 
concerning the degree to which bilateral and multilateral development 
assistance should focus on critical problems in those functional sectors 
which affect the lives of the majority of people in the developing coun-
tries: food production; rural development and nutrition; population 
planning and health; and education, public administration, and 
human resource development.". 
Report to 
(b) Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: 
Congress. 
"(d) The President shall report to the Congress during the first 
quarter of each calendar year on United States actions affecting the 
eontents. 
development of less developed countries. The report shall include (1) 
a comprehensive and coordinated review of all United States policies 
and programs having a major impact on the development" of such 
*
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* 
countries, including but not limited to the areas of bilateral and multi-
lateral assistance, trade, commodities, monetary affairs, private invest-
ment, debt, employment, food, energy, technology, population, oceans, 
environment, human settlements, natural resources, and participation 
in international agencies concerned with development; and (2) an 
assessment of the impact of such policies and programs on (A) 
national employment, wages, and working conditions in the ITnited 
? ' 
States, as well as other aspects of the United States economy, and (B) 
the well-being of the poor in the less developed countries in accordance 
with the approach to development outlined in subsections (c) and (d) 
Ante, p. 533. 
of section 102 of this Act.". 
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91 STAT. 543 
(c) Such section 640B is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsections: 
"(e) The head of any of the departments or agencies referred to in 
subsection (a) may temporarily assign, upon the request of the Chair-
man, any employee from such department or agency to the staff of the 
Committee. 
"(f) To carry out the purposes of subsection (a), the Committee 
shall— 
"(1) prepare studies on various development problems; 
"(2) devise implementation strategies on developmental prob-
lems appropriate to each such department or agency; 
" (3) monitor and evaluate the results of the development activi-
ties of each such department or agency; and 
"(4) arrange for the exchange of information and studies 
between such agencies and departments. 
"(g) In his annual report to the Congress pursuant to subsection 
(d), the President shall include a report on the Committee's operations 
pursuant to subsection (f).". 
Development 
Coordination 
Committee. 
22 u s e 2399c. 
Studies. 
Report to 
Congress, 
additional item. 
REIMBURSABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 128. Section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 22 USC 2421. 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "up to $1,000,000" and all that follows 
through'"1976, and"; 
(2) by inserting "of the funds made available for the purposes 
of this Act" immediately after "$2,000,000" the second place it 
appears; and 
(3) by inserting "and $2,000,000 of the funds made available for 
the purposes of this Act in the fiscal year 1978" immediately after 
"1977". 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
22 USC 2427. 
SEC. 129. (a) Section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 667. OPERATING EXPENSES.— (a) There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, for the fiscal year 1978— 
"(1) $220,200,000 for necessary operating expenses of the 
agency primarily responsible for administering part I of this Act; 
and 
"(2) such amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, 
pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law, 
and for other nondiscretionary costs of such agency. 
"(b) Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to 
remain available until expended.". 
(b) Section 109 of such Act is amended by inserting immediately 
22 USC 2151g 
before the period in the last sentence a comma and the following: 
"except that the authority of such sections may be used to transfer for 
the purposes of section 667 not to exceed five per centum of the amount. Supm. 
of funds made available for section 667 (a) (1)". 
NOTIFICATION OF PROGRAM CHANGES 
SEC. 130. Chapter 3 of part I I I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 671. NOTIFICATION or PROGRAM CHANGES.—None of the funds 
Notice to 
congressional 
committees. 
22 USC 2429b. 
91 STAT. 544 
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act (except for pro-
22 use 2181, 
^rams under title III or title IV of chapter 2 of part I, chapter 
2191. 
5 of part I, and programs of disaster relief and rehabilitation) may 
22 use 2261. 
be obligated for any activities, programs, projects, types of materiel 
assistance, countries, or other operations not justified, or in excess 
of the amount justified, to the Congress for obligation under this 
Act for any fiscal year unless the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, the Committee on International Relations of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of each 
House of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such 
obligation.". 
22 use 2151 
note. 
22 use 2151. 
FUTURE UNITED STATES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 131. It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should 
increase substantially its assistance for self-help development among 
the world's poorest people. Such assistance should be provided in 
accordance with the general policies and principles of chapter 1 of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with particular emphasis 
on encouraging and supporting more equitable patterns of economic 
growth, especially in the poorest countries, and should be coordinated 
with similar expanded efforts by international organizations, donor 
nations, and the recipient countries themselves. 
Reparations, 
prohibition. 
22 use 2151 
note. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS; MISSING IN ACTION IN VIETNAM 
SEC. 132. (a) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act may be used for assistance to or reparations for the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, or Cuba. 
(b) The President shall continue to take all possible steps to obtain 
a final accounting: of all Americans missing: in action in Vietnam. 
Transmittal to 
eongress. 
22 use 2151 
note. 
eontents. 
PLAN FOR INCREASED MINORITY BUSINESS PARTICIPATION 
IN 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 133. (a) The Administrator of the agency primarily responsible 
for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
prepare and transmit to the Congress, not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, a detailed plan for the establishment 
of a section on minority business within such agency. 
(b) Such plan shall include, but shall not be limited to— 
(1) a description of where the section on minority business will 
be located in such agency's organizational structure and what 
relevant lines of authority will be established; 
(2) a listing of the specific responsibilities that will be assigned 
to the section on minority business to enable it to increase, in a 
rational and effective manner, participation of minority busi-
ness enterprises in activities funded by such agency; 
(3) a design for a time-phase system for bringing about 
expanded minority business enterprise participation, including 
specific recommendations for percentage allocations of contracts 
by such agency to minority business enterprises; 
(4) a proposed reporting system that will permit objective 
measuring of the degree of participation of minority business 
enterprises in comparison to the total activities funded by such 
agency; 
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
91 STAT. 545 
(5) a detailed projection of the administrative budgetary 
impact of the establishment of the section on minority business; 
and 
(6) a detailed set of objective criteria upon which determina-
tions will be made as to the qualifications of minority business 
enterprises to receive contracts funded by such agency. 
TITLE II—FOOD FOR PEACE 
; 
REPEAL o r CERTAIX PROHIBITIOXS ON TITLE I FINANCING 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out ": Provided^'''' 
and all that follows through the end of the section and inserting in 
lieu thereof a period. 
(b) Section 103(d) of such Act is amended by striking out ", or 
(3)" and all that follows through "United Arab Republic under 
title I of this Act". 
7 use 1702. 
7 use 1703. 
ALLOCATION OF TITLE I AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 202. Section 111 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out the first three 7 USe 1711. 
sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Not more than eertification to 
25 per centum of the food aid commodities provided under this title Congress, 
in each fiscal year shall be allocated and agreed to be delivered to 
countries other than those which meet the poverty criterion estab-
lished for International Development Association financing and which 
are affected by inability to secure sufficient food for their immedi-
ate requirements through their own production or commercial pur-
chase from abroad, unless the President certifies to the Congress that 
(1) the use of such food assistance is required for humanitarian food 
purposes, or (2) the quantity of commodities which would be required 
to be allocated under this section to countries which meet the Inter-
national Development Association poverty criterion could not be used 
effectively to carry out the humanitarian or development purposes of 
this title. A reduction below 75 per centum in the proportion of food Reduction, 
aid allocated and agreed to be delivered to countries which meet the 
International Development Association poverty criterion and which 
are affected by inability to secure sufficient food for their immediate 
requirements through their own production or commercial purchase 
from abroad which results from significantly changed circumstances 
occurring after the initial allocation shall not constitute a violation 
of the requirements of this section.*'. 
* 
^ 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
SEC. 203. Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Agreements. 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
"SEC. 112. (a) No agreement may be entered into under this title to 7 USC 1712. 
finance the sale of agricultural commodities to the government of any 
country which engages in a consisitent pattern of gross violations of 
internationally recognized human rights, including torture or cruel, 
inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention 
without charges, or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, 
and the security of person, unless such agreement will directly benefit 
91 STAT. 546 
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Report to 
President. 
Information, 
submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Report to 
Speaker of the 
House, President 
of the Senate, and 
congressional 
committee. 
the needy people in such country. An agreement will not directly bene-
fit the needy people in the country for purposes of the preceding sen-
tence unless either the commodities themselves or the proceeds from 
their sale will be used for specific projects or programs which the 
President determines would directly benefit the needy people of that 
country. The agreement shall specify how the projects or programs 
will be used to benefit the needy people and shall require a report to the 
President on such use within 6 months after the commodities are 
delivered to the recipient country. 
"(b) To assist in determining whether the requirements of subsec-
tion (a) are being met, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate or the Committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives may require the President to submit in 
writing information demonstrating that an agreement will directly 
benefit the needy people in a country. 
"(c) In determining whether or not a government falls within the 
provisions of subsection (a), consideration shall be given to the extent 
of cooperation of such government in permitting an unimpeded 
investigation of alleged violations of internationally recognized human 
rights by appropriate international organizations, including the Inter-
national Committee of the Red Cross, or groups or persons acting 
nndei- the authority of the United Nations or of the Organization of 
American States. 
"(d) The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, in the annual 
presentation materials on planned programing of assistance under 
this Act, a full and complete report regarding the steps he has taken 
to carry out the provisions of this section.". 
7 use 1713. 
FINANCING THE SALE OF FOOD AND FIBER COMMODITIES 
SEC. 204. Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954, as amended by section 203 of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 11;1 In the allocation of fimds made available under this title, 
priority shall be given to financing the sale of food and fiber 
commodities.". 
7 use 1714. 
7 use 1721. 
HIGH PROTEIN, BLENDED, AND FORTIFIED FOODS 
SEC. 205. Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954, as amended by sections 203 and 204 of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 114. (a) The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United 
States to assist developing countries in the transition from food assist-
ance recipients to economic self-sufficiency and to assist those nations 
which have been recipients of high protein, blended, or fortified foods 
under title II of this Act to continue to combat hunger and malnutri-
tion among the lower income segments of their population, especially 
children, through the continued provision of these foods under this 
title. 
"(b) In implementing the policy declared in subsection (a), the 
President, in entering into agreements for the sale of high protein, 
blended, or fortified foods under this title with countries which (1) 
give assurance that the benefits of any waiver under this section will be 
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
91 STAT. 547 
passed on to the individual recipients of such foods, and (2) have 
a reasonable potential for transition to commercial purchasers of such 
foods, may make provisions for a waiver of repayment of up to that 
part of the product value which is attributable to the costs of proc-
essing, enrichment, or fortification. 
"(c) In implementing this section, due care shall be taken to mini-
mize its impact on other commercial and concessional sales of whole 
grains and, where feasible, agreements under this title utilizing the 
authority contained in this section will provide for sales of such 
commodities.". 
TITLE II MINIMUM 
DISTRIBUTION 
SEC. 206. Section 201(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out "title shall be" 7 USC 1721. 
and all that follows through "unless" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "title— 
" (1) for fiscal years 1978 through 1980 shall be 1,600,000 metric 
tons, of which not less than 1,300,000 metric tons shall be distrib-
uted through nonprofit voluntary agencies and the World Food 
Program; 
" (2) for fiscal year 1981 shall be 1,650,000 metric tons, of which 
not less than 1,350,000 metric tons shall be distributed through 
nonprofit voluntary agencies and the World Food Program; and 
" (3) for fiscal year 1982 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be 
1,700,000 metric tons, of which not less than 1,400,000 metric tons 
shall be distributed through nonprofit voluntary agencies and the 
World Food Program; 
unless". 
TITLE II DISTRIBUTION PRIORITIES 
SEC. 207. Section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended— 
7 USC 1722. 
(1) by inserting "(a)" immediately after "SEC. 202."; 
(2) by striking out the next to the last sentence; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b)(1) Assistance to needy persons under this title shall be 
directed, insofar as practicable, toward community and other self-help 
activities designed to alleviate the causes of need for such assistance. 
" (2) In order to assure that food commodities made available under 
this title are used effectively, indigenous workers shall be employed, 
to the extent feasible, to provide information on nutrition and conduct 
food distribution programs in the most remote villages. 
" (3) In distributing food commodities under this title, priority shall 
be given, to the extent feasible, to those who are suffering from mal-
nutrition by using means such as (A) giving priority within food pro-
grams for preschool children to malnourished children, and (B) 
giving priority to the poorest regions of countries.". 
U S E 
O F F O R E I G N NONPROFIT VOLUNTARY AGENCIES 
SEC. 208. (a) Section 202(a) of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, as redesignated by section 207(1) 
of this Act, is amended by inserting the following new sentence imme-
diately after the second sentence: "If no United States nonprofit 
voluntary agency registered with and approved by the Advisory Com-
mittee on Voluntary Foreign Aid is available, the President may 
utilize a foreign nonprofit voluntary agency which is registered witn 
and approved by the Advisory Committee.". 
91 STAT. 548 
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
Regulations. 
7 u s e 1722 note. 
(b) For purposes of implementing the amendment made by subsec-
tion (a), the President shall issue regulations governing registration 
with an approval by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign 
Aid of foreign nonprofit voluntary agencies. 
;! 
REIMBURSEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS 
SEC. 209. Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
7 use 1723. 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended— 
(1) by striking out ", or, in the case of landlocked countries," 
and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and 
(2) by inserting immediately after "points of entry abroad" the 
following: "in the case (1) of landlocked countries, (2) where 
ports cannot be used effectively because of natural or other dis-
tui'bances, (3) where carriers to a specific country are unavailable, 
or (4) where a substantial savings in costs or time can be effected 
by the utilization of points of entry other than ports". 
7 use 1726. 
7 
use 
1427, 
1431, 
1692. 
7 
use 
1727. 
SALE OF TITLE II COMMODITIES TO INCREASE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS 
SEC. 210. Section 206 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out "purposes specified 
in section 103 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "increasing the effectiveness of the programs of food dis-
tribution and increasing the availability of food commodities pro-
vided under this title to the neediest individuals in 
recipient 
countries". 
FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
SEC. 211. (a) Title I I I of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by— 
(1) redesignating sections 301, 302, and 303 as sections 308, 309, 
and 310, respectively; and 
(2) inserting immediately before section 308, as redesignated 
by paragraph (1), the following new sections: 
"SEC. 301. (a) In order to establish a strong relationship between 
United States food assistance and efforts by developing countries to 
increase the availability of food for the poor in such countries and 
improve in other ways the quality of their lives, the President is 
authorized to encourage the use of the resources provided by the con-
cessional financing of agricultural commodities under this Act for 
agricultural and rural development, including voluntary family plan-
ning, health, and nutrition programs, by permitting the funds accru-
ing from the local sale of such commodities which are used for such 
purposes to be applied against the repayment obligation of govern-
ments receiving concessional financing under this Act. The agreement 
between the United States Government and an eligible developing 
country government which provides for repayment of the obligation to 
the United States accruing from the concessional sale of United States 
agricultural commodities by the use of funds from the sale of such 
commodities in the participating country for specified development 
purposes shall be called a Food for Development Program. 
"(b) The overall goal of assistance under this title shall be to 
increase the access of the poor in the recipient country to a growing and 
improving food supply through activities designed to improve the 
production, protection, and utilization of food, and to increase the well-
being of the poor in the rural sector of the recipient country. Assistance 
under this title shall be used for programs of agricultural develop-
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
91 STAT. 549 
ment, rural development, nutrition, health services, and population 
planning, and the program described in section 406(a) (1) of this Act, 
in those countries which are undertaking (or are seriously prepared to 
undertake in connection with the provision of agricultural commodi-
ties under this Act) self-help measures to increase agricultural produc-
tion, improve storage, transportation, and distribution of commodities, 
and reduce population growth in accordance with section 109 of this 
Act, when such programs are directed at and likely to achieve the 
policy objectives of sections 108 and 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and are consistent with the policy objectives of this Act. Partic-
ular emphasis should be placed on activities which efi'ectively assist 
small farmers, tenants, sharecroppers, and landless 
agricultural 
laborers, by expanding their access to the rural economy through 
services and institutions at the local level, and otherwise providing 
opportunities for the poor who are dependent upon agriculture and 
agriculturally related activities to better their lives through their 
own efforts. 
"SEC. 302. (a) Whenever the President, in consultation with the 
government of a developing country, determines that such developing 
country meets the criteria specified in subsection (b) of this section 
and could benefit from the sale of United States agricultui-al com-
modities (including processed and blended foods) for the purposes of 
generating funds or distributing such commodities for agricultural 
and rural development, and improving food distribution and use with-
in such country, the President may designate such country as eligible 
for a Food for Development Program. 
"(b) In order to be eligible for a Food for Development Program 
under this section, a country must (1) have a need for external 
resources to improve its food production, marketing, distribution, and 
storage systems; (2) meet the criterion used to determine basic eligi-
bility for development loans of the International Development Associ-
ation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; 
(3) have the ability to utilize effectively the resources made avail-
able by the sale of food commodities under this section for the pur-
poses specified in clause (1) of this subsection; and (4) indicate the 
willingness to take steps to improve its food production, marketing, 
distribution, and storage systems. 
"(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, 
the aggregate value of all agreements entered into under this title— 
"(A) for fiscal year 1978, shall be not less than 5 percent, 
"(B) for fiscal year 1979, shall be not less than 10 percent, and 
"(C) for fiscal year 1980 and each fiscal year thereafter, shall 
be not less than 15 percent, 
of the aggregate value of all agreements entered into under title I of 
this Act for such fiscal year. 
"(2) The President may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) 
of this subsection with respect to a fiscal year if he determines that 
there are an insufficient number of agricultural and rural development 
projects w^hich qualify for assistance under this title and that there-
fore the humanitarian purposes of this Act would be better served by 
furnishing financing under other provisions of this Act. Any such 
waiver shall be reported to the Congress, together with a detailed 
statement of the reasons for the lack of acceptable projects and a 
detailed description of efforts by the United States Government to 
assist eligible countries, pursuant to section 303(a), in identifying 
appropriate projects for assistance under this title. 
7 use 1736. 
7 use 1709. 
Ante, p. 534. 
Eligibility. 
7 u s e 1727a. 
Agreements, 
aggregate value 
7 u s e 1701. 
Waiver. 
Report to 
eongress. 
91 STAT. 550 
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Multi-year 
proposal, 
submittal to 
President. 
7 use 1727b. 
Contents. 
7 u s e 1701. 
Ante, p. 534. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
Credit. 
7 u s e 1727c. 
Post, p. 551. 
Waiver. 
Report to 
Congress. 
7 u s e 1727d. 
"(3) Greatest efforts shall be made by relevant United States agen-
cies to encourage maximum utilization of assistance for Food for 
Development projects under this title, even beyond the minimums 
required by paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
"SEC. 303. (a) A country designated as eligible and wishing to par-
ticipate in a Food for Development Program shall formulate, with the 
assistance (if requested) of the United States Government, a multi-
year proposal which shall be submitted to the President. Such pro-
posal shall include an annual value or amount of 
agricultural 
commodities proposed to be financed under the authority of title I of 
this Act i^ursuant to the provisions of this title, and a plan for the 
intended uses of commodities or the funds generated from the sale of 
such commodities, on an annual basis for each year such funds are 
to be disbursed. Such proposal shall also specify the nature and magni-
tude of problems to be affected by the effort, and shall present targets 
in quantified terms, insofar as possible, and a description of the rela-
tionships among the various projects, activities, or programs to be 
supported. 
"(b) Tlie multiyear utilization proposal for a Food for Develop-
ment Program shall include, but not be limited to, a statement of how 
assistance under- such Program will be integrated into and comple-
ment that country's overall development plans and other forms of 
bilateral and multilateral development assistance, including assistance 
made available under section 103 of the Foreign Assistiince Act of 1961 
or under any other title of this Act. 
"(c) In his review of any utilization proposal for a Food for Devel-
opment Program, the President shall be satisfied that such assistance 
is intended to complement, but not replace, assistance authorized by 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any other program of bilateral 
or multilateral assistance, or under the development program of the 
country desiring to initiate a Food for Development Program. 
"SEC. 304. (a) Whenever a utilization proposal has been agreed 
upon bv the President and the participating country, the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to furnish credit under the authority 
of title 1 of this Act to the participating country for the purchase of a 
specific annual value of agr-icultural commodities to be delivered over 
a period of from one to five years, subject to the availability of com-
modities under section 401 of this Act. 
" (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no payment 
except as pr*ovided for under this title shall be required of the recipi-
ent government as a part of any agreement to finance the sale of 
agricultural 
commodities pur-suant to a Food for 
Development 
Program. 
"(c) In making food assistance available under this title to a coun-
try on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
list of relatively least developed countries, the President may waive 
any requir^ement corltained in section 303 (a) or (b), in that portion of 
section 303 (c) which requires that assistance under this title is intended 
to complement birt not replace any part of the development program 
of the pai-ticipating country, or in section 306, if he finds that such 
country is unable to meet such requirement but could use assistance 
under this title to meet important humanitarian or developmental 
objectives of this Act. Such waivers, and the reasons therefor, shall be 
reported annually by the President to the Congr-ess. 
"SEC, 305. Funds generated frorrr the sale of agricultural commodi-
ties by any participating coirntr-y under this title shall be held in a 
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
91 STAT. 551 
special account, where practicable, to be disbursed for the purposes 
described in the approved Food for Development Program of such 
countiy. The amount of funds disbursed for such purposes and in 
accordance with the agreement shall be deemed payments for the 
purposes of section 103 (b) of this Act. 
"SEC. 306. Not more than one year after the initial delivery of com-
modities to any country under this title and each year thereafter for 
the period of agreement, the government of the participating country, 
with the assistance (if requested) of the United States Government, 
shall submit a comprehensive report to the President on the activities 
and progress achieved under the Food for Development Program for 
such country, including, but not limited to, a comparison of results 
with projected targets, a specific accounting for funds generated, their 
uses, and the outstanding balances at the end of the most recent fiscal 
year. Such annual report may also include recommendations for modi-
fication and improvement in the Food for Development Program of 
such country. 
"SEC. 307. (a) Each year the President shall review the disposition 
of all agreements providing for the use of the proceeds from the sale 
of agricultural commodities pursuant to this title for which such funds 
were not fully disbursed the preceding year. The results of such review 
shall be included in the annual report to the Congress required under 
section 408 (a) of this Act. 
"(b) If the President finds that the provisions of an agreement 
are not being substantially met, he shall not extend financing for sales 
under this title until the end of the following fiscal year or until the 
situation is remedied, whichever occurs first, unless the failure to meet 
the provisions is due to unusual circumstances beyond the control of 
the recipient government.". 
(b) (1) Section 103(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out "section 106(b) (2)" 
in the proviso and inserting in lieu thereof "title I I I " . 
(2) Section 106(b) (2) of such Act is amended by striking out the 
second and third sentences. 
Infra. 
Report to 
President. 
7 use 1727e. 
Review. 
7 use 1727f. 
Results, report to 
Congress. 
7 use 1736b. 
7 use 1703. 
7 use 1706. 
ADEQUACY OP FACILITIES: EFFECT OF SHIPMENTS ON AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTION I N RECIPIENT 
COUNTRY 
SEC. 212. Section 401 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by inserting "(a)" immediately 
after "SEC. 401." and by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(b) No agricultural commodity may be financed or otherwise made 
available under the authority of this Act except upon a determination 
by the Secretary of Agriculture that (1) adequate storage facilities are 
available in the recipient country at the time of exportation of the 
commodity to prevent the spoilage or waste of the commodity, and 
(2) the distribution of the commodity in the recipient country will 
not result in a substantial disincentive to domestic production in that 
country.". 
7 use 1731. 
REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORTS 
SEC. 213. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 408 of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 are amended to read as 
follows: 
7 use 1736b. 
91 STAT. 552 
PUBLIC LAW 95-88—AUG. 3, 1977 
Reports to 
Congress. 
Program 
evaluation, 
submittal to 
Congress. 
"(b) Not later than September 30 of each year, the President shall 
submit to the Congress a report containing a global assessment of food 
production and needs and setting forth planned programing of food 
assistance under title I for the coming fiscal year. Not later than 
December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year, the President shall 
submit a report to the Congress showing the current status of planned 
programing of food assistance under title I for the current fiscal year. 
"(c) Beginning October 1, 1978, and at each five-year interval 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the Congress a comparative 
cross-country evaluation of programs conducted under titles II and 
III. Such evaluations shall cover no fewer than five countries sampled 
from the developing regions (Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the 
Caribbean), and shall assess the nutritional and other impacts, 
achievements, problems, and future prospects for programs under 
these titles.". 
, 
. 
, 
7 u s e 1708 note. 
46 u s e 1241. 
7 u s e 1691. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
STUDY OF PAYMENTS OF OCEAN FltEIGHT DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 214. The President shall conduct a comprehensive study of 
payment of ocean freight differentials between United States-flag rates 
and foreign-flag rates when United States-flag vessels are required to be 
used, in accordance with section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, for the shipment of agricultural commodities under the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and shall recom-
mend possible changes in the method of reimbursement which is now 
borne by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Such study shall be 
completed within 180 days after the date of enactment of this section 
and submitted to the following committees of the Congress: the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; the House 
Committee on Agriculture; the House Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries; and the House Committee on International Relations. 
EFFECTilVE DATE 
7 use 1702 note. 
^^.c. 215. The provisions of this title shall become effective October 1, 
1977. 
Approved August 3, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-240 (Comm. on International Relations) and No. 95-501 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-161 accompanying S. 1520 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
May 12, considered and passed House. 
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June 15, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1520. 
July 21, House agreed to conference report. 
July 22, Senate agreed to conference report.