An Act to promote International trade in agricultural commodities, to combat hunger and malnutrition, to further economic development, and for other purposes.
PL 89-808 (H.R.14929), enacted 11/11/1966

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Public Law 89-808 
November 11, 1966 
AN A C T 
[H.R. 14929] 
ipj> promote international trade in agricultural commodities, to combat hunger 
and malnutrition, to further economic development, and for other purposes. 
Food for Peace 
Act of 1966. 
68 Stat. 454. 
7 u s e 1691. 
Declaration of 
policy. 
7 u s e 1701-
1709. 
Agreements 
with friendly 
countries. 
75 Stat. 426; 
Ante, p. 796. 
22 u s e 2161. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That this Act may be 
cited as the "Food for Peace Act of 1966". 
SEC. 2. The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, as amended, is amended— 
(A) By amending section 2 to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares it to be the policy of the 
United States to expand international trade; to develop and expand 
export markets for United States agricultural commodities; to use the 
abundant agricultural productivity of the United States to combat 
hunger and malnutrition and to encourage economic development in 
the developing countries, with particular emphasis on assistance to 
those countries that are determined to improve their own agricultural 
production; and to promote in other ways the foreign policy of the 
United States." 
(B) By amending title I to read as follows: 
"TITLE I 
"SEC. 101. In order to carry out the policies and accomplish the 
objectives set forth in section 2 of this Act, the President is authorized 
to negotiate and carry out agreements with friendly countries to pro-
vide for the sale of agricultural commodities for dollars on credit 
terms or for foreign currencies. 
"SEC. 102. For the purpose of carrying out agreements concluded 
under this Act the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to 
finance the sale and exportation of agricultural commodities whether 
from private stocks or from stocks of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion. 
"SEC. 103. In exercising the authorities conferred upon him by this 
title, the President shall— 
"(a) take into account efforts of friendly countries to help 
themselves toward a greater degree of self-reliance, including 
efforts to meet their problems of food production and population 
growth; 
"(b) take steps to assure a progressive transition from sales for 
foreign currencies to sales for dollars (or to the extent that transi-
tion to sales for dollars under the terms applicable to such sales is 
not possible, transition to sales for foreign currencies on credit 
terms no less favorable to the United States than those for devel-
opment loans made under section 201 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, and on terms which permit conversion 
to dollars at the exchange rate applicable to the sales agreement) 
at a rate whereby the transition can be completed by December 
31,1971: Provided, That provision may be included in any agree-
ment for payment in foreign currencies to the extent that the 
President determines that such currencies are needed for the pur-
pose of subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), and (h) of section 104; 
"(c) take reasonable precautions to safeguard usual market-
ings of the United States and to assure that sales under this title 
will not unduly disrupt world prices of agricultural commodities 
or normal patterns of commercial trade with friendly countries; 
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" (d) make sales agreements only with those countries which he 
^^p°''ts to con-
determines to be friendly to the United States: Provided^ That ^''^^^" 
the President shall periodically review the status of those coun-
tries which are eligible under this subsection and report the 
results of such review to the Congress. As used in this Act, 
"Friendly coun-
'friendly country' shall not include (1) any country or area ^^^' 
dominated or controlled by a foreign government or organization 
controlling a world Communist movement, or (2) for the purpose 
only of sales of agricultural commodities for foreign currencies 
under title I of this Act, any country or area dominated by a 
Communist government, or (3) for the purpose only of sales of 
agricultural commodities under title I of this Act, any nation 
which sells or furnishes or permits ships or aircraft under its 
registry to transport to or from Cuba or North Vietnam (exclud-
ing United States installations in Cuba) any equipment, mate-
rials, or commodities so long as they are governed by a Communist 
regime: Provided^ That with respect to furnishing, selling, or pe^'^'Ja]°R*e°"ster 
selling and transporting to Cuba medical supplies, non-strategic 
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raw materials for agriculture, and non-strategic agricultural or 
food commodities, sales agreements may be entered into if the 
President finds with respect to each such country, and so informs 
the Senate and the House of Representatives of the reasons there-
for, that the making of each such agreement would be in the 
national interest of the United States and all such findings and 
reasons therefor shall be published in the Federal Register, or 
(4) for the purposes only of sales under title I of this Act the 
United Arab Republic, unless the President determines that such 
sale is in the national interest of the United States. No sales to 
the United Arab Republic shall be based upon the requirements 
of that nation for more than one fiscal year. The President shall 
keep the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to 
sales made to the United Arab Republic under title I of this Act. 
Notwithstanding any other Act, the President may enter into 
agreements for the sale of argicultural commodities for dollars 
on credit terms under title I of this Act with countries which 
fall within the definition of 'friendly country' for the purpose of 
such sales and no sales under this Act shall be made with any 
country if the President finds such country is (a) an aggressor, 
in a military sense, against any country having diplomatic rela-
tions with the United States, or (b) using funds, of any sort, from 
the United States for purposes inimical to the loreign policies of 
the United States; 
"(e) take appropriate steps to assure that private trade chan-
nels are used to the maximum extent practicable both with respect 
to sales from privately owned stocks and with respect to sales 
from stocks owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation and 
that small business has adequate and fair opportunity to par-
ticipate in sales made under the authority of this Act ; 
"(f) give special consideration to the development and expan-
sion of foreign markets for United States agricultural commod-
ities, with appropriate emphasis on more adequate storage, han-
dling, and food distribution facilities as well as long-term devel-
opment of new and expanding markets by encouraging economic 
growth; 
" (g) obtain commitments from purchasing countries that will 
prevent resale or transshipment to other countries, or use for other 
than domestic purposes, of agricultural commodities purchased 
under this title, without specific approval of the President; 
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" (h) obtain rates of exchange applicable to the sale of commod-
ities under such agreements which are not less favorable than the 
highest of exchange rates legally obtainable in the respective 
countries and which are not less favorable than the highest of 
exchange rates obtainable by any other nation; 
"(i) promote progress toward assurance of an adequate food 
supply by encouraging countries with which agreements are made 
to give higher emphasis to the production of food crops than to 
the production of such nonfood crops as are in world surplus; 
"(j) exercise the authority contained in title I of this Act to 
assist friendly countries to be independent of domination or con-
trol by any world Communist movement. Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as authorizing sales agreements under title I 
with any government or organization controlling a world Com-
munist movement or with any country with which the United 
States does not have diplomatic relations; 
"(k) whenever practicable require upon delivery that not less 
than 5 per centum of the purchase price of any agricultural com-
modities sold under title I of this Act be payable in dollars or in 
the types or kinds of currencies which can be converted into 
dollars; 
"(1) obtain commitments from friendly purchasing countries 
that will insure, insofar as practicable, that food commodities 
sold for foreign currencies under title I of this Act shall be 
marked or identified at point of distribution or sale as being pro-
vided on a concessional basis to the recipient government through 
the generosity of the people of the United States of America, and 
obtain commitments from purchasing countries to publicize wide-
ly to their people, by public media and other means, that the com-
modities are being provided on a concessional basis through the 
friendship of the American people as food for peace; 
"(m) require foreign currencies to be convertible to dollars to 
the extent consistent with the effectuation of the purposes of this 
Act, but in any event to the extent necessary to (1) permit that 
portion of such currencies made available for payment of United 
States obligations to be used to meet obligations or charges pay-
able by the United States or any of its agencies to the government 
of the importing country or any of its agencies, and (2) in the 
case of excess currency countries, assure convertibility by sale to 
American tourists, or otherwise, of such additional amount (up 
to twenty-five per centum of the foreign currencies received pur-
suant to each agreement entered into after the effective date of the 
Food for Peace Act of 1966) as may be necessary to cover all 
normal expenditures of American tourists in the importing 
country; 
"(n) take maximum precautions to assure that sales for dollars 
on credit terms under this Act shall not displace any sales of 
United States agricultural commodities which would otherwise 
be made for cash dollars. 
Uses of foreign 
"SEC. 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Presi-
dent may use or enter mto agreements with foreign countries or inter-
national organizations to use the foreign currencies, including prin-
cipal and interest from loan repayments, which accrue in connection 
with sales for foreign currencies under this title for one or more of 
the following purposes: 
"(a) For payment of United States obligations (including 
obligations entered into pursuant to other legislation); 
currencies. 
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"(b) For carrying out programs of United States Government 
agencies to— 
"(1) help develop new markets for United States agri-
cultural commodities on a mutually benefitting basis. 
From 
sale proceeds and loan repayments under this title not less 
than the equivalent of 5 per centum of the total sales made 
each year under this title shall be set aside in the amounts and 
kinds of foreign currencies specified by the Secretary of 
Agriculture and made available in advance for use as pro-
vided by this paragraph over such period of years as the 
Secretary of Agriculture determines will most effectively 
carry out the purpose of this paragraph: Provided^ That the 
Secretary of Agriculture may release such amounts of the 
foreign currencies so set aside as he determines cannot be 
effectively used for agricultural market development pur-
poses under this section, except that no release shall be made 
until the expiration of thirty days following the date on 
which notice of such proposed release is transmitted by the 
President to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and 
Forestry and to the House Committee on Agriculture, if 
transmitted while Congress is in session, or sixty days follow-
ing the date of transmittal if transmitted while Congress is 
not in session. Provision shall be made in sale and loan agree-
ments for the convertibility of such amount of the proceeds 
thereof (not less than 2 per centum) as the Secretary of 
Agriculture determines to be needed to carry out the purpose 
of this paragraph in those countries which are or offer reason-
able potential of becoming dollar markets for United States 
agricultural commodities. 
Such sums shall be converted into 
the types and kinds of foreign currencies as the Secretary 
deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph 
and such sums shall be deposited to a special Treasury account 
and shall not be made available or expended except for carry-
ing out the provisions of this paragraph. 
Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, if sufficient foreign currencies for 
carrying out the purpose of this paragraph in such countries 
are not otherwise available, the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized and directed to enter into agreements with such 
countries for the sale of agricultural commodities in such 
amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be 
adequate and for the use of the proceeds to carry out the pur-
pose of this paragraph. 
In carrying out agricultural market 
development activities, nonprofit agricultural trade organiza-
tions shall be utilized to the maximum extent practicable. 
The purpose of this paragraph shall include such representa-
tion of agricultural industries as may be required during the 
course of discussions on trade programs relating either to 
individual commodities or groups of commodities; 
"(2) finance international educational and cultural ex-
change activities under the programs authorized by the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C.2451etseq.); 
"(3) collect, collate, translate, abstract, and disseminate 
scientific and technological information and conduct research 
and support scientific activities overseas including programs 
and projects of scientific cooperation between the United 
States and other countries such as coordinated research 
Notice of release 
of foreign curren-
cies. 
Transmittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Special Treas-
ury account. 
75 Stat. 527. 
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against diseases coinniou to all of mankind or unique to indi-
vidual regions of the globe, and promote and support pro-
grams of medical and scientific research, cultural and educa-
tional development, family planning, health, nutrition, and 
sanitation : 
'"(4) acquire by purchase, lease, rental, or otherwise, sites 
and buildings and grounds abroad, for United States GoA'ern-
nient use including offices, residence quarters, community and 
other facilities, and construct, repair, alter, and furnish such 
buildings and facilities; 
"(5) finance under the direction of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in consultation with the National Science Foundation 
and other interested agencies, (A) programs outside the 
United States for the analysis and evaluation of foreign 
books, periodicals, and other materials to determine whether 
they would provide information of technical or scientific 
significance in the United States and whether such books, 
periodicals, and other materials are of cultural or educational 
significance, (B) the registry, indexing, binding, reproduc-
tion, cataloging, abstracting, translating, and dissemination 
of books, periodicals, and related materials determined to 
have such significance; and (C) the acquisition of such books, 
periodicals, and other materials and the deposit thereof in 
libraries and research centers in the United States specializ-
ing in the areas to which they relate; 
"(c) To procure equipment, materials, facilities, and services 
for the common defense including internal security ; 
''(d) For assistance to meet emergency or extraordinary relief 
requirements other than requirements for food commodities: 
Limitation. 
Provided, 
That not more than a total amount equivalent to 
$5,000,000 may be made available for this puipose during any 
fiscal year; 
"(e) For use to the maximum extent under the procedures 
established by such agency as the President shall designate for 
h)ans to TTnited States business firms (including cooperatives) 
and branches, subsidiaries, or affiliates of such firms for business 
development and trade expansion in such countries, including 
loans for private home construction, and for loans to domestic or 
foreign firms (including cooperatives) for the establishment of 
facilities for aiding in the utilization, distribution, or otherwise 
increasing the consumption of, and markets for, United States 
agricultural products: Provided, hoicever. That no such loans 
shall be made for the manufacture of any products intended to 
be exported to the United States in competition with products 
produced in the United States and due consideration shall be 
given to the continued expansion of markets for United States 
agricultural commodities or the products thereof. Foreign cur-
rencies may be accepted in repayment of such loans; 
"(f) To promote multilateral trade and agricultural and other 
economic development, under procedures, established by the 
President, by loans or by use in any other manner which the 
President may determine to be in the national interest of the 
LTnited States, particularly to assist programs of recipient coun-
tries designed to promote, increase, or improve food production, 
processing, distribution, or marketing in food-deficit countries 
friendly to the LTnited States, for which purpose the President 
may utilize to the extent practicable the services of nonprofit vol-
untary agencies registered with and approved by the Advisory 
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Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid: Provided^ That no such 
funds may be utilized to promote religious activities; 
" (g) For the purchase of goods or services for other friendly 
countries; 
"(h) For financing, at the request of such country, programs 
emphasizing maternal welfare, child health and nutrition, and 
activities, where participation is voluntary, related to the prob-
lems of population growth, under procedures established by the 
President through any agency of the United States, or through 
any local agency which he determines is qualified to administer 
such activities; 
"(i) for paying, to the maximum extent practicable, the costs 
outside the United States of carrying out the program authorized 
in section 406 of this Act; and 
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"(j) For sale for dollars to United States citizeu* and non-
profit organizations for travel or other purposes of currencies 
determined to be in excess of the needs of departments and agen-
cies of the ITnited States for such currencies. 
The United States 
dollars received from the sale of such foreign currencies shall be 
deposited to the account of Commodity Credit Corporation: 
Provided^ That— 
"(1) Section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, 
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shall apply to currencies used for the purposes specified in subsections 
(a) and (b), 
"(2) Section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, 
shall apply to all foreign currencies used for grants under subsections 
(f) and (g), to not less than 10 per centum of the foreign currencies 
which accrue pursuant to agreements entered into on or before Decem-
ber 31, 1964, and to not less than 20 per centum in the aggregate of 
the foreign currencies which accrue pursuant to agreements entered 
into thereafter: Provided^ however^ That the President is authorized 
to waive such applicability of section 1415 in any case where he deter-
mines that it would be inappropriate or inconsistent with the pur-
poses of this title, 
"(3) No agreement or proposal to grant any foreign currencies 
Transmittal to 
(except as provided in subsection (c) of this section), or to use mlneTs^.^^""^ '^°'"" 
(except pursuant to appropriation Act) any principal or interest 
from loan repayments under this section shall be entered into or 
carried, out until the expiration of thirty days following the date on 
which such agreement or proposal is transmitted by the President to 
the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and to the House 
Committee on Agriculture, if transmitted while Congress is in session, 
or sixty days following the date of transmittal if transmitted while 
Congress is not in session, 
"(4) Any loan made under the authority of this section shall bear 
interest at such rate as the President may determine but not less than 
the cost of funds to the United States Treasury, taking into considera-
tion the current average market yields on outstanding marketable 
obligations of the LTnited States having maturity comparable to the 
maturity of such loans, unless the President shall in specific instances 
after consultation with the advisory committee established under 
section 407 designate a different rate: 
Provided^ further. That paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of the fore-
going proviso shall not apply in the case of any nation where the 
foreign currencies or credits owned by the United States and avail-
able for use by it in such nation are determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury to be in excess of the normal requirements of the depart-
ments and agencies of the United States for expenditures in such 
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nations for the two fiscal years following the fiscal year in which such 
determination is made. 
The amount of any such excess shall be 
devoted to the extent practicable and without regard to paragraph 
(1) of the foregoing proviso, to the acquisition of sites, buildings, 
and grounds under paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of this section 
and to assist such nation in undertaking self-help measures to increase 
its production of agricultural commodities and its facilities for storage 
and distribution of such commodities. Assistance under the foregoing 
provision shall be limited to self-help measures additional to those 
Reports to con- ^hich wouM be Undertaken without such assistance. Upon the 
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determination by the secretary oi the Ireasury that such an excess 
exists w^ith respect to any nation, the President shall advise the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the House Committee 
on Agriculture of such determination; and shall thereafter report to 
each such committee as often as may be necessary to keep such Com-
mittee advised as to the extent of such excess, the purposes for which 
it is used or proposed to be used, and the effects of such use. 
Special account. 
"SEC. 105. Forelgu currcncics received pursuant to this Act shall 
be deposited in a special account to the credit of the United States 
and shall be used only pursuant to section 104, and any department 
or agency of the Government using any of such currencies for a pur-
pose for which funds have been appropriated shall reimburse the 
Commodity Credit Corporation in an amount equivalent to the dollar 
value of the currencies used. The President shall utilize foreign cur-
rencies received pursuant to this Act in such manner as wnll, to the 
maximum extent possible, reduce any deficit in the balance of pay-
ments of the United States. 
"SEC. 106. (a) Payment by any friendly country for commodities 
purchased for dollars on credit shall be upon terms as favorable to the 
L^^nited States as the economy of such country wdll permit. 
Payment 
for such commodities shall be in dollars with interest at such rates as 
the Secretary may determine but not less than the minimum rate 
75 Stat. 426; 
required by section 201 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for loans 
"2*usc 2161. 
made under that section. Payment may be made in reasonable annual 
amounts over periods of not to exceed twenty years from the date of 
the last delivery of commodities in each calendar year under the agree-
ment, except that the date for beginning such annual payment may be 
deferred for a period not later than two years after such date of last 
delivery, and interest shall be computed from the date of such last 
delivery. 
Delivery of such commodities shall be made in annual 
installments for not more than ten years following the date of the sales 
agreement and subject to the availability of the commodities at the 
time delivery is to be made. 
"(b) Agreements hereunder for the sale of agricultural commodities 
for dollars on credit terms shall include provisions to assure that the 
proceeds from the sale of the commodities in the recipient country are 
used for such economic development purposes as are agreed upon in 
the sales agreement or any amendment thereto. 
"SEC. 107. (a) It is also the policy of the Congress to stimulate and 
maximize the sale of United States agricultviral commodities for 
dollars through the private trade and to further the use of private 
enterprise to the maximum, thereby strengthening the development 
and expansion of foreign commercial markets for United States agri-
cultural commodities. In furtherance of this policy, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
to enter into agreements with foreign and United States private trade 
for financing the sale of agricultural commodities for export over 
Dollar credit 
sales. 
Private trade 
and enterprise. 
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sucli periods of time and on such credit terms as the Secretary deter-
mines will accomplish the objectives of this section. Any agreement 
entered into under this section shall provide for the development and 
execution of projects which will result in the establishment of facilities 
designed to improve the storage or marketing of agricultural com-
modities, or which will otherwise stimulate and expand private eco-
nomic enterprise in any friendly country. 
Any agreement entered 
into under this section shall also provide for the furnishing of such 
security as the Secretary determines necessary to provide reasonable 
and adequate assurance of payment of the purchase price in dollars 
with interest at a rate which will as nearly as i)racticable be equiva-
lent to the average cost of funds to the United States Treasury, as 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, on outstanding market-
able obligations of the United States having maturities comparable to 
maturities of credits extended under this section. In no event shall 
the rate of interest be less than the minimum rate, or the delivery 
period, deferral of first payment, or term of credit be longer than the 
maximum term, authorized in section 106. In carrying out this Act, 
the authority provided in this section for making dollar sales shall be 
used to the maximum extent practicable. 
"(b) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary 
shall take reasonable precautions to safeguard usual marketings of the 
United States and to avoid displacing any sales of Ignited States agri-
cultural commodities which the Secretary finds and determines would 
otherwise be made for cash dollars. 
"(c) The Secretary shall obtain commitments from purchasers that 
will prevent resale or transshipment to other countries, or use for other 
than domestic purposes, of agricultural commodities purchased under 
this section. 
"(d) In carrying out this Act, the provisions of sections 102,103 (a), 
103(d), 103(e), lb3(f), 103(j), 103(k), 110, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 
407, 408, and 409 shall be applicable to sales under this section. 
"SEC. 108. The Commodity Credit Corporation may finance ocean 
ocean transpor-
freight charges incurred pursuant to agreements for sales for foreign 
currencies (other than those providing for conversion to dollars as 
described in section 103(b) of this Act) entered into hereunder only to 
the extent that such charges are higher (than would otherwise be the 
case) by reason of a requirement that the commodities be transported 
in United States-flag vessels. Such agreements shall require the bal-
ance of such charges for transportation in United States vessels to be 
paid in dollars by the nations or organizations with whom such agree-
ments are entered into. 
"SEC. 109. (a) 
Before entering into agreements with develojnng 
seif-heip meas-
countries for the sale of United States agricultural commodities on 
whatever terms, the President shall consider the extent to which the 
recipient country is undertaking wherever practicable self-help meas-
ures to increase per capita production and improve the means for 
storage and distribution of agricultural commodities, including: 
"(1) devoting land resources to the production of needed food 
rather than to the production of nonfood crops—especially non-
food crops in world surplus; 
"(2) development of the agricultural chemical, farm machinery 
and equipment, transportation and other necessary industries 
through private enterprise; 
"(3) training and instructing farmers in agricultural methods 
and techniques; 
"(4) constructing adequate storage facilities; 
"(5) improving marketing and distribution systems; 
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"(6) creating a favorable environment for private enterprise 
and investment, both domestic and foreign, and utilizing available 
technical know-how; 
"(7) establishing and maintaining Government policies to 
insure adequate incentives to producers; and 
"(8) establishing and expanding institutions for adaptive agri-
cultural research; and 
"(9) allocating for these purposes sufficient national budgetary 
and foreign exchange resources (including those supplied by 
bilateral, multilateral and consortium aid programs) and local 
currency resources (resulting from loans or grants to recipient 
governments of the proceeds of local currency sales). 
"(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, in agree-
ments with nations not engaged in armed conflict against Communist 
forces or against nations with which the United States has no diplo-
matic relations, not less than 20 per centum of the foreign currencies 
set aside for purposes other than those in sections 104(a), (b), (e), and 
(j) shall be allocated for the self-help measures set forth in this sec-
tion. 
"(c) Each agreement entered into under this title shall describe the 
program which the recipient country is undertaking to improve its 
production, storage, and distribution of agricultural commodities; and 
shall provide for termination of such agreement whenever the Presi-
dent finds that such program is not being adequately developed. 
"SEC. 110. Agreements shall not be entered into under this title 
during any calendar year which will call for an appropriation to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation in an amount in excess 
of $1,900,000,000, plus any amount by which agreements entered into 
under this title in prior years have called or will call for appropria-
tions to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation in amounts less 
than authorized for such prior years." 
(C) By amending title I I to read as follows: 
68 Stat. 457. 
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1724. 
"TITLE I I 
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"SEC. 201. The President is authorized to determine requirements 
and furnish agricultural commodities, on behalf of the people of the 
United States of America, to meet famine or other urgent or extraor-
dinary relief requirements; to combat malnutrition, especially in 
children; to promote economic and community development in friendly 
developing areas; and for needy persons and nonprofit school lunch 
and preschool feeding programs outside the United States. 
The 
Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to the President 
such as agricultural commodities determined to be available under 
section 401 as he may request. 
"SEC. 202. The President may furnish commodities for the purposes 
set forth in section 201 through such friendly governments and such 
agencies, private or public, including intergovernmental organizations 
such as the world food program and other multilateral organizations 
in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as he deems 
appropriate. 
The President shall, to the extent practicable, utilize 
nonprofit voluntary agencies registered with, and approved by, the 
Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. 
Insofar as prac-
ticable, all commodities furnished hereunder shall be clearly identified 
by appropriate marking on each package or container in the language 
of the locality where they are distributed as being furnished by the 
people of the United States of America. 
The assistance to needy 
persons shall insofar as practicable be directed toward community 
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and other self-help activities designed to alleviate the causes of the 
need for such assistance. Except in the case of emergency, the Presi-
dent shall take reasonable precaution to assure that commodities 
furnished hereunder will not displace or interfere with sales which 
might otherwise be made. 
"SEG. 203. The Commodity Credit Corporation may, in addition to 
the cost of acquisition, pay with respect to commodities made available 
under this title costs for packaging, enrichment, preservation, and 
fortification; processing, transportation, handling, and other inciden-
tal costs up to the time of their delivery free on board vessels in United 
States ports; ocean freight charges from United States ports to desig-
nated ports of entry abroad, or, in the case of landlocked countries, 
transportation from United States ports to designated points of entry 
abroad; and charges for general average contributions arising out of 
the ocean transport of commodities transferred pursuant thereto. 
"SEC. 204. Programs of assistance shall not be undertaken under 
this title during any calendar year which call for an appropriation of 
more than $600,000,000 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for all costs incurred in connection with such programs (includ-
ing the Corporation's investment in commodities made available) plus 
any amount by which programs of assistance undertaken under this 
title in the preceding calendar year have called or will call for appro-
f
)riations to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation in amounts 
ess than were authorized for such purpose during such preceding year. 
In addition to other funds available for such purposes under any other 
Act, funds made available under this title may be used in an amount 
not exceeding $7,500,000 annually to purchase foreign currencies 
accruing under title I of this Act in order to meet costs (except the 
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personnel and administrative costs of cooperating sponsors, distri-
buting agencies, and recipient agencies, and the costs of construction 
or maintenance or any church owned or operated edifice or any other 
edifices to be used for sectarian purposes) designed to assure that 
commodities made available under this title are used to carry out effec-
tively the purposes for which such commodities are made available 
or to promote community and other self-help activities designed to 
alleviate the causes of the need for such assistance: Provided^ hoivever, 
That such funds shall be used only to supplement and not substitute 
for funds normally available for such purposes from other non-United 
States Government sources. 
"SEC. 205. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should 
encourage other advanced nations to make increased contributions for 
the purpose of combating world hunger and malnutrition, particu-
larly through the expansion of international food and agricultural as-
sistance programs. 
It is further the sense of the Congress that as a 
means of achieving this objective, the United States should work for 
the expansion of the United Nations World food program beyond its 
present established goals." 
(D) By changing the designation "TITLE III—GENERAL 
Repeals. 
PROVISIONS" to "TITLE I I I " and by striking out sections 304, 
305, 306, 307, and 308. 
Ta'sta^'eoT"'' 
(YJ) By amending title IV to read as follows: 
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1697. 
"TITLE IV 
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"SEC. 401. After consulting with other agencies of the Government 
affected and within policies laid down by the President for implement-
ing this Act, and after taking into account productive capacity. 
1736. 
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[80 STAT. 
"Agricultural 
commodity." 
Appropriation. 
Ante, pp. 1531, 
1532. 
Aims of assist-
ance programs. 
Food production 
assistance. 
Farmer-to-farmer 
program. 
Education. 
domestic requirements, farm and consumer price levels, commercial 
exports, and adequate carryover, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
determine the agricultural commodities and quantities thereof avail-
able for disposition under this Act, and the connnodities and quantities 
thereof which may be included in the negotiations with each countiy. 
Xo commodity shall be available for disj^osition under this Act if such 
disposition would reduce the domestic supply of such commodity be-
low that needed to meet domestic requirements, adequate carryover, 
and anticipated exports for dollars as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture at the time of exportation of such commodity. 
"SEC. 402. The term 'agricultural commodity' as used in this Act 
shall include any agricultural commodity produced in the United 
States or product thereof produced in the United States: Provided, 
however. That the term 'agricultural commodity' shall not include 
alcoholic beverages, and for the j)uri)oses of title 11 of this Act, to-
bacco or products thereof. Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions tlierefor, any domestically produced tishery product may be 
made available under this Act. 
"SEC. 403. Tliere are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act including such amounts 
as may be required to make payments to the Commodity Credit Corpo-
ration, to the extent the Commodity Credit Corporation is not reim-
))ur'sed under sections 104( j) and 105, for its actual costs incurred or to 
be incurred. 
In presenting his budget, the President shall classify 
expenditures under this Act as expenditures for international affairs 
and finance rather than for agriculture and agricultural resources. 
"SEC. 404. Tlie programs of assistance undertaken pursuant to this 
Act shall be directed toward the attainment of the humanitarian objec-
tifies and national interest of the United States. 
"SEC. 405. The authority and funds provided by this Act shall be 
utilized in a manner that will assist friendly countries that are deter-
mined to help themselves toward a greater degree of self-reliance in 
providing enough food to meet the needs of their people and in resolv-
ing their problems relative to population growth. 
"SEC. 406. (a) In order to further assist friendly developing coun-
tries to become self-sufficient in food production, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
"(1) To establish and administer through existing agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture a program of farmer-to-farmer assistance 
between the United States and such countries to help farmers in such 
countries in the practical aspects of increasing food production and 
distribution and improving the eft'ectiveness of their farming opera-
tions ; 
"(2) To enter into contracts or other cooperative agreements with, 
or make grants to, land-grant colleges and universities and other insti-
tutions of higher learning in the Ignited States to recruit persons who 
by reason of training, education, or practical experience are knowl-
edgeable in the practical arts and sciences of agriculture and home 
economics, and to train such persons in the practical techniques of 
transmitting to farmers in such countries improved practices in agri-
fMilture, and to participate in carrying out the program in such coun-
tries including, where desirable, additional courses for training or 
retraining in such countries; 
"(3) To consult and cooperate with private non-profit farm organi-
zations in the exchange of farm youth and farm leaders with develop-
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1537 
ing countries and in the training of farmers of sucli de\el()piiig 
countries within the United States or abroad; 
" (4) To conduct research in tropical and subtropical agricuUui-e for 
Research, 
the improvement and development of tropical and subtropical food 
products for dissemination and cuhivation in friendly countries: 
"(5) To coordinate the program authorized in this sectioii with the 
activities of the Peace Corps, the Agency for International Develop-
ment, and other agencies of the United States and to assign, upon 
agreement with such agencies, such persons to work with and under 
the administration of such agencies: Provided^ That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to infringe upon the powers OT- functions of 
the Secretary of State: 
"(6) To establish by such rules and regulations as he deems Jieces-
sary the conditions for eligibility and retention in and dismissal from 
the program established in this section, together with the terms, length 
and nature of service, compensation, employee status, oaths of office, 
and security clearances, and such persons shall be entitled to the bene-
fits and subject to the responsibilities applicable to persons serving in 
the Peace Corps pursuant to the provisions of section 612, volume 75 
of the Statutes at Large, as amended ; and 
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"(7) To the maximum extent practicable, to pay the costs of such 
program through the tise of foreign currencies accruing from the sale 
of agricultural commodities under this Act, as provided in section 
1 0 4 ( i ) , 
Ante, p. 1531. 
"(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
Appropriation. 
$83,000,000 during any fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out the 
|)rovisions of this section. 
"SEC. 407. There is hereby established an advisory connnittee com- mittte^.^esLwiTh-
posed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec- ment. 
I'etary of Agriculture, the Director of the Bureau of the l^udget, the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development, the 
chairman, the vice chairman and the two ranking minority members 
of the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on 
iJ'oreign x\.fFaii's, and the chairman, the next ranking majority member 
and the two ranking minority members of the Senate Committee on 
Agriculture and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions. The advisory committee shall survey the general policies relat-
ing to the administration of the Act, including the manner of imple-
menting the self-help provisions, the uses to be made of foreign cur-
rencies which accrue in connection with sales for foreign currencies 
under title I, the amount of currencies to be reserved in sales agree- 
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ments for loans to private industry under section 104(e), rates of 
exchange, interest rates, and the terms under which dollar credit sales 
are made, and shall advise the President with respect thereto. 
"SEC. 408. The President shall make a report to Congress not later 
Report to con-
than April 1 each year with respect to the activities carried out under ^'"^^^" 
this Act during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall de-
scribe the progress of each country with which agreements are in ef-
fect under title I in carrying out its agreements under such title. 
"SEC. 409. No agreements to finance sales under title I and no pro- 
"^'"^ limitation. 
grams of assistance under title II shall be enfered into after Decembei-
31,1968. 
68 Stat. 458. 
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[80 STAT. 
"SEC. 410. The provisions of section 620(e) of the Foreign Assist-
rs's ^t^*io^u^' 
^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 1961, as amended (referring to nationalization, expropria-
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tion, and related governmental Acts affecting property owned by 
United States citizens), shall be applicable to assistance provided 
Ante, p. 1526. 
y^dcr title I of this Act." 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 9 of the Act of September 6, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 
72 Stat. 1792. 
i43ib), is amended, effective January 1, 1967, by deleting the symbol 
•'(1)", by changing the semicolon to a period and by striking out all 
of the language in the section after the semicolon. 
(b) Section 709 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C. 
79 Stat. 1212. 
1446a-l) is amended, effective January 1, 1967, by striking out 
'•foreign distribution,". 
(c) Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 1431), is amended, effective January 1, 1967, by striking out 
the following: "and (4) to donate any such food commodities in excess 
of anticipated disposition under (1), (2), and (3) above to nonprofit 
voluntary agencies registered with the Committee on Voluntary For-
eign Aid of the Foreign Operations Administration or other appro-
priate department or agency of the Federal Government and inter-
governmental organizations for use in the assistance of needy persons 
and in nonprofit school lunch programs outside the United States"; 
"and (4) above"; ", in the case of commodities made available for use 
within the United States, or their delivery free alongside ship or free 
on board export carrier at point of export, in the case of commodities 
made available for use outside the United States"; and "The assistance 
to needy persons provided in (4) above shall, insofar as practicable be 
directed toAvard community and other self-help designed to alleviate 
the causes of the need for such assistance." 
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((J) Section 8 of Public Law 85-931 (72 Stat. 1792) is amended (1) 
by inserting a period in lieu of the colon after the word "Act" and 
striking out the proviso; (2) by inserting after the word "manufac-
tured" the word "entirely"; and (3) by inserting before the comma 
following the words "surplus supply" the words "in the same manner 
as any other agricultural commodity or product is made available". 
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(e) Section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is 
amended by striking the period at the end of the third sentence thereof 
and adding the following: ": Provided, That whenever the Secretary 
of Agriculture determines that the carryover at the end of any market-
ing year of a price supported agricultural commodity for which a vol-
untary adjustment program is in effect will be less than 25 per centum 
(35 per centum in the case of wheat) of the estimated export and 
domestic consumption of such commodity during such marketing year, 
the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not sell any of its stocks of 
such commodity during such year for unrestricted use at less than 115 
per centum (120 per centum in the case of wheat whenever its carry-
over will be less than 25 per centum of such estimated export and 
domestic consumption) of the current price support loan plus reason-
able carrying charges." 
SEC. 4. Commercial sales of agricultural commodities out of private 
stocks on credit terms of not to exceed three years may be financed by 
Commodity Credit Corporation under its Export Credit Sales pro-
Appropriation. 
gram. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 
annually for its actual costs incurred or to be incurred under its Export 
Credit Sales Program. 
Effective date. 
SJJC. 5. This Act shall take effect as of January 1,1967, except that 
section 4 shall take effect upon enactment. 
Approved November 11, 1966.