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[CITE: 22USC5413]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
         CHAPTER 63--SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED)
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
 
Sec. 5413. Agricultural assistance


(a) Agricultural assistance strategy

                    (1) United States assistance

        A principal component of the SEED Program shall be the provision 
    by the United States of food and other agricultural commodities and 
    products to alleviate crucial shortages that may be created in an 
    East European country by the transition from state-directed controls 
    to a free market economy.

                 (2) Assistance from other countries

        In order to ensure the necessary quantity and diversity of 
    agricultural assistance for that purpose, the United States shall 
    take all appropriate steps to encourage parallel efforts by the 
    European Community and other agricultural surplus countries.

         (3) Avoiding disincentives to private agricultural 
                          production and marketing

        In participating in such multilateral agricultural assistance, 
    the United States shall seek to strike a balance wherein 
    agricultural commodities and products are supplied in such 
    quantities as will be effective in overcoming severe shortages and 
    dampening inflation but without impeding the development of 
    incentives for private agricultural production and marketing in the 
    recipient country.

(b) Agricultural assistance for Poland

    Pursuant to section 5411(b)(3) of this title, the United States 
Government--
        (1) shall make available to Poland, in coordination with the 
    European Community, United States agricultural assistance--
            (A) to alleviate immediate food shortages (such assistance 
        to be specifically targeted toward elements of the Polish 
        population most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition, in 
        particular the infirm, the elderly, and children), and
            (B) to facilitate the transition from state-directed 
        controls to a free market economy, while avoiding disincentives 
        to domestic agricultural production and reform; and

        (2) in order to ensure the necessary quantity and diversity of 
    such agricultural assistance, shall take all appropriate steps to 
    encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other 
    agricultural surplus countries.

(c) FY 1990 minimum level of agricultural assistance for Poland

    In carrying out subsection (b) of this section, the level of 
assistance for Poland for fiscal year 1990 under section 1431(b) of 
title 7, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1691 and following), and section 1736o of title 7 should not 
be less than $125,000,000. Such assistance--
        (1) to the maximum extent practicable, shall be provided through 
    nongovernmental organizations; and
        (2) shall emphasize feed grains.

(d) Consistency with budget requirements

    Subsection (c) of this section should not be construed to authorize 
or require any budgetary obligations or outlays that are inconsistent 
with House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress (setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 1990).

(Pub. L. 101-179, title I, Sec. 103, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1303.)

                       References in Text

    The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
referred to in subsec. (c), is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, 
as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 41 (Sec. 1691 et 
seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1691 of Title 7 
and Tables.
    House Concurrent Resolution 106 of the 101st Congress, referred to 
in subsec. (d), is H. Con. Res. 106, May 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2450, which 
is not classified to the Code.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5411, 5425 of this title.
