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[CITE: 7USC1726a]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
        CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--EMERGENCY AND PRIVATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 1726a. Administration


(a) Proposals

                        (1) Time for decision

        Not later than 45 days after the receipt by the Administrator of 
    a proposal submitted--
            (A) by an eligible organization, with the concurrence of the 
        appropriate United States field mission, for commodities; or
            (B) by a United States field mission to make commodities 
        available to an eligible organization;

    under this subchapter, the Administrator shall make a decision 
    concerning such proposal.

                             (2) Denial

        If a proposal under paragraph (1) is denied, the response shall 
    specify the reasons for denial and the conditions that must be met 
    for the approval of such proposal.

(b) Notice and comment

    Not later than 30 days prior to the issuance of a final guideline to 
carry out this subchapter, the Administrator shall--
        (1) provide notice of the existence of a proposed guideline, and 
    that such guideline is available for review and comment, to eligible 
    organizations that participate in programs under this subchapter, 
    and to other interested persons;
        (2) make the proposed guideline available, on request, to the 
    eligible organizations and other persons referred to in paragraph 
    (1); and
        (3) take any comments received into consideration prior to the 
    issuance of the final guideline.

(c) Regulations

                           (1) In general

        The Administrator shall promptly issue all necessary regulations 
    and make revisions to agency guidelines with respect to changes in 
    the operation or implementation of the program established under 
    this subchapter.

                          (2) Requirements

        The Administrator shall develop regulations with the intent of--
            (A) simplifying procedures for participation in the programs 
        established under this subchapter;
            (B) reducing paperwork requirements under such programs;
            (C) establishing reasonable and realistic accountability 
        standards to be applied to eligible organizations participating 
        in the programs established under this subchapter, taking into 
        consideration the problems associated with carrying out programs 
        in developing countries; and
            (D) providing flexibility for carrying out programs under 
        this subchapter.

                            (3) Handbooks

        Handbooks developed by the Administrator to assist in carrying 
    out the program under this subchapter shall be designed to foster 
    the development of programs under this subchapter by eligible 
    organizations.

(d) Deadline for submission of commodity orders

    Not later than 15 days after receipt from a United States field 
mission of a call forward for agricultural commodities for programs that 
meet the requirements of this subchapter, the order for the purchase or 
the supply, from inventory, of such commodities or products shall be 
transmitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation.

(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title II, Sec. 207, as added Pub. L. 99-198, 
title XI, Sec. 1104(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1466; amended Pub. L. 
100-202, Sec. 14, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-449; Pub. L. 101-624, 
title XV, Sec. 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3640; Pub. L. 104-127, 
title II, Sec. 207(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 954.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(1)(A), (B). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 207(b)(1), 
substituted ``an eligible organization'' for ``a private voluntary 
organization or cooperative''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 207(b)(2)(A), substituted 
``eligible organizations'' for ``private voluntary organizations and 
cooperatives''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 207(b)(2)(B), substituted 
``eligible organizations'' for ``organizations, cooperatives,''.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions relating to requests by nonprofit 
voluntary agency or cooperative for nonemergency food assistance 
agreements, and uses of foreign currency proceeds.
    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 14(1), inserted ``or 
cooperative'' after ``agency''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 14(2), substituted ``10 percent'' 
for ``5 percent''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 14(3), added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-624 effective Jan. 1, 1991, see section 
1513 of Pub. L. 101-624, set out as a note under section 1691 of this 
title.


                             Effective Date

    Section 1104(b) of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that: ``Section 207 of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (as added 
by subsection (a)) [this section] shall apply with respect to agreements 
entered into after December 31, 1985.''
