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[CITE: 7USC1727b]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
        CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER III-A--FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 1727b. Grant programs

    To carry out the policies and accomplish the objectives described in 
section 1691 of this title, the Administrator may negotiate and execute 
agreements with least developed countries to provide commodities to such 
countries on a grant basis either through the Commodity Credit 
Corporation or through private trade channels.

(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, Sec. 303, as added Pub. L. 95-88, 
title II, Sec. 211(a)(2), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 550; amended Pub. L. 
96-53, title II, Sec. 204(c), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 369; Pub. L. 101-
624, title XV, Sec. 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3642.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 303 of act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, 68 
Stat. 459, which enacted section 1692 of this title, was renumbered 
section 310 by Pub. L. 95-88, title II, Sec. 211(a)(1), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 
Stat. 548.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions relating to a multiyear utilization 
proposal regarding value and amount of commodities proposed to be 
distributed, integration with other forms of development assistance, and 
non-replacement of other programs.
    1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-53 struck out ``for each year such 
funds are to be disbursed'' after ``on an annual basis''.


                    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 of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-53 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 
512(a) of Pub. L. 96-53, set out as a note under section 2151 of Title 
22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 215 of Pub. L. 95-88, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1702 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1731 of this title.
