Amendment 623

Type

HAMDT

Number

613

Purpose

An amendment to insert a new Title XII which modifies the bill's provisions regarding international food aid and export promotion programs.

Congress

101

Update Date

Jul 8, 2021

Description

Amendment inserted a new Title XII in the bill which provided the Department of Agriculture with primary responsibility for administering the concessional sales program under title I of the P.L. 480 (Food for Peace) program; provided the Agency for International Development with primary responsibility for administering direct feeding programs under title II; and established a new title III, the Food for Development Government-to-Government Grant Assistance Program. \ As amended by the Durbin amendment (A020), language was added which provided that export subsidy programs for tobacco could not be used for processed tobacco or in contravention of the health policy of importing nations. \ As amended by the Bereuter amendment (A021), the President was authorized to enter into debt reduction agreements with eligible Latin American and Caribbean basin countries. \ As amended by the Glickman amendment (A022), language was added which denied export credit guarantees to countries shown to violate human rights, that were acquiring chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons; and that supported international terrorism. \ As amended by the Schumer amendment (A023), the Commodity Credit Corporation was required to establish criteria to evaluate loans eligibl. for guarantees to ensure that the CCC does not assume undue risk in providing such guarantees. \ As amended by the Bereuter amendment (A025), the Secretary of Agriculture was authorized to waive certain restrictions on credit guarantees if the restrictions resulted in the decreased export of agricultural products from the U.S. or would harm U.S. farmers more than the country on which the restrictions were imposed.

See Gejdenson amendment (A019) for description.

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