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104 STAT. 3638 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(3) help such beneficiary groups design and carry out mutually acceptable projects; "(4) recommend to the Administrator methods of making assistance available that are the most appropriate for each loc^ setting; "(5) supervise the distribution of commodities provided and the implementation of programs carried out under this title; and "(6) periodically evaluate the effectiveness of projects undertaken under this title. "(g) LABELING.—Commodities provided under this title shall, to the extent practicable, be clearly identified with appropriate markings on the package or container of such commodity in the language of the locality in which such commodities are distributed, as being furnished by the people of the United States of America. 7 USC 1723. "SEC. 203. GENERATION AND USE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES BY PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND COOPERATIVES. "(a) LOCAL SALE AND BARTER OF COMMODITIES. — An agreement entered into between the Administrator and a private voluntary organization or cooperative to provide food assistance through such organization or cooperative under this title may provide for the sale or barter in the recipient country of the commodities to be provided under such agreement. "(b) MINIMUM LEVEL OF LOCAL SALES.— In carrying out agreements of the type referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall permit private voluntary organizations and cooperatives to sell, in recipient countries, an amount of commodities equal to not less than 10 percent of the aggregate amounts of all commodities distributed under non-emergency programs under this title for each fiscal year, to generate foreign currency proceeds to be used as provided in this section. "(c) DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USES. —A private voluntary organization or cooperative submitting a proposal to enter into a non-emergency food assistance agreement under this title shall include in such proposal a description of the intended uses of any foreign currency proceeds that may be generated through the sale, in the recipient country, of any commodities provided under an agreement entered into between the Administrator and the organization or cooperative. "(d) USE. —Foreign currencies generated from any partial or full sale or barter of commodities by a private voluntary organization or cooperative under a non-emergency food assistance agreement under this title may— "(1) be used to transport, store, distribute, and otherwise . enhance the effectiveness of the use of agricultural commodities provided under this title; "(2) be used to implement income generating, community development, health, nutrition, cooperative development, agricultural, and other developmental activities within the recipient country; or "(3) be invested and any interest earned on such investment may be used for the purposes for which the assistance was provided to that organization, without further appropriation by Congress.