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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1281

Subtitle B—Public Law 480 SELF-HELP MEASURES TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; VERIFICATION OF SELF-HELP PROVISIONS

SEC. 1210. (a) Section 109(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by— 7 USC 1709. (1) inserting in paragraph (3) immediately before the semicolon ", and reducing illiteracy among the rural poor"; (2) striking out the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (3) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (10); "(11) carrying out programs to improve the health of the rural poor.". (b) Section 109 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(d)(l) In each agreement entered into under this title and in each amendment to such an agreement, the economic development and self-help measures which the recipient country agrees to undertake shall be described (A) to the maximum extent feasible, in specific and measurable terms, and (B) in a manner which ensures that the needy people in the recipient country will be the major beneficiaries of the self-help measures pursuant to each agreement. "(2) The President shall, to the maximum extent feasible, take appropriate steps to assure that, in each agreement entered into under this title and in each amendment to such an agreement, the self-help measures agreed to are additional to the measures that the recipient country otherwise would have undertaken irrespective of that agreement or amendment. "(3) The President shall take all appropriate steps to determine whether the economic development and self-help provisions of each agreement entered into under this title, and of each amendment to such an agreement, are being fully carrried out.". REQUIREMENT FOR INVITATIONS FOR BIDS ON TITLE I PURCHASES

SEC. 1211. Section 115(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by inserting "from private 7 USC 1715. stocks" in the first sentence after "food commodities". TITLE II AUTHORIZATION CEILING

SEC. 1212. Section 204 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out in the first sentence 7 USC 1724. "$750,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,000,000,000". OVERSEAS MARKET DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 1213. Section 402 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out in the second 7 USC 1732. sentence "wine or beer" and inserting in lieu thereof "wine, beer, distilled spirits, or other alcoholic beverage".