Notes on 7 U.S.C. § 1736 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 7 U.S.C. § 1736 : US Code - Notes

(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title IV, Sec. 406, as added Pub. L. 86-
341, title I, Sec. 14, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 610; amended Pub.
L. 87-703, title II, Sec. 201(5), Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 611;
Pub. L. 89-808, Sec. 2(E), Nov. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 1536; Pub. L. 94-
161, title II, Sec. 214, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 855; Pub. L. 101-
508, title I, Sec. 1204(b)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-11;
Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, Sec. 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat.
3650; Pub. L. 102-237, title III, Sec. 323, Dec. 13, 1991, 105
Stat. 1857; Pub. L. 104-127, title II, Sec. 215, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 956.)
AMENDMENTS                            
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 215(1), substituted
"may" for "shall" after "Corporation".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 215(2)(A), in introductory
provisions, substituted "subchapters III and III-A of this chapter"
for "this chapter".
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 215(2)(B), added par. (4)
and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: "the ocean
freight charges from United States ports to designated ports of
entry abroad;".
1991 - Subsec. (b)(5)(D). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted "time" for
"items".
1990 - Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally, substituting
present provisions for provisions authorizing appropriations and
authorizing the President to administer a program of farmer-to-
farmer assistance, enter into agreements or make grants to train
farmers in recipient countries, seek exchange of farm youth and
farm leaders with developing countries, conduct research in
tropical and subtropical agriculture, coordinate program with other
foreign assistance programs, establish conditions for eligibility
in farmer-to-farmer program, and pay costs of program through use
of foreign currencies accruing from sale of commodities.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-508 added subsec. (d).
1975 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-161, Sec. 214(1), substituted "the
President" for "the Secretary of Agriculture".
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 94-161, Sec. 214(2), struck out "through
existing agencies of the Department of Agriculture" after
"establish and administer".
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 94-161, Sec. 214(3), substituted "with
other foreign assistance activities of the United States" for "with
the activities of the Peace Corps, the Agency for International
Development, and other agencies of the United States and to assign,
upon agreement with such agencies, such persons to work with and
under the administration of such agencies: Provided, That nothing
in this section shall be construed to infringe upon the powers or
functions of the Secretary of State".
1966 - Pub. L. 89-808 substituted food production assistance
provisions for provision respecting applicability of other laws,
now provided for by section 1707(d) of this title.
1962 - Pub. L. 87-703 made section 1701(b) and (c) applicable to
this subchapter.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENTS                 
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.
Amendment by Pub. L. 101-508 effective Nov. 29, 1990, see section
1301 of Pub. L. 101-508, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 940d of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1966 AMENDMENT                 
Amendment by Pub. L. 89-808 effective Jan. 1, 1967, see section 5
of Pub. L. 89-808, set out as a note under section 1691 of this
title.
FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1986 THROUGH 1990   
Pub. L. 99-198, title XI, Sec. 1107, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat.
1467, as amended by Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 6, Apr. 4, 1988, 102
Stat. 69, provided that:
"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less than
one-tenth of 1 percent of the funds available for each of the
fiscal years ending September 30, 1986 through September 30, 1990,
to carry out the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954 [this chapter] shall be used to carry out paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 406(a) of that Act [7 U.S.C. 1736(a)(1), (2)].
Any such funds used to carry out paragraph (2) of section 406(a)
shall not constitute more than one-fourth of the funds used as
provided by the first sentence of this subsection, shall be used
for activities in direct support of the farmer-to-farmer program
under paragraph (1) of section 406(a), and shall be administered
whenever possible in conjunction with programs under sections 296
through 300 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2220a-
2220e].
"(b) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 23, 1985], the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development, in conjunction with the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall submit to Congress a report indicating the
manner in which the Agency intends to implement the provisions of
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 406(a) of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1736(a)(1), (2)]
with the funds made available under subsection (a)."