§1691a. Global food aid needs

In view of the principal findings of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences that doubling food aid above 1990 levels of about 10,000,000 metric tons per year would be necessary to meet projected global food needs throughout the decade of the nineties, it is the sense of Congress that the President should-

(1) increase the contributions of food aid by the United States, and encourage other donor countries to increase their contributions toward meeting new food aid requirements; and

(2) encourage other advanced nations to make increased food aid contributions to combat world hunger and malnutrition, particularly through the expansion of international food and agricultural assistance programs.

(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, §3, as added Dec. 20, 1975, Pub. L. 94 161, title II, §202, 89 Stat. 851 ; amended Nov. 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101 624, title XV, §1512, 104 Stat. 3633.)

Amendments

1990-Pub. L. 101 624 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions urging President to maintain United States food assistance and encourage other countries to increase their contributions, in order to meet annual goal of World Food Conference of providing 10,000,000 tons of food assistance annually for needy nations.

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.

World Food Conference Recommendations

Pub. L. 94 161, title II, §213, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 855, which directed the President to strengthen the efforts of the United States to carry out the recommendations of the World Food Conference and to submit a detailed report to the Congress not later than Nov. 1, 1976, was repealed by Pub. L. 97 113, title VII, §734(a)(7), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1560.