HR 4783 · 101th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-05-10· Sponsored by Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.(1990-05-16)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to revise policy provisions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) increase the U.S. contribution of food aid and encourage other donor countries to increase 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 through the expansion of international food and agricultural assistance programs. Directs the President to: (1) carry out through the Agency for International Development (AID) a program under which agricultural commodities are donated to least developed countries and the revenue from the sale of such commodities may be used for economic development activities; and (2) implement, through the Secretary of Agriculture, a program to offer agricultural commodities for sale on credit to developing countries and to carry out domestic agricultural trade development activities with the local currency proceeds associated with the repayment of loans. Considers a country to be a: (1) least developed country if the coun…

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Cosponsors (5)

4 Democrats1 Republican