HR 3377 · 102th Congress · International Affairs

Support for Emerging Democracies Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-09-24· Sponsored by Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.(1991-10-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Support for Emerging Democracies Act of 1991 - Amends the Food for Progress Act of 1985 with regard to the food for progress program to: (1) exempt FY 1992 from current commodity and Commodity Credit Corporation fund limits; and (2) require that the agreement not to resell commodities include assurances of commodity and funds accountability and conditions of how program policies will be carried out by the recipient country. Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 with regard to the program of sharing U.S. agricultural expertise with emerging democracies to: (1) provide subsistance and transportation assistance to U.S. farmers and other private persons in the agricultural field to participate in such program abroad; and (2) provide for program information dissemination in the agricultural sector; (3) establish personnel selection criteria; and (4) increase the annual assistance cap. Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 with regard to the export credit guarantee program to permit the granting of FY 1992 agricultural guarantees to the Soviet Union (or successor entity) without regard to its debt service ability.…

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