International Agriculture Assistance, Development and Trade Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] International Agricultural Assistance, Development, and Trade Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to use its abundant agricultural productivity to: (1) combat hunger and malnutrition; (2) encourage economic development in the developing countries; (3) expand international trade and market development; and (4) promote United States foreign policy, where such promotion will not interfere with the preceeding objectives. Establishes, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, a minimum level of 6,000,000 tons of commodities to be shipped annually through the Food for Peace Program. Requires that this minimum annual level should be divided as follows: (1) 4,000,000 tons to be made available through grants or sales directly to nations identified by the United Nations as most seriously affected by the current world economic crisis (MSA); and (2) 2,000,000 tons to be made available through grants which are distributed primarily by international voluntary agencies and the U.N. World Food Program. Requires that 70 percent of title I or title III program shipments made in excess of the minimum annual commitment be directed to MSA nations. Permits …