[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3744 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3744

To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(commonly called Public Law 480) to provide protections to suppliers of 
                  commodities provided under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1998

Mr. Nethercutt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(commonly called Public Law 480) to provide protections to suppliers of 
                  commodities provided under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food for Peace Amendment Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTIONS FOR SUPPLIERS OF COMMODITIES.

    Section 407 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Protections for Suppliers of Commodities.--If the Secretary 
or the Commodity Credit Corporation enters into an agreement with a 
private person to supply commodities, on a free along side basis, to be 
provided under this Act, and if a failure of timely delivery occurs 
though no fault of the private person, neither the Secretary nor the 
Corporation shall impose any penalty on or assess any damages against 
that person for that failure.''.
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