[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2985 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2985

To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to authorize the Commodity 
  Credit Corporation to reallocate certain unobligated funds from the 
export enhancement program to other agricultural trade development and 
                          assistance programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2000

Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to authorize the Commodity 
  Credit Corporation to reallocate certain unobligated funds from the 
export enhancement program to other agricultural trade development and 
                          assistance programs.

    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 ``Agricultural Flexibility in Export 
Development and Assistance Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. REALLOCATION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS FROM EXPORT ENHANCEMENT 
              PROGRAM TO OTHER AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 301(e) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5651(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Reallocation of unobligated funds.--
                    ``(A) Higher level of unobligated funds.--If, by 
                July 1 of a fiscal year, the Secretary determines that 
                the total amount of bonus payments made under this 
                section is less than 20 percent of the amount of the 
                funds that are made available for the fiscal year under 
                paragraph (1) to carry out the program established 
                under this section, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
                may transfer, for use in carrying out authorized 
                programs in accordance with subparagraph (C) during the 
                fiscal year, 67 percent of the unobligated funds for 
                the fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Lower level of unobligated funds.--If, by 
                July 1 of a fiscal year, the Secretary determines that 
                the total amount of bonus payments made under this 
                section is at least 20 percent, but not more than 50 
                percent, of the amount of the funds that are made 
                available for the fiscal year under paragraph (1) to 
                carry out the program established under this section, 
                the Commodity Credit Corporation may transfer, for use 
                in carrying out authorized programs in accordance with 
                subparagraph (C) during the fiscal year, 33 percent of 
                the unobligated funds for the fiscal year.
                    ``(C) Authorized programs.--Of the amount of funds 
                that are made available for a fiscal year under 
                subparagraph (A) or (B)--
                            ``(i) not less than 75 percent of the funds 
                        shall be made available and (subject to 
                        subparagraph (D)) used to--
                                    ``(I) carry out programs authorized 
                                under title I of the Agricultural Trade 
                                Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
                                (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
                                    ``(II) carry out programs 
                                authorized under title II of the 
                                Agricultural Trade Development and 
                                Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 
                                et seq.); or
                                    ``(III) notwithstanding subsections 
                                (f)(3), (g), and (l)(1) of the Food for 
                                Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), 
                                provide commodities, and fund non-
                                commodity costs related to providing 
                                commodities, under that Act;
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding section 211(c)(1), 
                        not more than 20 percent of the funds shall be 
                        made available and used to carry out the market 
                        access program established under section 203; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) not more than 5 percent of the 
                        funds shall be made available and used to carry 
                        out the cooperator market development program 
                        of the Foreign Agricultural Service.
                    ``(D) School feeding or child nutrition programs.--
                Of the amount of funds that are made available for a 
                fiscal year under subparagraph (C)(i), not less than 50 
                percent of the funds shall be made available and used 
                to carry out school feeding or child nutrition 
                programs.
                    ``(E) Availability of funds.--
                            ``(i) Timing.--Funds authorized to be used 
                        by this paragraph shall be obligated by the end 
                        of the fiscal year following the determination 
                        of the Secretary described in subparagraph (A) 
                        or (B).
                            ``(ii) Additional funds.--The funds shall 
                        be in addition to any other funds that are made 
                        available for a purpose described in this 
                        paragraph.
                    ``(F) Storage costs.--All additional costs for the 
                storage of commodities purchased in accordance with 
                subparagraph (C)(i)(I) shall be paid with funds made 
                available to carry out this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 206(a) of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1726(a)) is amended by 
striking ``$1,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,200,000,000''.
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