**(a) Notice of negotiations** The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in every feasible instance, notify the designated congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to any formal negotiation for debt relief under this subchapter.
**(b) Transmittal of text of agreements** The Secretary of State shall transmit to the designated congressional committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any debt relief under this subchapter no less than 30 days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief.
**(c) Annual report** The Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall submit to the designated congressional committees not later than February 1 of each year a consolidated statement of the budgetary implications of all debt relief agreements entered into force under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year.
**(d) Designated congressional committees** As used in this section, the term “designated congressional committees” means the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
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**(a) Notice of negotiations** The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in every feasible instance, notify the designated congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to any formal negotiation for debt relief under this subchapter.
**(b) Transmittal of text of agreements** The Secretary of State shall transmit to the designated congressional committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any debt relief under this subchapter no less than 30 days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief.
**(c) Annual report** The Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall submit to the designated congressional committees not later than February 1 of each year a consolidated statement of the budgetary implications of all debt relief agreements entered into force under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year.
**(d) Designated congressional committees** As used in this section, the term “designated congressional committees” means the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
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§ 1691. United States policy
It is the policy of the United States to use its
abundant agricultural productivity to promote
the foreign policy of the United States by en-
hancing the food security of the developing
world through the use of agricultural commod-
ities and local currencies accruing under this
chapter to—
(1) combat world hunger and malnutrition
and their causes;
(2) promote broad-based, equitable, and sus-
tainable development, including agricultural
development;
(3) expand international trade;
(4) foster and encourage the development of
private enterprise and democratic participa-
tion in developing countries; and
(5) prevent conflicts.
(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, § 2, 68 Stat. 454; Pub. L.
89–808, § 2(A), Nov. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 1526; Pub. L.
94–161, title II, § 201, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 850;
Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1111(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99
Stat. 1474; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov.
28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3633; Pub. L. 107–171, title III,
§ 3001, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 280; Pub. L. 110–246,
title III, § 3002, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1821.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2008—Pars. (4) to (6). Pub. L. 110–246 redesignated
pars. (5) and (6) as (4) and (5), respectively, and struck
out former par. (4) which read as follows: ‘‘develop and
expand export markets for United States agricultural
commodities;’’.
2002—Par. (6). Pub. L. 107–171 added par. (6).
1990—Pub. L. 101–624 amended section generally, sub-
stituting present provisions for provisions declaring
policy of United States to expand trade, develop export
markets, encourage economic development and private
enterprise in developing countries, improve local food
production and promote foreign policy, and requiring
President to give priority to countries most a