Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/356

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104 STAT. 3678 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 " (b) EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAMS. — " (1) SHORT-TERM GUARANTEES.— "(A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS. —The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees under section 202(a). "(B) LIMITATION ON ORIGINATION FEE. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may not charge an origination fee with respect to any credit guarantee transaction under section 202(a) in excess of an amount equal to one percent of the amount of credit extended under the transaction. "(2) INTERMEDIATE-TERM CREDIT GUARANTEES. — The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees under section 202(b). "(c) MARKETING PROMOTION PROGRAMS.—The Commodity Credit Corporation or the Secretary shall make available for market promotion activities authorized to be carried out by the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 203— "(1) in addition to any funds that may be specifically appropriated to implement a market development program, not less than $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation; and "(2) any funds that may be specifically appropriated to carry out a marketing promotion program under section 203. "TITLE III—RESPONSE TO UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 7 USC 5651. "SEC. 301. EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Commodity Credit Corporation shall carry out in accordance with this section a program to discourage unfair trade practices by making United States agricultural commodities competitive. "(b) EXPORT BONUS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — In carrying out the program established under this section, the Commodity Credit Corporation may— "(A) make agricultural commodities, acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation, available to exporters, users, processors, or foreign purchasers at no cost either directly or through the issuance of commodity certificates; and "(B) make cash payments to exporters, users, and processors. "(2) CALCULATION OF BONUS LEVELS.— The Commodity Credit Corporation shall— - "(A) maintain an established procedure for evaluating program bonus requests, with guidelines for determining prevailing market prices for targeted commodities and destinations to be used in the calculation of acceptable bonus levels; "(B) use a clear set of established procedures for measuring transportation and incidental costs to be used in the