Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/369

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PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3691 Subtitle D—General Provisions SEC. 1541. COTTONSEED OIL AND SUNFLOWER OIL EXPORTS. Subparagraph (A) of section 301(b)(2) of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note) is amended to read as follows: "(A)(i) Effective for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995, $50,000,000 of the funds made available under section 32 of the Act entitled 'An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes', approved August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, be utilized during each such fiscal year as provided for in clause (1) of the second sentence of such Act to encourage the sale of additional quantities of sunflowerseed oil and cottonseed oil in world markets at competitive world prices through the payment of benefits in connection with the exportation of such commodities. '(ii) Clause (i) shall be implemented in such a manner as to maximize the export of such oils by assuring that the sums made available under such clause are fully obligated in the year or years in which— "(I) such sums are made available; and "(11) the domestic prices of such oils exceed competitive world prices. "(iii) In determining sales on which benefits are to be provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall take into consideration solely the amount of benefits needed to encourage the sale. "(iv) In carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary shall ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, equivalent amounts of funds are used during each fiscal year to encourage the sale of sunflower seed oil and cottonseed oil in world markets.". SEC. 1542. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO EMERGING 7 USC 5622 note. DEMOCRACIES. (a) GUARANTEES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE. — The Commodity Credit Corporation, for the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 shall make available not less than $1,000,000,000 of export credit guarantees for exports to emerging democracies under section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, in addition to the amounts required under section 211 of that Act for such program. (b) IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES.—A portion of such export credit guarantees shall be made available for the establishment or improvement by United States persons of facilities in emerging democracies to improve handling, marketing, processing, storage, or distribution of imported agricultural commodities and products thereof if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such guarantees will primarily promote the export of United States agricultural commodities (as defined in section 101(6) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978). The Commodity Credit Corporation shall give priority under this subsection to opportunities or projects identified under subsection (d). (c) CONSULTATIONS.—Before the authority under this section is exercised, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with exporters of United States agricultural commodities (as defined in section 101(6) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978), nongovernmental experts, and other Federal Government agencies in order to ensure that facilities in an emerging democracy for which financing is guaranteed under paragraph (I)(B) do not primarily benefit coun-