Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/979

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PUBLIC LAW 104-127 —APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 955 (C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: "No waiver shall be made before the beginning of the applicable fiscal year."; and (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: "and that not less than 50 percent of the quantity of the bagged commodities that are whole grain commodities be bagged in the United States". SEC. 210. FOOD AID CONSULTATIVE GROUP. Section 205 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1725) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking "private voluntary organizations, cooperatives and indigenous non-governmental organizations" and inserting "eligible organizations described in section 202(d)(1)"; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking "for International Affairs and Commodity Programs" and inserting "of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services"; (B) in paragraph (4), by striking "and" at the end; (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and (D) by adding at the end the following: "(6) representatives from agricultural producer groups in the United States."; (3) in the second sentence of subsection (d), by inserting "(but at least twice per year)" after "when appropriate"; and (4) in subsection (f), by striking "1995" and inserting "2002". SEC. 211. SUPPORT OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1727e(b)) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking "INDIGENOUS NON-GOVERNMENTAL" and inserting "NONGOVERNMENTAL"; and (2) by striking "utilization of indigenous" and inserting "utilization of. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 402 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1732) is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following: "(6) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.—The term 'nongovernmental organization' means an organization that works at the local level to solve development problems in a foreign country in which the organization is located, except that the term does not include an organization that is primarily an agency or instrumentality of the government of the foreign country.". SEC. 212. COMMODITY DETERMINATIONS. Section 401 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1731) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) through (d) and inserting the following: " (a) AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES.— No agricultural commodity shall be available for disposition under this Act if the Secretary determines that the disposition would reduce the domestic supply of the commodity below the supply needed to meet domestic requirements and provide adequate carryover (as determined by the Sec-