- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development.
- agricultural commodity
means an agricultural commodity, or a product of an agricultural commodity, that—
- appropriate committee of Congress
means—
- Caribbean Basin country
means a country eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under section 2702 of title 19.
- cooperative
has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1732).
- Corporation
means the Commodity Credit Corporation.
- 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.
- developing country
has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1732).
- eligible commodity
means an agricultural commodity, or a product of an agricultural commodity, in inventories of the Corporation or acquired by the Secretary or the Corporation for disposition through commercial purchases under a program authorized under this section.
- eligible debt swap
means a debt-for-development swap or debt-for-nature swap.
- eligible entity
means—
- eligible organization
means an organization that is—
- emergency
means an urgent situation—
- emerging market
means a country that the Secretary determines—
- Environmental Fund
means an Environmental Fund established under section 1738g of this title.
- food security
means access by all people at all times to sufficient food and nutrition for a healthy and productive life.
- international food security
means access by any person at any time to food and nutrition that is sufficient for a healthy and productive life.
- middle income country
means a country that has developed economically to the point at which the country does not receive bilateral development assistance from the United States.
- nongovernmental organization
has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1732).
- private voluntary organization
has the meaning given the term in section 402 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1732).
- program
means a food assistance or development initiative proposed by an eligible entity and approved by the Secretary under this section.
- qualified debt
means any obligation, or portion of such obligation, of an eligible country to pay for purchases of United States agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under export credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant to section 714c(f) of title 15 or section 1707a(b) 1 of this title— Such term includes the obligation to pay any interest which was due or accrued not later than September 1, 1992, and unpaid as of the date of a debt sale pursuant to section 1738o of this title or a debt sale, reduction, or cancellation pursuant to section 1738p of this title (as the case may be).
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- sub-Saharan African country
has the meaning given the term in section 3706 of title 19.
- transportation-related services
means lightening, stevedoring, bagging, or inland transportation to the destination point.