Domain	Definition
Agriculture	P.L. 83-480 (July 10, 1954), also called Food for Peace, is the common name for food aid programs established by the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, which seeks to expand foreign markets for U.S. agricultural products, combat hunger, and encourage economic development in developing countries. Title I makes export credit available on concessional terms, for example, at low interest rates for up to 30 years. Donations for emergency food relief and non-emergency humanitarian assistance are provided under Title II. Title III authorizes a Food for Development program that provides government-to-government grant food assistance to least developed countries. The FAIR Act of 1996 extends the authority to enter into new P.L. 480 agreements through 2002. (or Public Law 480). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Russia	In FY 1999, in response to a request by the Russian Government, USDA provided more than 3.7 million metric tons of food valued at more than $1 billion, including 100,000 metric tons of nonperishable food donated through U.S. private voluntary organizations (PVOs), 1.7 million tons of wheat on a grant basis, and 1.55 million tons of commodities (including beef, pork, poultry, corn, rice, wheat and soybeans) on a concessional basis under USDA's P.L. 480, Title I Program. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

P.L. 480

Specialty Definition: P.L. 480