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Food Aid 



We have made special efforts to move U.S. agricultural commodities to the 

 former Soviet Union through our food aid programs. The Freedom Support Act 

 gives us added flexibility in this area. 



The Freedom Support Act provides that the limitation in the Food for 

 Progress Act that not more than 500,000 metric tons may be made available in a 

 fiscal year does not apply with respect to commodities provided the FSU during 

 fiscal 1993. 



This provision allows us to meet humanitarian food needs in the former 

 Soviet Union during this critical period of transition without limiting the 

 size of Food for Progress programs carried out elsewhere. And it maintains 

 exports of U.S. agricultural commodities. 



The Food for Progress assistance, which includes food aid for human 

 consumption and much needed feed for livestock, is being provided through 

 three major efforts. First, we expect to commit over 1.8 million tons of feed 

 grains — I million tons of corn and 850,000 tons of feed wheat — valued at 

 $261 million, mostly through government-to-government programs. Those 

 countries receiving corn are paying all transportation costs, and 75 percent 



