(b) Commodities made available to a nation, or PVO's and cooperatives operating in such nation, under this section during any fiscal year shall be

(1) subject to the agreement of the nation

(A) to acquire through commercial arrangements agricultural commodities directly or by private purchases during the fiscal year in an amount equal to 105 percent of the average amount of such agricultural commodities acquired through commercial arrangements during the preceding three years; (B) to permit the sale of commodities furnished under this section within the nation and to use the local currencies generated from such sales (i) by PVO's and cooperatives to carry out approved programs of assistance in the country and (ii) to operate lending programs in the manner provided for in section 108 of Public Law 480; and

(C) to reimburse the United States in dollars for costs incurred in furnishing such commodities, including transportation and processing, in the same fiscal year in which such costs were incurred. Reimbursements under this paragraph may be made in local currencies generated from the sale of the commodities under paragraph (2) if they are used to pay expenses of the United States in the recipient nation.

(2) No greater than such amounts as is requested by such government.

(c) To the extent practicable, commodities made available under this section shall be furnished in equal quantities during each of the three fiscal years.

(d) For purposes of this section, the term "friendly countries" shall have the same meaning as that term has under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

(e) It is the sense of Congress that of the commodities made available under this subsection

(1) 400,000 metric tons of wheat, 80 million pounds of dairy products and 180,000 metric tons of soybeans be made available to Nigeria;

(2) 1 million metric tons of wheat be made available to friendly countries in Africa, other than Nigeria;

(3) 30,000 metric tons of soybeans, and 50 million pounds of dairy products be made available to India; and

(4) 60,000 metric tons of wheat and 7 million pounds of dairy products be made available to Bangladesh.] (Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, as included in Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, section 101(a).)

[For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $25,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to fill and maintain forty-nine permanent positions designated as Economic Development Representatives out of the total number of permanent positions funded in the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 1987.] (42 U.S.C. 3218, 3219, 5184, 6701(c); Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1987, as included in Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, section 101(b).)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

24.0

Printing and reproduction.

86

75

25.0

Other services.

3,203

3,926

26.0

Supplies and materials.

124

122

31.0

Equipment.......

82

90

1988 est.

the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may be used directly or indirectly for attorneys' or consultants' fees in connection with securing grants and contracts made by the Economic Development Administration: Provided further, That notwithstanding any provision of title I of the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 94-369), or any other provision of law to the contrary, any funds authorized and appropriated under title I of such Act, as amended, in any fiscal year for projects in New York, New York, but obligated as of December 19, 1985 and not disbursed, shall remain available for obligation and expenditure through March 31, 1988 for any authorized project in New York, New York, until title I of such Act, as amended, or for any project in New York, New York, determined to be eligible under title I of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, if the total amount of such funds is not finally determined by October 15, 1986: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or a contract to the contrary, the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, may sell any portion of the real property that was acquired in part with proceeds of a grant from the Economic Development Administration (grant number 01-19-02563) and may retain all the proceeds of any such sale so long as the proceeds are used for purposes which meet the criteria of and are approved by the Economic Development Administration: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, including title I of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, and OMB Circular A-102 Attachment N, the Administrator of the Economic Development Administration is hereby directed to release, without any further requirement or delay, the funds previously appropriated in Public Law 99-190 to Lexington County, South Carolina, as a direct grant: Provided further, That in addition to funds made available pursuant to Public Law 99-190 for infrastructure projects and economic development activities at the site of the General Motors plant in the city of South Gate, California, such amounts as may be necessary shall be available for this purpose such that the total amount of funds available shall not exceed $431,012: Provided further, That in addition to funds made available pursuant to Public Law 99-190 for infrastructure projects and related economic development activities at the Jasper Industrial Park in Jasper, Alabama, such amounts as may be necessary shall be available for this purpose such that the total amount of funds available shall not exceed $470,224.] (19 U.S.C. 2343-44, 2346, 2373-74; 42 U.S.C. 3131, 3135, 3141, 3142, 3144, 3151–53, 3171, 3241, 3243 and 3245; Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1987, as included in Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, section 101(b))

[SEC 101. Economic Development Administration, notwithstanding any other provision of this Joint Resolution, for additional amounts for "Economic development assistance program", $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to the City of Portland, Oregon, for preliminary engineering, design and other related activities associated with expansion of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; and $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to improve the existing County Road in Sumter County, Alabama, from the Mississippi State line to Alabama Highway No. 17 (also known as Scooba Road); and $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to continue economic development facilities and related infrastructure activities of the Fort Worth Stockyards Project at full Federal expense: Provided, That in addition, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, using any funds heretofore, herein, and hereafter available to the Corps of Engineers, is authorized and directed to develop at full Federal expense detailed plans and specifications and to construct measures in Tarrant County, Texas, to eliminate flood damage in the historical stockyards area along Tony's Creek and Marine Creek.] (Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, providing continuing appropriations for the fiscal year

1987, section 101(n).)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)