PERIODS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.

SEC. 15. PERIODS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. Title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “SEC. 208. PERIODS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. “(a) Response.— If a proposal to make agricultural commodities available under this title is submitted by a nonprofit voluntary agency or cooperative with the concurrence of the appropriate 101 STAT. 1329–450United States Government field mission or if a proposal to make agricultural commodities available to a nonprofit voluntary agency or cooperative is submitted by the United States Government field mission, a decision on the proposal shall be provided within 45 days after receipt by the Agency for International Development office in Washington, D.C. The response shall detail the reasons for approval or denial of the proposal. If the proposal is denied, the response shall specify the conditions that would need to be met for the proposal to be approved. “(b) Notice and Comment.— Not later than 30 days before the issuance of a final guideline to carry out this title, the President shall— “(1) provide notice of the proposed guideline to nonprofit voluntary agencies and cooperatives that participate in programs under this title, and other interested persons, that the proposed guideline is available for review and comment; “(2) make the proposed guideline available, on request, to the agencies, cooperatives, and others; and “(3) take any comments received into consideration before the issuance of the final guideline. “(c) Deadline for Submission of Commodity Orders.— Not later than 15 days after receipt of a call forward from a field mission for commodities or products that meets the requirements of this title, the order for the purchase or the supply, from inventory, of such commodities or products shall be transmitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation.”.