AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PHILIPPINE FOOD AID INITIATIVE.

SEC. 1503. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PHILIPPINE FOOD AID INITIATIVE. Section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(12) There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1988, in addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated, $1,000,000 for technical assistance for the sale or barter of commodities under paragraph (7) to strengthen nonprofit private organizations and cooperatives in the Philippines.”.