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policy Sec. 201. Section 2 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 89 STAT. 851 “In furnishing food aid under this Act, the President shall— “(1) give priority consideration, in helping to meet urgent food needs abroad, to making available the maximum feasible volume of food commodities (with appropriate regard to domestic price and supply situations) required by those countries most seriously affected by food shortages and by inability to meet immediate food requirements on a normal commercial basis; “(2) continue to urge all traditional and potential new donors of food, fertilizer, or the means of financing these commodities to increase their participation in efforts to address the emergency and longer term food needs of the developing world; “(3) relate United States assistance to efforts by aid-receiving countries to increase their own agricultural production, with emphasis on development of small, family farm agriculture, and improve their facilities for transportation, storage, and distribution of food commodities; “(4) give special consideration to the potential for expanding markets for America’s agricultural abundance abroad in the allocation of commodities or concessional financing: and “(5) give appropriate recognition to and support of a strong and viable American farm economy in providing for the food security of consumers in the United States and throughout the world.”.