Memorandum on Emergency
Food Assistance
Memorandum
for the Secretary of Agriculture
Subject:
Food Security Wheat Reserve
By
virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws
of the United States, including the Food Security Wheat Reserve Act of 1980
(the ``Act'') (7 U.S.C. 1736f - 1) and section 301 of Title 3 of the United
States Code, I hereby authorize the release of up to 1.5 million metric tons of
wheat from the reserve established under the Act (the ``reserve'') to provide,
on a sale or donation basis, emergency food assistance to developing countries
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 during
Fiscal Year 1989 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.).
I
hereby delegate to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to determine,
within such quantity, the quantity of wheat to be released from the reserve.
The Secretary shall consult with the agencies comprising the Food Aid
Subcommittee of the Development Coordination Committee with respect to any such
determination.
This
memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.
Ronald
Reagan