# § 1727d. Local currency accounts
**(a)** **Retention of proceeds** To the extent determined to be appropriate by the Administrator, revenues generated from the sale, under section 1727c(2) of this title, of agricultural commodities provided under this subchapter shall be deposited into a separate account (that may be interest bearing) in the recipient country to be disbursed for the benefit of such country in accordance with local currency agreements entered into between the recipient country and the Administrator. The Administrator may determine not to deposit such revenues in a separate account if—
**(1)** local currencies are to be programmed for specific economic development purposes listed in section 1727e(a) of this title; and
**(2)** the recipient country programs an equivalent amount of money for such purposes as specified in an agreement entered into by the Administrator and the recipient country.
**(b)** **Ownership and programming of accounts** section 1727c(2) of this title
The proceeds of sales pursuant to shall be the property of the recipient country or the United States, as specified in the applicable agreement. Such proceeds shall be utilized for the benefit of the recipient country, shall be jointly programmed by the Administrator and the government of the recipient country, and shall be disbursed for the benefit of such country in accordance with local currency agreements between the Administrator and that government.
**(c)** **Overall development strategy** The Administrator shall consider the local currency proceeds as an integral part of the overall development strategy of the Agency for International Development and the recipient country.
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**Source Credit**: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 95–88, title II, § 211(a)(2), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 550; amended Pub. L. 95–424, title II, § 203, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 96–53, title II, §§ 204(b), 206, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 369; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3643.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 305 of , , enacted , prior to repeal by , , .
### Amendments
1990— amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing deposit of funds generated from sale of commodities into special account, providing that disbursements shall be considered payment by recipient government or as full forgiveness of repayment obligations, consideration of disbursements as payment with respect to credit obligations or annual repayment obligations, and application of dollar sales value of commodities against repayment obligations.
1979—Subsec. (a). , inserted provisions relating to disbursements from the special account equal to the dollar value of credit furnished by the Commodity Credit Corporation under .
Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c).
1978—Subsecs. (a), (b). designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under .