# § 1732. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
**(1)** **Administrator** The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, unless otherwise specified in this chapter.
**(2)** **Agricultural commodity** October 1, 1991
The term “agricultural commodity”, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, includes any agricultural commodity or the products thereof produced in the United States, including wood and processed wood products, fish, and livestock as well as value-added, fortified, or high-value agricultural products. Effective beginning on , for purposes of subchapter III, a product of an agricultural commodity shall not be considered to be produced in the United States if it contains any ingredient that is not produced in the United States, if that ingredient is produced and is commercially available in the United States at fair and reasonable prices.
**(3)** **Appropriate committee of Congress** The term “appropriate committee of Congress” means—
**(A)** the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;
**(B)** the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and
**(C)** the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
**(4)** **Cooperative** The term “cooperative” means a private sector organization whose members own and control the organization and share in its services and its profits and that provides business services and outreach in cooperative development for its membership.
**(5)** **Developing country** The term “developing country” means a country that has a shortage of foreign exchange earnings and has difficulty meeting all of its food needs through commercial channels.
**(6)** **Food security** The term “food security” means access by all people at all times to sufficient food and nutrition for a healthy and productive life.
**(7)** **Nongovernmental organization** The term “nongovernmental organization” means an organization that works at the local level to solve development problems in a foreign country in which the organization is located, except that the term does not include an organization that is primarily an agency or instrumentality of the government of the foreign country.
**(8)** **Private voluntary organization** section 501(c)(3) of title 26
The term “private voluntary organization” means a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization (in the case of a United States organization, an organization that is exempt from Federal income taxes under ) that receives funds from private sources, voluntary contributions of money, staff time, or in-kind support from the public, and that is engaged in or is planning to engage in voluntary, charitable, or development assistance activities (other than religious activities).
**(9)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise specified in this chapter.
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**Source Credit**: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title IV, § 402, as added Pub. L. 86–341, title I, § 14, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 87–703, title II, § 201(2), Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 611; Pub. L. 89–808, § 2(E), Nov. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 1536; Pub. L. 92–42, July 1, 1971, 85 Stat. 99; Pub. L. 95–113, title XII, § 1205, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 956; Pub. L. 96–72, § 24, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 97–98, title XII, § 1213, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1281; Pub. L. 98–623, title IV, § 405(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3409; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3645; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 211(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3015, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1826.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2008—Pars. (3) to (9). added par. (3) and redesignated former pars. (3) to (8) as (4) to (9), respectively.
1996—Par. (6). added par. (6) and struck out heading and text of former par. (6). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘indigenous nongovernmental organization’ means an organization that operates under the laws of the recipient country, or that has its principal place of activity in such country, and that works at the local level to solve development problems in the foreign country in which it is located, except that the term does not include an organization that is primarily an agent or instrumentality of the foreign government.”
1990— amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions defining agricultural commodity.
1984— inserted “(including fish, without regard to whether such fish are harvested in aquacultural operations)” and struck out provision that subject to the availability of appropriations therefor, any domestically produced fishery product could be made available under this chapter.
1981— substituted “wine, beer, distilled spirits, or other alcoholic beverage” for “wine or beer”.
1979— inserted reference to beer.
1977— required that in allocation of funds made available under subchapter II of this chapter priority be given to financing the sale of food and fiber commodities.
1971— inserted sentence that proviso excluding alcoholic beverages from term “agricultural commodity” shall not be construed as prohibiting domestic wine industry from participating in market development activities for expansion of export sales of domestic agricultural commodities.
1966— substituted definition of agricultural commodity and provisions as to availability of fishery products for former provisions respecting agreements for delivery of surplus agricultural commodities, period, and security for payments in relation to long-term supply contracts, now covered by subchapter II of this chapter. See .
1962— authorized executive agreements with financial institutions acting in behalf of friendly nations and administrative sales agreements with foreign and United States private trade with provision for security for payments.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
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### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
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### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
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### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
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### Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
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### Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
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