7 USC § 1736g - Coordination of foreign assistance programs

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title: "7 USC § 1736g - Coordination of foreign assistance programs"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1736g"
section_name: "Coordination of foreign assistance programs"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "FOOD FOR PEACE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 96–53, title II, § 210, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 370; amended Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3656; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 221, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 958; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3022, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1829; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, § 3015, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 778.)"
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# § 1736g. Coordination of foreign assistance programs

To the maximum extent practicable, assistance for a foreign country under subchapter III–A shall be coordinated and integrated with United States development assistance objectives and programs for that country and with the overall development strategy of that country. Special emphasis should be placed on, and funds devoted to, activities that will increase the nutritional impact of programs of assistance under subchapter III–A, and child survival programs and projects, in least developed countries by improving the design and implementation of such programs and projects.

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**Source Credit**: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 96–53, title II, § 210, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 370; amended Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3656; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 221, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 958; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3022, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1829; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, § 3015, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 778.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “To the maximum” and struck out subsec. (b) which required a report to Congress regarding efforts to improve procurement planning not later than 90 days after .

2008— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

1996— substituted “subchapter III–A” for “this chapter” in two places.

1990— amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions requiring, to maximum extent practicable, availability of commodities on multiyear basis.

## 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

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