7 USC 1704 - Use of local currency payment

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jul 27, 2025

§ 1704.

Use of local currency payment

(a)

In general

(b)

Special account

(c)

Activities

The proceeds from the payments referred to in subsection (a) may be used in the appropriate developing country, through agreements with recipient governments, private voluntary organizations, and cooperatives, for the following:

(1)

Agricultural development

To support—

(A)

increased agricultural production, including availability of agricultural inputs, with emphasis on small farms, processing of agricultural commodities, forestry management, and land and water management;

(B)

credit policies for private-sector agriculture development;

(C)

establishment and expansion of institutions for basic and applied agricultural research and the use of such research through development of extension services;

(D)

programs to control rodents, insects, weeds, and other animal or plant pests; and

(E)

the improvement of the trade capacity of the recipient country.

(2)

Agricultural business development loans

(3)

Agricultural facilities loans

(4)

Trade promotion

(5)

Private sector agricultural trade development

(6)

Research

(7)

United States obligations

(8)

Safe water and sanitation

(d)

Fiscal requirements regarding use of local currencies

(1)

Exemption

(2)

Use of currencies by other agencies

(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title I, § 104, 68 Stat. 456; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(h), (i), as added July 18, 1956, ch. 627, § 11(a), 70 Stat. 564, 565; amended Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 933, § 2, 70 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 85–128, § 1(4), Aug. 13, 1957, 71 Stat. 345; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(c), as added Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(2), Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 85–477, ch. V, § 502(l), June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 275; Pub. L. 85–931, § 3, Sept. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 1790; Pub. L. 86–108, ch. VII, § 701(d), July 24, 1959, 73 Stat. 258; Pub. L. 86–341, title I, §§ 4–9, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 606, 607; Pub. L. 87–128, title II, § 201(3), Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 306; Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 612(b), pt. IV, § 704, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 443, 463; Pub. L. 87–839, § 2, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 88–205, pt. III, § 301(d)(2), Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 386; Pub. L. 88–638, §§ 1(6)–(10), 2, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1035–1038; Pub. L. 89–106, § 5, Aug. 4, 1965, 79 Stat. 432; Pub. L. 89–808, § 2(B), Nov. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 1528; Pub. L. 90–436, §§ 2(a), 3, 6, July 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 450, 451; Pub. L. 91–524, title VII, § 702, Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1379; Pub. L. 94–161, title II, § 204, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 121, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 97–113, title IV, §§ 401(5), 402, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1537; Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, § 4401, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1400; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3635; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 205, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 953; Pub. L. 109–121, § 5(b), Dec. 1, 2005, 119 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3006, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1822.)

cite as: 7 USC 1704