The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust: Background and Current Issues

Hanrahan, Charles E.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Budgets;    International relief;    Food relief;    Government trust funds;    Foreign aid;   

RP-ID  :  RS21234
RP-ID  :  RS21234 2003-04-17

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust is becoming a critical component of the U.S. response to humanitarian food emergencies in Africa, Iraq, and elsewhere. The Trust, as presently constituted, was enacted in the 1998 Africa Seeds of Hope Act (P.L. 105- 385). It replaced the Food Security Commodity Reserve established in 1996 and its predecessor the Food Security Wheat Reserve of 1980. This report discusses the administration’s proposals to reduce food aid’s reliance on surplus commodities and anticipated demand for emergency food aid have focused renewed attention on the Emerson Trust, which has been used four times in FY2002 and FY2003 to meet unanticipated food needs in Africa and Iraq.