7 U.S.C. § 1691: United States policy

combat world hunger and malnutrition and their causes; promote broad-based, equitable, and sustainable development, including agricultural development; expand international trade; foster and encourage the development of private enterprise and democratic participation in developing countries; and prevent conflicts. the United States should maintain its historic proportion of food assistance constituting one-third of all United States foreign economic assistance; and accordingly, the total amount of food assistance made available to foreign countries under the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) and section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ( 7 U.S.C. 1431(b) ) should not be less than one-third of the total amount of foreign economic assistance provided for each fiscal year. assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ( 7 U.S.C. 1431(b) ), or any other law authorizing economic assistance for foreign countries; and United States contributions to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, or any other multilateral development bank.”