To prohibit assistance to North Korea under title II of the Food for Peace Act unless the President issues a national interest waiver.

SA 2454. Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 3240, to reauthorize agricultural programs through
2017, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3015. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR NORTH KOREA.

(a) In General.--No amounts may be obligated or expended to
provide assistance under title II of the Food for Peace Act
(7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) to the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea.
(b) National Interest Waiver.--The President may waive
subsection (a) if the President determines and certifies to
the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on
Agriculture and Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives that the waiver is in the national interest
of the United States.
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