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March 22, 2014USA Maritime to Members of Congress: we oppose the latest attempt by the Administration to divert food aid funds to cash aid under the PL 480 Food for Peace program.DC-_752926-v1-USA_Maritime_Letter_re_PL_480_Budget_-_Stabenow
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February 8, 2014Last April, the future of America’s premier international food aid program, Food for Peace (PL 480 Title II), was thrown into doubt when the Obama Administration proposed transferring 85 percent of its budget to disaster relief accounts for buying...
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November 4, 2013During the conference on H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARRM Bill), we urge you to insist on the House-passed reauthorization of the Food for Peace Program (Title II ofPL-480). Since 1954, the Food for...
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November 4, 2013NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES OPPOSES CHANGES TO THE FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM (P.L. 480) Proposed Changes to Food for Peace Program Will Have Devastating Impacts to U.S.flag Merchant Marine, National Security ARLINGTON, Va. — The 47,000 members...
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November 4, 2013Dear Chairmen Lucas and Stabenow and Ranking Members Peterson and Cochran: As the conference on the Farm Bill proceeds, we are writing to urge you to adopt the position of the House bill concerning certain provisions in Title III...
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October 17, 2013As congressional conferees reconcile the differences between House and Senate versions of H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARRM Act), the undersigned organizations greatly appreciate and support the reauthorization of international food aid...
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October 17, 2013The International Propeller Club of the United States is dedicated to the enhancement and well-being of the maritime community of the U.S., with more than 6,000 members from all facets of the maritime industry including ship builders, shippers, carriers,...
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October 8, 2013As you begin the conference process of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management of 2013 (FARRM Bill), we write to implore you to reject any requests and efforts to dismantle the current Food for Peace Program (Title 11...
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July 2, 2013Supporters of the American Merchant Marine in the U.S. House of Representatives will continue to defend the PL 480 Food for Peace program, says Rep. Duncan Hunter. In an interview published in the June 20 issue of IHS Fairplay,...
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June 24, 2013USA Maritime praised the House of Representatives for rejecting the Royce-Engel amendment that would have dramatically altered the existing PL 480 Food for Peace Program. The action in the House, according to USA Maritime Chairman James Henry, “Demonstrates a...
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