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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 10, 2006 / 
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance; 
Office of Food for Peace; Announcement of Food for Peace Public Law 480 
Title II Program Policies and Proposal Guidelines (FY07)

    Pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 (Pub. L. 480, as amended), notice is hereby given that the 
final Food for Peace Public Law 480 Title II Program Policies and 
Proposal Guidelines (FY 07) are available to interested parties for 
general viewing.
    Individuals who wish to access the current guidelines should visit 
the Food for Peace Web site at https://www.usaid.gov/our_work/
humanitarian_assistance/ffp/, or contact the Office of Food for Peace, 
U.S. Agency for International Development, RRB 7.06-102, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20523-7600.

Lisa Witte,
Acting Chief, Policy and Technical Division, Office of Food for Peace, 
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-7148 Filed 5-9-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6116-01-P
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