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Presidential Determination 12752

Presidential Determination on Food Security Wheat Reserve Release

President Clinton delegated authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to release up to 1.5 million metric tons of wheat from the Food Security Wheat Reserve for emergency food assistance to developing countries during fiscal year 1996, contingent on a domestic supply shortage determination. The determination preserves coordination requirements under Executive Order 12752.

Federal Register Open PDF 61 FR 4207

Impact dates

  1. Fiscal year 1996 authorization window for wheat reserve releases

Market exposure

Policy exposure mapping — not investment advice. Illustrative public companies are incomplete and not recommendations.

Sectors

Agriculture

Mechanisms

Subsidy / incentive

Role pressure

  • MixedDomestic producer — Potential release could modestly reduce domestic wheat prices if executed, but conditional nature and supply-shortage trigger suggests protection when domestic market is tight
  • UncertainTrading-partner exporter — Developing country recipients may receive donated or discounted wheat that could displace commercial imports, but scale is limited and conditional

Geographies

USOTHER

Illustrative public companies

Curated watchlist matches by sector/role — incomplete; not a recommendation.

ADMArcher Daniels MidlandBGBungeCATCaterpillarCTVACortevaTSNTyson Foods

Confidence: medium · Policy alerts

Key directives

  • Delegate to Secretary of Agriculture authority to release up to 1,500,000 metric tons of wheat from Food Security Wheat Reserve
  • Wheat to be used for emergency food assistance to developing countries on sale or donation basis during fiscal year 1996
  • Release contingent on Secretary's determination that domestic wheat supply is so limited that quantities could not otherwise be made available
  • Preserve coordination requirements of Executive Order 12752
  • Publish determination in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Delegation of release authority to Secretary of Agriculture takes effect

Near term (90d)

  • Potential wheat reserve releases if Secretary determines domestic supply shortage exists

Long term

  • Fiscal year 1996 window for emergency food assistance operations

Risks & tensions

  • Conditional trigger ('to the extent that the Secretary determines') creates uncertainty on whether any release will actually occur
  • Potential tension between domestic wheat price stability and humanitarian needs abroad
  • Delegation structure means actual policy impact depends on subsequent agency action, not automatic
Presidential Determination 12752: Presidential Determination on Food Security Wheat Reserve Release · Executive Orders