; and (B) more than 150 countries have benefited from United States supported food security programs. (3) Despite the cessation of the commodity price support programs and the drawdown of surplus stocks that occasioned the creation of the Food for Peace program in 1954, American farmers continue to play a critical role in United States international food assistance programs, particularly as a result of their innovation, expertise, and unmatched capacity to produce high quality agricultural commodities that are critical to meeting growing global food needs. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that modernizing the Food for Peace program, including through the introduction of more flexible approaches to meeting food needs overseas, does not negate the need and desire for American farmers to continue to play an integral role in United States international food assistance and agricultural development programs overseas. 204. Minimum levels (a) Agricultural commodities Not less than 25 percent of the amounts made available to provide assistance, including agricultural commodities, under section 202 shall be made available for the purchase and distribution of United States agricultural commodities, including associated costs for the provision of agricultural commodities, in accordance with this title. (b) Nonemergency food assistance (1) In general Of the amounts made available to carry out this title, not less than $350,000,000 shall be expended for nonemergency food assistance authorized under section 202(b). (2) Nonduplication In order to avoid duplication and ensure the availability of resources to meet emergency needs, funds made available under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) through grants or cooperative agreements to strengthen food security in developing countries that are consistent with the goals of this title may be deemed to be expended on nonemergency food assistance for the purposes of this subsection. (3) Limitation The amount made