§ 1738q. — Notification to congressional committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1738q]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER VI--ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE
Sec. 1738q. Notification to congressional committees
(a) Notice of negotiations
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in
every feasible instance, notify the designated congressional committees
not less than 15 days prior to any formal negotiation for debt relief
under this subchapter.
(b) Transmittal of text of agreements
The Secretary of State shall transmit to the designated
congressional committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any
foreign government which would result in any debt relief under this
subchapter no less than 30 days prior to its entry into force, together
with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in
the proposed debt relief.
(c) Annual report
The Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as
appropriate, shall submit to the designated congressional committees not
later than February 1 of each year a consolidated statement of the
budgetary implications of all debt relief agreements entered into force
under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year.
(d) Designated congressional committees
As used in this section, the term ``designated congressional
committees'' means the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title VI, Sec. 618, as added Pub. L. 102-532,
Sec. 2, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3511.)
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1738r of this title.
