§ 1748. — Annual reports by agricultural attachés.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1748]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 42--AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SET-ASIDE
Sec. 1748. Annual reports by agricultural attaches
(a) In general
The Secretary shall require appropriate officers and employees of
the Department of Agriculture, including those stationed in foreign
countries, to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary detailed
reports that--
(1) document the nature and extent of--
(A) programs in such countries that provide direct or
indirect government support for the export of agricultural
commodities and the products thereof;
(B) other trade practices that may impede the entry of
United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof
into such countries; and
(C) where practicable, the average prices and costs of
production in such countries for like commodities exported from
the United States to such countries; and
(2) identify opportunities for the export of United States
agricultural commodities and the products thereof to such countries.
(b) Duties
The Secretary shall--
(1) annually compile the information contained in reports
prepared under subsection (a) of this section--
(A) on a country by country basis; and
(B) on a commodity by commodity basis for exports of United
States agricultural commodities, as determined appropriate by
the Secretary, the export of which is hampered by an unfair
trade practice. Where practicable, the report shall include a
comparison of the average prices and costs of production for
such commodities in the United States and in the importing
countries for the previous crop year;
(2) in consultation with the agricultural technical advisory
committees established under section 2155(c) of title 19, include in
the compilation a priority ranking of those trade barriers
identified in subsection (a) of this section by commodity group;
(3) include in the compilation a list of actions undertaken to
reduce or eliminate such trade barriers; and
(4) not later than January 15 of each year, make the compilation
available to Congress, the agricultural policy advisory committee,
and other interested parties.
(c) Meeting
The Secretary and the United States Trade Representative shall
convene a meeting, at least once each year, of the Agricultural Policy
Advisory Committee and the agricultural technical advisory committees to
develop specific recommendations for actions to be taken by the Federal
Government and private industry to--
(1) reduce or eliminate trade barriers or distortions identified
in the annual reports required to be submitted under subsections (a)
and (b) of this section; and
(2) expand United States agricultural export opportunities
identified in such annual reports.
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title I, Sec. 108, as added Pub. L. 101-624,
title XV, Sec. 1532, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3689; amended Pub. L. 102-
237, title III, Secs. 316-318, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856, 1857; Pub.
L. 104-127, title II, Sec. 272, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-127 struck out ``including
fruits, vegetables, legumes, popcorn and ducks'' after ``agricultural
commodities''.
1991--Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 316, made technical amendment to
directory language of Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1532, which enacted this
section, resulting in no change in text.
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 317, substituted a
semicolon for period at end.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 318, struck out ``the trade
assistance office authorized under section 504 of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978 (as amended by section 201),'' after ``available to
Congress,''.
