§ 4403. — Duties of Secretary of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC4403]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 75--INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS
Sec. 4403. Duties of Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States shall be the
competent authority to implement the agreement. To ensure compliance
with the standards specified in the agreement, the Secretary of
Agriculture may--
(1) designate appropriate organizations to inspect or test
equipment, or both;
(2) issue certificates of compliance in accordance with annex 1,
appendix 1, paragraph 4 of the agreement;
(3) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to implement
the agreement and administer this chapter, including, but not
limited to, provision for suspending or denying the designation of
any organization to inspect or test equipment and for denying the
issuance of certificates of compliance as may be necessary to ensure
compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations
issued thereunder;
(4) make periodic onsite inspections of facilities and
procedures used by those seeking certificates of compliance and by
organizations designated to test or inspect equipment under this
chapter;
(5) require submission of reports by those seeking certificates
of compliance and by organizations designated to test or inspect
equipment under this chapter;
(6) require maintenance of records by those seeking certificates
of compliance and by organizations designated to test or inspect
equipment under this chapter, such records to be made available to
the Secretary upon request;
(7) inform contracting parties, through the Secretary of State
of the United States, of all general measures taken in connection
with the implementation of the agreement; and
(8) take such other action as may be considered appropriate to
implement the agreement and administer this chapter.
(Pub. L. 97-325, Sec. 4, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1604.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4405 of this title.
