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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5603', '§ 103', '§ 1531', '§ 308', '§ 241', '§ 770', '§ 4404']

7 U.S. Code § 5603 - Agricultural export promotion strategy | LII / Legal Information Institute
In general The Secretary shall develop a strategy for implementing Federal agricultural export promotion programs that takes into account the new market opportunities for agricultural products, including opportunities that result from—
Purpose of strategy The strategy developed under subsection (a) of this section shall encourage the maintenance, development, and expansion of export markets for United States agricultural commodities and related products, including high-value and value-added products.
Goals of strategy The strategy developed under subsection (a) of this section shall have the following goals:
Ensure that to the extent practicable—
Priority markets (1)
Identification of markets In developing the strategy required under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall annually identify as priority markets—
Identification of supporting offices The President shall identify annually in the budget of the United States Government submitted under section 1105 of title 31 each overseas office of the Foreign Agricultural Service that provides assistance to United States exporters in each of the priority markets identified under paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 95–501, title I, § 103, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3670; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, § 308,Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 241(a),Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 963.)
1996—Pub. L. 104–127amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions requiring development of long-term agricultural trade strategy and providing for goals and contents of strategy, establishment of priority markets, review of strategy, confidentiality, withholding of information from Congress, and termination of section on Dec. 31, 1995.
1991—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 102–237inserted a closing parenthesis before period at end.
Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 770,Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 40, provided that: “Hereafter, no funds provided in this or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.”
Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, § 4404,Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1402, provided that: “The Secretary of Agriculture shall actively use Department of Agriculture concessional programs and export credit guarantee programs to promote the export of wood and processed wood products.”