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Timestamp: 2018-11-17 09:00:53
Document Index: 608163664

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1542', '§338', '§706', '§321', '§277', '§3203', '§3204', '§3203', '§101', '§101', '§718', '§5001', '§211', '§1531', '§1302', '§243', '§3102', '§3101', '§3101', '§3205', '§3203', '§3205', '§3205', '§3205', '§5721', '§702', '§252', '§3105', '§3104', '§101', '§3105', '§703', '§252', '§3105', '§3104', '§3103']

7 USC Ch. 87: EXPORT PROMOTION (United States)
Link to law: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title7/chapter87&edition=prelim
Technical assistance for specialty crops.
"Eligible trade organization" defined.
Foreign market development cooperator program.
Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, §1542, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3691, as amended by Pub. L. 102–237, title III, §338, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1859; Pub. L. 102–511, title VII, §706, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3350; Pub. L. 103–182, title III, §321(g), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2112; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §§277(a), 278, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 977, 979; Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §3203, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 300; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, §3204, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, §3203, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 113–188, title I, §101(b), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2017, provided that:
"(a) Funding.—The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available for fiscal years 1996 through 2018 not less than $1,000,000,000 of direct credits or export credit guarantees for exports to emerging markets under section 201 or 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621 and 5622), in addition to the amounts acquired or authorized under section 211 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 5641) for the program.
"(d) E (Kika) de la Garza Agricultural Fellowship Program.—The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Secretary') shall establish a program, to be known as the 'E (Kika) de la Garza Agricultural Fellowship Program', to develop agricultural markets in emerging markets and to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets, as follows:
"(1) Development of agricultural systems.—
"(i) Establishment of program.—For each of the fiscal years 1991 through 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Secretary'), in order to develop, maintain, or expand markets for United States agricultural exports, is directed to make available to emerging markets the expertise of the United States to make assessments of the food and rural business systems needs of such democracies [markets], make recommendations on measures necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the systems, including potential reductions in trade barriers, and identify and carry out specific opportunities and projects to enhance the effectiveness of those systems.
"(ii) Extent of program.—The Secretary shall implement this paragraph with respect to at least 3 emerging markets in each fiscal year.
"(B) Experts from the united states.—The Secretary may implement the requirements of subparagraph (A)—
"(C) Cost-sharing.—The Secretary shall encourage the nongovernmental experts described in subparagraph (B) to share the costs of, and otherwise assist in, the participation of such experts in the program under this paragraph.
"(D) Technical assistance.—The Secretary is authorized to provide, or pay the necessary costs for, technical assistance (including the establishment of extension services) to enable individuals or other entities to implement the recommendations or to carry out the opportunities and projects identified under paragraph (1)(A). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the assistance shall include assistance for administrative and overhead expenses of the International Cooperation and Development Program Area of the Foreign Agriculture Service, to the extent that the expenses were incurred pursuant to reimbursable agreements entered into prior to September 30, 1993, the expenses do not exceed $2,000,000 per year, and the expenses are not incurred for information technology systems.
"(E) Reports to secretary.—A team that receives assistance under subparagraph (B) shall prepare such reports as the Secretary may designate.
"(F) Advisory committee.—To provide the Secretary with information that may be useful to the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of the various sectors of the food and rural business systems of the United States.
"(G) Use of ccc.—The Secretary shall implement this paragraph through the funds and facilities of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The authority provided under this paragraph shall be in addition to and not in place of any other authority of the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation.
"(H) Level of assistance.—The Secretary shall provide assistance under this paragraph of not more than $10,000,000 in any fiscal year.
"(2) Agricultural information program.—
"(A) Establishment of program.—The Secretary shall establish a program, administered to complement the emerging markets export promotion program developed under this section, to initiate and develop collaboration between the United States Department of Agriculture, United States agribusinesses, and appropriate agricultural institutions in emerging markets in order to promote the exchange of information and resources that will make a long-term contribution to the establishment of free market food production and distribution systems in emerging markets and the enhancement of agricultural trade with the United States.
"(B) Implementation.—The Secretary shall draw on the Department of Agriculture's experience to design, implement, and evaluate, on a cost-sharing basis with cooperating agricultural institutions, a program to—
"(iii) carry out a program—
"(C) Consultation and coordination.—The Secretary shall consult and coordinate with the Secretary of State and the Agency for International Development in the formulation and implementation of this program in conjunction with overall assistance to emerging markets.
"(D) Authorization for appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program established under this paragraph.
"(e) Foreign Debt Burdens.—In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that the credits for which repayment is guaranteed under subsection (a) do not negatively affect the political and economic situation in emerging markets by excessively adding to the foreign debt burdens of such countries.
"(f) Emerging Market.—In this section and section 1543 [7 U.S.C. 3293], the term 'emerging market' means any country that the Secretary determines—
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title VII, §718], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-27, as amended by Pub. L. 106–31, title V, §5001(b), May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 109, provided that: "Hereafter, none of the funds made available in annual appropriations Acts may be used to provide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel to carry out a market promotion/market access program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assistance to the United States Mink Export Development Council or any mink industry trade association."
(A) in addition to any funds that may be specifically appropriated to implement a market access program, not more than $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018, of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation; and
(Pub. L. 95–501, title II, §211, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, §1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3677; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title I, §1302(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 330; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §§243(b), 244(a)(2)(B), (c), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 967, 968; Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §§3102(d), 3103, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 289; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, §§3101(b), 3102(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1831, 1832; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, §§3101(b), 3102, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 779.)
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an export assistance program (referred to in this section as the "program") to address unique barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of United States specialty crops.
The program shall provide direct assistance through public and private sector projects and technical assistance to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary and phytosanitary and technical barriers to trade.
(C) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(D) $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2018.
(Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §3205, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 301; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, §3203, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, §3205(a), (b), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 780.)
2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79, §3205(a), substituted "technical barriers to trade" for "related barriers to trade".
Subsec. (e)(2)(C) to (E). Pub. L. 113–79, §3205(b), inserted "and" at end of subpar. (C), added subpar. (D), and struck out former subpars. (D) and (E) which read as follows:
"(D) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
"(E) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2012."
2008—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 110–246 added subsecs. (d) and (e) and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007, the Secretary shall make available $2,000,000 of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation."
§5721. "Eligible trade organization" defined
In this subchapter, the term "eligible trade organization" means a United States trade organization that—
(Pub. L. 95–501, title VII, §702, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §252, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 971; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §3105(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 290; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, §3104(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 113–188, title I, §101(f), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2018.)
2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–246 substituted "Committee on Foreign Affairs" for "Committee on International Relations".
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–171, §3105(a)(1), inserted ", with a continued significant emphasis on the importance of the export of value-added United States agricultural products into emerging markets" after "products".
To carry out this subchapter, the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, or commodities of the Commodity Credit Corporation of a comparable value, in the amount of $34,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
In providing any amount of funds or commodities made available under subsection (a) for any fiscal year that is in excess of the amount made available under this section for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—
(Pub. L. 95–501, title VII, §703, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §252, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 972; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §3105(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, §3104(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 113–79, title III, §3103, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 779.)
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246 substituted "2008 through 2012" for "2002 through 2007".
2002—Pub. L. 107–171 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002."