Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§1736u Cooperator market development program
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - FOOD FOR PEACE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS › § 1736u
Summary
Congress wants the Foreign Agricultural Service to keep the cooperator market development program running to build, grow, and keep markets for U.S. farm products, using nonprofit agricultural trade groups whenever possible. The program is exempt from the requirements of Circular A 110 from the Office of Management and Budget.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1736u
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(a)It is the sense of Congress that the cooperator market development program of the Foreign Agricultural Service should be continued to help develop new markets and expand and maintain existing markets for United States agricultural commodities, using nonprofit agricultural trade organizations to the maximum extent practicable.
(b)The cooperator market development program shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular A 110 issued by the Office of Management and Budget.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section consists of subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 1126 of Pub. L. 99–198. Subsec. (c) of section 1126 amended section 1736m(a)(5)(B) of this title. Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Food for Peace Act which comprises this chapter.
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7 U.S.C. § 1736u
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73