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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1764 Reports and dispatches

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS; AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS AND AGRICULTURAL ATTACHÉS › § 1764

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Officers under this law must give their reports and dispatches to the Department of State. They may also share them with other government agencies. Agricultural reports and related information made by Foreign Service officers must be available to the Secretary of Agriculture. If the Secretary of Agriculture asks, the Secretary of State can provide office space, equipment, and office help for those staff. Other federal agencies can also make their people and facilities available when asked. The Secretary of Agriculture may pay or provide money in advance to cover those services.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1764

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The reports and dispatches prepared by the officers appointed or assigned under this subchapter shall be made available to the Department of State, and may be made available to other interested agencies of the Government, and the agricultural reports and dispatches and related information produced by officers of the Foreign Service shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture.
(b)The Secretary of State is authorized upon request of the Secretary of Agriculture to provide office space, equipment, facilities, and such other administrative and clerical services as may be required for the personnel affected by this subchapter. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reimburse or advance funds to the Secretary of State for such services.
(c)Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, each Federal agency may make its services, personnel, and facilities available to officers and employees appointed and assigned to a post abroad under this subchapter in the performance of the functions of such officers and employees. The Secretary of Agriculture may reimburse or advance funds to any such agency for services, personnel, and facilities so made available.

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Amendments

1978—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95–501, § 301(4), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–501, § 301(6), added subsec. (c).

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1764

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73