§5603a — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

Within 180 days after May 13, 2002, and every two years after that, the Secretary of Agriculture must meet with the House Committees on Agriculture and on International Relations and with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to create and carry out a global market strategy. The strategy must, as much as possible, find ways to grow agricultural exports, coordinate USDA programs with other agencies, and remove barriers to overseas trade. The meetings must review the Department’s strategic goals and its progress in using the strategy.

Title 7, §5603a

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(a)Not later than 180 days after May 13, 2002, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on International Relations, of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the formulation and implementation of a global market strategy for the Department of Agriculture that, to the maximum extent practicable—

(1)identifies opportunities for the growth of agricultural exports to overseas markets;

(2)ensures that the resources, programs, and policies of the Department are coordinated with those of other agencies; and

(3)remove 11 So in original. Probably should be “removes”. barriers to agricultural trade in overseas markets.

(b)The consultations under subsection (a) shall include a review of—

(1)the strategic goals of the Department; and

(2)the progress of the Department in implementing the strategic goals through the global market strategy.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and not as part of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.

§5603a Global market strategy