§5608 Foreign trade missions

Summary

The Secretary must work to get more Tribal agricultural and food products included in federal trade activities. The Secretary must also increase coordination between federal trade promotion and other trade-related programs to support that inclusion. The Advisory Committee is the Tribal Advisory Committee that advises on these matters. The Secretary must coordinate this work with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and other relevant federal agency heads. Within 90 days after December 20, 2018, the Secretary must set clear, measurable goals to track how much Indian Tribes and their agricultural and food products are included in the Department of Agriculture’s trade activities. Not later than 2 years after December 20, 2018, the Secretary must send a report on these efforts to the Advisory Committee and to the following congressional committees: Committee on Agriculture (House), Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), and Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate).