§4053 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy must send Congress, within 90 days after July 12, 1985, a report on federal programs that trade Commodity Credit Corporation–owned farm goods for products made abroad. The report must say what changes in law would be needed so Agriculture, and Energy for oil, can run any barter program fully. The President may trade government-held farm stocks for foreign petroleum, petroleum products, and other materials vital to the national interest when sales would not happen. The President may also buy foreign petroleum or other such materials that people in the United States obtained by bartering U.S. farm exports through normal commercial channels. Existing laws about storing, distributing, or using those materials still apply. The President must protect ordinary export markets for U.S. farm goods and follow international obligations, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. If the Government acquires petroleum or petroleum products under this authority, the Secretary of Energy must report to Congress on the effects for energy security and domestic supplies within 90 days after the acquisition.

Title 15, §4053

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy shall, not later than 90 days after July 12, 1985, submit to the Congress a report on the status of Federal programs relating to the barter or exchange of commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for materials and products produced in foreign countries. Such report shall include details of any changes necessary in existing law to allow the Department of Agriculture and, in the case of petroleum resources, the Department of Energy, to implement fully any barter program.

(b)The President is authorized—

(1)to barter stocks of agricultural commodities acquired by the Government for petroleum and petroleum products, and for other materials vital to the national interest, which are produced abroad, in situations in which sales would otherwise not occur; and

(2)to purchase petroleum and petroleum products, and other materials vital to the national interest, which are produced abroad and acquired by persons in the United States through barter for agricultural commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels.

(c)In the case of any petroleum, petroleum products, or other materials vital to the national interest, which are acquired under subsection (b), nothing in this section shall be construed to render inapplicable the provisions of any law then in effect which apply to the storage, distribution, or use of such petroleum, petroleum products, or other materials vital to the national interest.

(d)The President shall take steps to ensure that, in making any barter described in subsection (a) or (b)(1) or any purchase authorized by subsection (b)(2), existing export markets for agricultural commodities operating on conventional business terms are safeguarded from displacement by the barter described in subsection (a), (b)(1), or (b)(2), as the case may be. In addition, the President shall ensure that any such barter is consistent with the international obligations of the United States, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

(e)The Secretary of Energy shall report to the Congress on the effect on energy security and on domestic energy supplies of any action taken under this section which results in the acquisition by the Government of petroleum or petroleum products. Such report shall be submitted to the Congress not later than 90 days after such acquisition.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Export Administration

Amendments

Act of 1985, and not as part of Pub. L. 97–290 which enacted this chapter.

§4053 Barter Arrangements

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