§7201 Definitions

Summary

Gives the meanings of important words used in the chapter. "Agricultural commodity" means what section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602) says. "Agricultural program" covers programs under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), programs under section 1431 of title 7, programs under the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), any commercial export sale of agricultural commodities, and any U.S. government export financing for agricultural commodities (including credits or credit guarantees). A "joint resolution" is narrowly defined for two places in the chapter. For section 7202(a)(1), it must be introduced within 10 session days after Congress receives the President’s report and must state that Congress approves the report under section 903(a)(1) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, with the report date shown. For section 7205(1), it must be introduced within 10 session days after Congress receives the President’s report under section 7205(2) and must state approval under section 906(1) of that Act, with the report date shown. "Medical device" and "medicine" mean what section 321 of title 21 says. "Unilateral agricultural sanction" means a U.S. ban, limit, or condition on carrying out an agricultural program for foreign policy or national security reasons, except when the U.S. acts under a multilateral regime with similar measures by other members or under a mandatory U.N. Security Council decision. "Unilateral medical sanction" is the same idea but for exports of, or aid that is, medicine or medical devices.