§4003 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must study how to grow U.S. farm exports and whether those exports can be traded for natural resources or other needed goods. The Secretary must work with the U.S. Trade Representative and other agencies and send a report to the President and Congress before June 30, 1981. For the next five years, the study must look at world food, feed, and fiber needs; U.S. and world production capacity; possible new foreign markets; the chance for exchange agreements (including energy); and the steps the U.S. must take to increase exports and get needed resources by trading agricultural products.

Title 7, §4003

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative and any other appropriate agency of the United States Government as determined by the Secretary, shall perform a study of the potential for expansion of United States agricultural export markets and the use of agricultural exports in obtaining natural resources or other commodities and products needed by the United States. The Secretary shall complete the study and submit to the President and Congress a report on the study before June 30, 1981.

(b)In performing the study, the Secretary shall determine for the next five years—

(1)world food, feed, and fiber needs;

(2)estimated United States and world food, feed, and fiber production capabilities;

(3)potential new or expanded foreign markets for United States agricultural products;

(4)the potential for the development of international agreements for the exchange of United States agricultural products for natural resources, including energy sources, or other commodities and products needed by the United States; and

(5)the steps that the United States must take to (A) increase agricultural export trade, and (B) obtain needed natural resources or other commodities and products in exchange for agricultural products, to the maximum extent feasible.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 3, 1980, see section 213 of Pub. L. 96–494, set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.

§4003 Study of Potential for Expansion of United States Agricultural Export Markets; Report to President and Congress

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Title 7, §4003

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