Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§5234 Cooperator Organizations

Title 7 › CHAPTER 83 — AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE › SUBCHAPTER II — AGRICULTURAL TRADE INITIATIVES › Part B — Foreign Agricultural Service › § 5234

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may give farm commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation to cooperator organizations to use in projects that grow markets for U.S. agricultural products. Congress supports the cooperator program and wants the Administrator and private groups to work together to expand it. Those commodities must be extra to, not instead of, money already provided for market development. The Secretary must prevent conflicts of interest and should set up a consistent, objective way to evaluate cooperator programs.

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Title 7, §5234

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(a)Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that the foreign market development cooperator program of the Service, and the activities of individual foreign market cooperator organizations, have been among the most successful and cost-effective means to expand United States agricultural exports. Congress affirms its support for the program and the activities of the cooperator organizations. The Administrator and the private sector should work together to ensure that the program, and the activities of cooperator organizations, are expanded in the future.

(b)Commodities for cooperator organizations

The Secretary of Agriculture may make available to cooperator organizations agricultural commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, for use by such cooperators in projects designed to expand markets for United States agricultural commodities and products.

(c)Relation to funds

Commodities made available to cooperator organizations under this section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, funds appropriated for market development activities of such cooperator organizations.

(d)Conflicts of interest

The Secretary shall take appropriate action to prevent conflicts of interest among cooperator organizations participating in the cooperator program.

(e)Evaluation

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should establish a consistent, objective means for the evaluation of cooperator programs.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 5234

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110