TITLE 7 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER III - BARRIERS TO EXPORTS

7 USC 5651 - Repealed. Pub. L. 110246, title III, 3103(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1832

Section, Pub. L. 95–501, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3678; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, § 311, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856; Pub. L. 102–511, title VII, § 709(b), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3352; Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 411(a)(3), (4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4963; Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 245, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 968; Pub. L. 107–171, title III, § 3104(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 290, related to an export enhancement program and cash bonuses to exporters, users, and processors.

7 USC 5652 - Relief from unfair trade practices

(a) Use of programs

(1) In general
The Secretary may, for each article described in paragraph (2), make available some or all of the commercial export promotion programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to help mitigate or offset the effects of the unfair trade practice serving as the basis for the proceeding described in paragraph (2).

(2) Commodities specified
Paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of articles for which the United States has instituted, under any international trade agreement, any dispute settlement proceeding based on an unfair trade practice if such proceeding has been prevented from progressing to a decision by the refusal of the party maintaining the unfair trade practice to permit the proceeding to progress.

(b) Consultations required
For any article described in subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall

(1) promptly consult with representatives of the industry producing such articles and other allied groups or individuals regarding specific actions or the development of an integrated marketing strategy utilizing some or all of the commercial export programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to help mitigate or offset the effects of the unfair trade practice identified in subsection (a)(2) of this section; and

(2) ascertain and take into account the industry preference for the practical use of available commercial export promotion programs in implementing subsection (a)(1) of this section.

7 USC 5653 - Equitable treatment of high-value and value-added United States agricultural commodities

In the case of any program operated by the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation during the fiscal years 1991 through 1995, for the purpose of discouraging unfair trade practices, the Secretary shall establish as an objective to expend annually at least 25 percent of the total funds available (or 25 percent of the value of any commodities employed) for program activities involving the export sales of high-value agricultural commodities and value-added products of United States agricultural commodities.