2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 104 - PLANT PROTECTION (§§ 7701 - 7786)
Subchapter I - PLANT PROTECTION (§§ 7711 - 7721)
Section 7712a - Reduction in backlog of agricultural export petitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 104 - PLANT PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER I - PLANT PROTECTION Sec. 7712a - Reduction in backlog of agricultural export petitions |
Contains | section 7712a |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-465, title II, §202, Dec. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 3884. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 118 Stat. 3884 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 108-465 |
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To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture shall endeavor to reduce the backlog in the number of applications for permits for the export of United States agricultural commodities. In achieving such reduction, the Secretary shall not dilute or diminish existing personnel resources that are currently managing sanitary and phytosanitary issues for—
(1) United States agricultural commodities for which exportation is sought; and
(2) interdiction and control of pests and diseases, including for the evaluation of pest and disease concerns of foreign agricultural commodities for which importation is sought.
(b) ReportThe Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report specifying, for the year covered by the report—
(1) the total number of applications processed to completion;
(2) the number of backlog applications processed to completion;
(3) the percentage of backlog applications processed to completion; and
(4) the number of backlog applications remaining.
(Pub. L. 108–465, title II, §202, Dec. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 3884.)
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004, and not as part of the Plant Protection Act which comprises this chapter.
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