2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 87 - EXPORT PROMOTION (§§ 5601 - 5723)
Subchapter IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 5661 - 5680)
Part B - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 5671 - 5680)
Section 5680 - Technical assistance for specialty crops

The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an export assistance program (referred to in this section as the "program") to address unique barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of United States specialty crops.

The program shall provide direct assistance through public and private sector projects and technical assistance to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary and phytosanitary and related barriers to trade.

The program shall address time sensitive and strategic market access projects based on—

(1) trade effect on market retention, market access, and market expansion; and

(2) trade impact.

Not later than 180 days after June 18, 2008, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains, for the period covered by the report, a description of each factor that affects the export of specialty crops, including each factor relating to any—

(1) significant sanitary or phytosanitary issue; or

(2) trade barrier.

The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section.

Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section—

(A) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;

(B) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;

(C) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;

(D) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and

(E) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.

(Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §3205, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 301; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, §3203, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1837.)

Section was enacted as part of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and not as part of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.

2008—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 110–246 added subsecs. (d) and (e) and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007, the Secretary shall make available $2,000,000 of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation."

Amendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.