                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER 23--EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--TRADE BENEFITS
 
Sec. 3724. Assistant United States Trade Representative for 
        African Affairs
        
    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) the position of Assistant United States Trade Representative 
    for African Affairs is integral to the United States commitment to 
    increasing United States-sub-Saharan African trade and investment;
        (2) the position of Assistant United States Trade Representative 
    for African Affairs should be maintained within the Office of the 
    United States Trade Representative to direct and coordinate 
    interagency activities on United States-Africa trade policy and 
    investment matters and serve as--
            (A) a primary point of contact in the executive branch for 
        those persons engaged in trade between the United States and 
        sub-Saharan Africa; and
            (B) the chief advisor to the United States Trade 
        Representative on issues of trade and investment with Africa; 
        and

        (3) the United States Trade Representative should have adequate 
    funding and staff to carry out the duties of the Assistant United 
    States Trade Representative for African Affairs described in 
    paragraph (2), subject to the availability of appropriations.

(Pub. L. 106-200, title I, Sec. 117, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 267.)
