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[CITE: 7USC1765b]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                 CHAPTER 43--FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL TRADE OFFICES
 
Sec. 1765b. Functions

    The functions of each United States Agricultural Trade Office shall 
be to--
        (1) increase the effectiveness of agricultural export promotion 
    efforts through consolidation of activities, providing services and 
    facilities for foreign buyers and United States trade 
    representatives, and coordination of market development activities 
    sponsored by the Department of Agriculture;
        (2) establish goals by nation or region and agricultural 
    commodity for developing, expanding, and maintaining markets for 
    United States agricultural commodities;
        (3) initiate programs to achieve the export marketing goals 
    approved by the Department of Agriculture;
        (4) maintain facilities for use by nonresident cooperators, 
    private trade groups, and other individuals engaged in the import 
    and export of United States agricultural commodities where the use 
    of such facilities would aid in the conduct of market development 
    activities, and cooperate, to the maximum extent practicable, with 
    such cooperators, groups, and individuals to expand the level of 
    United States agricultural exports;
        (5) develop and maintain a current listing of trade, government, 
    and other appropriate organizations for each agricultural commodity 
    area and make such listing available to persons with a bona fide 
    interest in exporting or importing United States agricultural 
    commodities;
        (6) originate and provide assistance for exhibits, sales teams, 
    and other functions for the promotion of United States agricultural 
    commodities;
        (7) provide practical assistance for the use of the programs 
    under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
    [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.], the export credit sales program, the export 
    incentives program, and related programs of the United States 
    Government where use of such programs will serve as a market 
    development tool for United States agriculture;
        (8) supervise project agreements with United States cooperators, 
    coordinate the activities of the United States Agricultural Trade 
    Office with those of the cooperators, and submit annual 
    recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on the efficacy of 
    cooperator programs;
        (9) publicize the services offered by the United States 
    Agricultural Trade Office through advertisements in trade journals 
    or by other appropriate means; and
        (10) perform such other functions as the Secretary of 
    Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines 
    to be necessary and proper for achieving the purposes of this 
    subchapter.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, Sec. 605B, as added Pub. L. 95-501, 
title IV, Sec. 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1689.)

                       References in Text

    The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended, referred to in par. (7), is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 
Stat. 454, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 41 
(Sec. 1691 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1691 of this 
title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1765c of this title.
