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[CITE: 7USC5234]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
           CHAPTER 83--AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--AGRICULTURAL TRADE INITIATIVES
 
                  Part B--Foreign Agricultural Service
 
Sec. 5234. Cooperator organizations


(a) Sense of Congress

    It is the sense of Congress that the foreign market development 
cooperator program of the Service, and the activities of individual 
foreign market cooperator organizations, have been among the most 
successful and cost-effective means to expand United States agricultural 
exports. Congress affirms its support for the program and the activities 
of the cooperator organizations. The Administrator and the private 
sector should work together to ensure that the program, and the 
activities of cooperator organizations, are expanded in the future.

(b) Commodities for cooperator organizations

    The Secretary of Agriculture may make available to cooperator 
organizations agricultural commodities owned by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, for use by such cooperators in projects designed to expand 
markets for United States agricultural commodities and products.

(c) Relation to funds

    Commodities made available to cooperator organizations under this 
section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, funds appropriated 
for market development activities of such cooperator organizations.

(d) Conflicts of interest

    The Secretary shall take appropriate action to prevent conflicts of 
interest among cooperator organizations participating in the cooperator 
program.

(e) Evaluation

    It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should establish a 
consistent, objective means for the evaluation of cooperator programs.

(Pub. L. 100-418, title IV, Sec. 4214, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1394.)
