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[CITE: 7USC5663]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                      CHAPTER 87--EXPORT PROMOTION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                        Part A--Program Controls
 
Sec. 5663. Departmental administration system


(a) In general

    With respect to each commercial export promotion program of the 
Department of Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
Secretary shall--
        (1) specify by regulation the criteria used to evaluate and 
    approve proposals for that program;
        (2) establish a centralized system to permit the Foreign 
    Agricultural Service to provide the history and current status of 
    any proposal;
        (3) provide for regular audits of program transactions to 
    determine compliance with program objectives and requirements; and
        (4) establish criteria to evaluate loans eligible for guarantees 
    by the Commodity Credit Corporation, so as to ensure that the 
    Corporation does not assume undue risk in providing such guarantees.

(b) Accessibility of information

    Information pertaining to the status of a particular proposal shall 
be retrievable within the central system by appropriate categories, as 
determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 95-501, title IV, Sec. 403, as added Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, 
Sec. 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3682.)
