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[CITE: 7USC5676]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                      CHAPTER 87--EXPORT PROMOTION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 5676. Limitation on use of certain export promotion 
        programs
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary may provide that a person shall be ineligible for 
participation in an export program established under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.], or in any other export credit, credit guarantee, bonus, or 
other export program carried out through, or administered by, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation or carried out with funds made available 
pursuant to section 612c of this title with respect to the export of any 
agricultural commodity or product that has been or will be used as the 
basis for a claim of a refund, as drawback, pursuant to section 
1313(j)(2) of title 19, of any duty, tax, or fee imposed under Federal 
law on an imported commodity or product.

(b) Vegetable oil

    A person shall be ineligible for participation in any of the export 
programs referred to in subsection (a) of this section with respect to 
the export of vegetable oil or a vegetable oil product that has been or 
will be used as the basis for a claim of a refund, as a drawback, 
pursuant to section 1313 of title 19, of any duty, tax, or fee imposed 
under Federal law on an imported commodity or product.

(c) Certification

    If the Secretary takes action under the authority granted under 
subsection (a) of this section, a person applying to export any 
agricultural commodity under the export programs referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section shall certify that none of the commodity 
has been or will be used as the basis of a claim for any refund 
specified in subsection (a) of this section, except that regardless of 
whether the Secretary takes action under the authority granted under 
subsection (a) of this section, a person applying to export any 
vegetable oil or vegetable oil product under such programs shall certify 
that none of the vegetable oil or vegetable oil product has been or will 
be used as the basis of a claim for any refund specified in subsection 
(b) of this section.

(d) Regulations

    The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 
section.

(e) Applicability

    This section shall not apply to quantities of agricultural 
commodities and products with respect to which an exporter has entered 
into a contract, prior to November 28, 1990, for an export sale.

(Pub. L. 95-501, title IV, Sec. 416, as added Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, 
Sec. 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3685; amended Pub. L. 102-237, title 
III, Sec. 313, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1856.)

                       References in Text

    The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, 
as amended. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter II 
(Sec. 1701 et seq.) of chapter 41 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.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``November 28, 1990'' 
for ``the effective date of this section''.
