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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3697 capabilities and equipment in an effort to expedite transportation needs. (c) REPORT.—Within 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives the results of the assessment conducted under this section, and any recommendations the Secretary may have as a result of such Eissessment. SEC. 1554. REPORT ON SECTION 22 SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION. 7 USC 624 note. (a) REQUIREMENT OF REPORT. —If section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624) is repealed or all measures proclaimed under such section are suspended, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, prior to the effective date of the suspension or termination of any quantitative limitation or fee in effect under that section, report to the Congress. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT. —The report under subsection (a) shall assess each material consequence of the lifting of such limitation or fee, including the impact on— (1) the Farmers Home Administration and agricultural credit in general; (2) the prices paid to farmers generally for the affected commodity; and (3) United States food security needs. SEC. 1555. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) the European Community has established a system, as part of its Europe 1992 economic integration plan, to set product standards and requirements, including those related to agricultural commodities and products thereof, and that system has not been transparent insofar as the European Community has refused reasonable requests to allow United States Government or industry experts to observe meetings of European standardssetting institutions; (2) the European Community is gdso currently writing the rules by which United States exporters of agricultural commodities and products thereof will be able to show compliance with European Community product standards and requirements, and has refused to guarantee that such United States exporters will be able to show compliance with European Community product standards and requirements by using United States laboratories or through self-certification; (3) the United States maintains an open, transparent system to set standards and requirements for agricultural commodities and products thereof, and many reciprocal arrangements currently in place allow European Community exporters of agricultural commodities and products thereof to show compliance with United States product standards and requirements by using European Community laboratories or through self-certification; (4) the value of United States exports of agricultural commodities and products thereof to the European Community in 1989 was $6,600,000,000, constituting 17 percent of all United States exports of agricultural commodities and products thereof; and

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