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 PUBLIC LAW 98-412—AUG. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 1577

and export policies, programs, and practices of the United States, including, but not limited to, the following: "(A) producers of major agricultural commodities in the United States; "(B) processors or refiners of United States agricultural commodities; "(C) exporters, transporters, or shippers of United States agricultural commodities and products to foreign countries; "(D) suppliers of production equipment or materials to United States farmers; "(E) providers of financing or credit for domestic and export agricultural purposes; and "(F) organizations representing general farm and rural interests in the United States. "(c) The chairmen and ranking minority members of the House Committee on Agriculture, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission and shall have the same voting rights as the members of the Commission selected and appointed under the provisions of subsection (b)(2) of this section. The chairmen and ranking minority members may desigpnate other members of their respective committees to serve in their stead as members of the Commission. "(d) A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. "(e) The Commission shall elect a chairman from among the members of the Commission who are selected and appointed under the provisions of subsection (b)(2) of this section. "(f) The Commission shall meet at the call of the chairman or a majority of the Commission.

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"CONDUCT OP STUDY

"SEC. 1220. The Commission shall study the agriculture-related 7 USC 1691 note. trade and export policies, programs, and practices of the United States and the international and domestic factors affecting such policies, programs, and practices, including the intergovernmental activities of the United States that affect the formulation of policies. In conducting the study, the Commission shall consider, among other things, the following: "(1) the effectiveness of existing agricultural export assistance programs, and the manner in which they can be improved; "(2) new export assistance programs that should be considered, and the conditions under which they can be implemented; "(3) practices of foreign countries that impede the export of United States agricultural commodities and products, and appropriate responses for the United States; "(4) the effectiveness of the trade agreements program of the United States with respect to agriculture-related trade and exports, and the manner in which it can be improved; "(5) international economic trends that affect agricultural exports, and the manner in which the United States can best adjust its policies, programs, and practices to meet changing economic conditions;

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