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 99 STAT. 1488

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985 "(B) for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1989 and September 30, 1990, not more than $1,000,000,000.". AGRICULTURAL ATTACH^ REPORTS

7 USC I736x.

Exports.

International agreements.

Exports.

SEC. 1132. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall require appropriate officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture, including those stationed in foreign countries, to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary detailed reports that— (1) document the nature and extent of— (A) programs in such countries that provide direct or indirect government support for the export of agricultural commodities and the products thereof; and (B) other trade practices that may impede the entry of ^ United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof into such countries; and (2) identify opportunities for the export of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof to such countries. (b) The Secretary shall annually compile the information contained in such reports and make such information available to Congress, the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee and the agricultural technical advisory committees established under section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155), and other interested parties. (c) The United States Trade Representative shall— (1) review the reports prepared under subsection (a) and any other information available to identify export subsidies or other export enhancing techniques (within the meaning of the agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI, and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); (2) identify markets (in order of priority) in which United States export subsidies can be used most efficiently and will have the greatest impact in offsetting the benefits of foreign export subsidies that— (A) harm United States exports, (B) are inconsistent with the Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI, and XXin of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, -~ (C) nullify or impair benefits accruing to the United States Under international agreements, or (D) cause serious prejudice to the interests of the United States and (3) submit to the Congress and to the Secretary of Agriculture an annual report on— (A) the existence and status of export subsidies and other export enhancing techniques that are the subject of the investigation conducted under paragraph (1), and (B) the identification and assignment of priority to markets under paragraph (2). (d) The Secretary and the United States Trade Representative shall convene a meeting, at least once a year, of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee and the agricultural technical advisory committees to develop specific recommendations for actions to be taken by the Federal Government and private industry to—

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