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 99 STAT. 1502

Report.

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

purchaser or end user. In those cases in which the importer has not identified all end users of such imported tobacco, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take all steps available to ascertain the identity of any and all such end users, including requesting such information from purchasers of such imported tobacco. Domestic purchasers of imported tobacco shall be required to supply any relevant information to the Department of Agriculture upon demand under this subsection. "(2) The Secretary shall provide to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the House Committee on Agriculture, on or before April 1, 1986, a report on the implementation of this authority to identify each end user and purchaser of imported tobacco. Such report shall identify the end users and purchasers of imported tobacco and the quantity, in pounds, bought by such end user or purchaser, as well as all steps taken by the Department of Agriculture to ascertain such identities. The Secretary shall provide an additional report, beginning November 15, 1986, and annual reports thereafter, on the implementation of this authority. "(3) As used in this subsection, the term 'end user of imported tobacco' means— "(A) a domestic manufacturer of cigarettes or other tobacco products; "(B) an entity that mixes, blends, processes, alters in any manner, or stores, imported tobacco for export; and "(C) any other individual that the Secretary may identify as making use of imported tobacco for the production of tobacco products.". BARTER OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES FOR STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIAI^

Defense and national security. 7 USC 1727g note.

Defense and national security.

SEC. 1167. (a) Congress finds that— (1) the Commodity Credit Corporation, the General Services Administration, and the Department of Agriculture have authority to barter or exchange agricultural commodities for strategic and critical materials for the national defense stockpile; (2) from 1950 to 1973, the Department of Agriculture conducted a highly successful barter program using agricultural commodities to acquire strategic and critical materials; (3) private commercial firms in the United States have entered into effective barter agreements with foreign governments or private parties in foreign countries to barter or exchange commodities and services to supplement customary commercial transactions in international markets; (4) barter can be an effective secondary method of reducing excess supplies of agricultural commodities and adding needed strategic and critical materials to the national defense stockpile; (5) barter can be used to help overcome certain currency exchange and balance-of-trade problems and to develop new markets for United States agricultural products; (6) barter can be used to promote United States foreign policy interests; and (7) several nations are potential partners in a revival of a coherent and well-managed government barter program.

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