1. U.S. Code
  2. title 7
  3. chapter 43
  4. subchapter II
  5. § 1765f

Collapse to view only § 1765f. Availability of agency services, personnel, and facilities

§ 1765a. Agricultural Trade Offices
(a) Establishment
(b) Administration
(c) Appointment and compensation of officers
(d) Transmittal of information
(e) Office functions and activities
(f) Personnel; employment of local nationals
(g) Conflicts of interest
(h) Diplomatic privileges and immunities
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605A, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1688; amended Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2206(b)(1), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2162.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765a

§ 1765b. Functions
The functions of each United States Agricultural Trade Office shall be to—
(1) increase the effectiveness of agricultural export promotion efforts through consolidation of activities, providing services and facilities for foreign buyers and United States trade representatives, and coordination of market development activities sponsored by the Department of Agriculture;
(2) establish goals by nation or region and agricultural commodity for developing, expanding, and maintaining markets for United States agricultural commodities;
(3) initiate programs to achieve the export marketing goals approved by the Department of Agriculture;
(4) maintain facilities for use by nonresident cooperators, private trade groups, and other individuals engaged in the import and export of United States agricultural commodities where the use of such facilities would aid in the conduct of market development activities, and cooperate, to the maximum extent practicable, with such cooperators, groups, and individuals to expand the level of United States agricultural exports;
(5) develop and maintain a current listing of trade, government, and other appropriate organizations for each agricultural commodity area and make such listing available to persons with a bona fide interest in exporting or importing United States agricultural commodities;
(6) originate and provide assistance for exhibits, sales teams, and other functions for the promotion of United States agricultural commodities;
(7) provide practical assistance for the use of the programs under the Food for Peace Act [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.], the export credit sales program, the export incentives program, and related programs of the United States Government where use of such programs will serve as a market development tool for United States agriculture;
(8) supervise project agreements with United States cooperators, coordinate the activities of the United States Agricultural Trade Office with those of the cooperators, and submit annual recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on the efficacy of cooperator programs;
(9) publicize the services offered by the United States Agricultural Trade Office through advertisements in trade journals or by other appropriate means; and
(10) perform such other functions as the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines to be necessary and proper for achieving the purposes of this subchapter.
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605B, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1689; amended Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3001(b)(1)(A), (2)(H), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1820.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765b

§ 1765b–1. Omitted

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765b-1

§ 1765c. Performance of functions in foreign localities

Each United States Agricultural Trade Office shall carry out its functions under section 1765b of this title in the nation where the United States Agricultural Trade Office is located and in such other nations as the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may prescribe in order to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605C, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1690.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765c

§ 1765d. Acquisition of property

Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of State may use the authorities contained in the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 [22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.], to acquire sites and buildings, including living quarters, for the purpose of establishing United States Agricultural Trade Offices.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605D, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1690.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765d

§ 1765d–1. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 213, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1365

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765d-1

§ 1765e. Location of offices

United States Agricultural Trade Offices shall be centrally located in the cities of assignment to facilitate foreign trade meetings and foreign trade reliance on such offices for assistance in marketing activities.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605E, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1690.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765e

§ 1765f. Availability of agency services, personnel, and facilities

Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, each Federal agency may make its services, personnel, and facilities available to a United States Agricultural Trade Office in the performance of its functions. The Secretary of Agriculture may reimburse or advance funds to any such agency for services, personnel, and facilities so made available.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605F, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1690.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765f

§ 1765g. Availability of reports and dispatches

The provisions of section 1764(a) of this title shall apply with respect to personnel appointed and assigned under this subchapter.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605G, as added Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(1), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1690.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765g