1. U.S. Code
  2. title 7
  3. chapter 43
  4. subchapter I
  5. § 1761

Collapse to view only § 1761. Foreign markets; collection of information

§ 1761. Foreign markets; collection of information

For the purpose of encouraging and promoting the marketing of agricultural commodities of the United States and assisting American farmers, processors, distributors, and exporters to adjust their operations and practices to meet world conditions, the Secretary of Agriculture shall acquire information regarding the competition and demand for United States agricultural commodities, the marketing and distribution of such commodities in foreign countries and shall be responsible for the interpretation and dissemination of such information in the United States and shall make investigations abroad regarding the factors affecting and influencing the export of United States agricultural commodities, and shall conduct abroad any other activities including the demonstration of standards of quality for American agricultural commodities for which the Department of Agriculture now has or in the future may have such standards, as he deems necessary. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Department of Agriculture from conducting abroad any activity for which authority now exists.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 601, 68 Stat. 908; Pub. L. 95–501, title III, § 301(3), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1688.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1761

§ 1762. Personnel
(a) Appointment
(b) Titles; rank and privileges; appointments of Agricultural CounselorsOfficers or employees assigned or appointed to posts abroad under this subchapter shall have the designation of Agricultural Counselor, Agricultural Attaché, or such other titles or designations that shall be agreed to by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall be accorded the same rank and privileges as those of other counselors or attachés in United States embassies. An Agricultural Counselor shall be appointed in any nation—
(1) to which a substantial number of governments with which the United States competes directly for agricultural markets in such nation assign agricultural representatives with the diplomatic status of counselor or its equivalent; or
(2) in which—
(A) the potential is great for long-term expansion of a market for United States agricultural commodities, and
(B) competition with other nations for existing and potential agricultural markets is extremely intense.
Not less than ten Agricultural Counselors shall be appointed within three years after October 21, 1978.
(c) Attachment to diplomatic missions
(d) Assignment to United States
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 602(a)–(d), formerly § 602(a)–(c), (e), 68 Stat. 908, 909; amended June 28, 1955, ch. 189, § 12(c)(13), 69 Stat. 182; Pub. L. 89–106, § 4, Aug. 4, 1965, 79 Stat. 431; Pub. L. 94–449, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1500; renumbered § 602(a)–(d) and amended Pub. L. 95–501, title III, § 301(4), (5), title IV, § 401(3), (5), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1688, 1691.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1762

§ 1763. Transferred

CITE AS: 7 USC 1763

§ 1764. Reports and dispatches
(a) Availability to Department of State and interested Government agencies
(b) Office space, equipment, and administrative and clerical services
(c) Agency services, personnel, and facilities
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 604, 68 Stat. 909; Pub. L. 95–501, title III, § 301(4), (6), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1688.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1764

§ 1765. Foreign service appropriations; applicability

Provisions in annual appropriation Acts of the Department of State facilitating the work of the Foreign Service of the United States shall be applicable under rules and regulations prescribed by the President or his designee to activities pursuant to this subchapter.

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 605, 68 Stat. 909; Pub. L. 95–501, title III, § 301(4), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1688.)

CITE AS: 7 USC 1765