Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2278. Consistency with international obligations of United States
Statutory text
In general
Prior to the promulgation of, or amendment to, any order or plan under a research and promotion program relating to research and promotion of any agricultural commodity or product, after , where such order or plan would provide for an assessment on imports, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with the United States Trade Representative regarding the consistency of the provisions of the order or plan with the international obligations of the United States.
Compliance with U.S. international obligations
The Secretary of Agriculture shall take all steps necessary and appropriate to ensure that any order or plan or amendment to such order or plan, and the implementation and enforcement of any order or plan or amendment to such order or plan, or program as it relates to imports is nondiscriminatory and in compliance with the international obligations of the United States, as interpreted by the United States Trade Representative.
Construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing for a cause of action under this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Agricultural Promotion Programs Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–624 title XIX § 1999T · 104 Stat. 3359
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2278
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1999T, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3928.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1999T, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3928.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1999T. CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. (a) In General.— Prior to the promulgation of, or amendment to, any order or plan under a research and promotion program relating to research and promotion of any agricultural commodity or product, after the date of enactment of this title, where such order or plan would provide for an assessment on imports, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with the United States Trade Representative regarding the consistency of the provisions of the order or plan with the international obligations of the United States. (b) Compliance with U.S. International Obligations.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall take all steps necessary and appropriate to ensure that any order or plan or amendment to such order or plan, and the implementation and enforcement of any order or plan or amendment to such order or plan, or program as it relates to imports is nondiscriminatory and in compliance with the international obligations of the United States, as interpreted by the United States Trade Representative. (c) Construction.— Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing for a cause of action under this section.
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