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7 U.S.C. § 1766b — Language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad
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Effective October 1, 1976, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide appropriate orientation and language training to families of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture in anticipation of an assignment abroad of such officers and employees or while abroad pursuant to this chapter or other authority: Provided, That the facilities of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center or other Government facilities shall be used wherever practicable, and the Secretary may utilize foreign currencies generated under title I of the Food for Peace Act, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to carry out the purposes of this section in the foreign nations to which such officers, employees, and families are assigned. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $50,000 annually, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, any appropriations available to the Secretary of Agriculture (not to exceed $50,000) may be used to carry out the purposes of this section.
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Effective October 1, 1976, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide appropriate orientation and language training to families of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture in anticipation of an assignment abroad of such officers and employees or while abroad pursuant to this chapter or other authority: Provided, That the facilities of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center or other Government facilities shall be used wherever practicable, and the Secretary may utilize foreign currencies generated under title I of the Food for Peace Act, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to carry out the purposes of this section in the foreign nations to which such officers, employees, and families are assigned. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $50,000 annually, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, any appropriations available to the Secretary of Agriculture (not to exceed $50,000) may be used to carry out the purposes of this section.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 310, formerly § 303, 68 Stat. 459, as amended and renumbered, which related to bartering authority of Secretary, was transferred to [section 1727g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1727g&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Notice of negotiations** The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in every feasible instance, notify the designated congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to any formal negotiation for debt relief under this subchapter.
**(b) Transmittal of text of agreements** The Secretary of State shall transmit to the designated congressional committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any debt relief under this subchapter no less than 30 days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief.
**(c) Annual report** The Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall submit to the designated congressional committees not later than February 1 of each year a consolidated statement of the budgetary implications of all debt relief agreements entered into force under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year.
**(d) Designated congressional committees** As used in this section, the term “designated congressional committees” means the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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**(a) Appointment** To effectuate the carrying out of the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to appoint such personnel as he determines to be necessary and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to assign such personnel to service abroad.
**(b) Titles; rank and privileges; appointments of Agricultural Counselors** Officers 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** Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of State shall regularly and officially attach the officers or employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to the diplomatic mission of the United States in the country in which such officers or employees are to be assigned by the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall obtain for t
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**(a) Arrival certification** With respect to a commodity provided, or for which financing or a credit guarantee or other assistance is made available, under a program authorized in section 5621 or 5622 of this title, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall require the exporter of the commodity to maintain records of an official or customary commercial nature or other documents as the Secretary may require, and shall allow representatives of the Commodity Credit Corporation access to the records or documents as needed, to verify the arrival of the commodity in the country that is the intended destination of the commodity.
**(b) Diversion** The unauthorized diversion of commodities under the programs authorized in sections 5621 and 5622 of this title is prohibited. The Commodity Credit Corporation shall establish procedures providing for the annual audit of a sufficient number of export transactions under such programs to ensure that the agricultural commodities that were the subject of such transactions arrived in the country of destination as provided in the sales agreement.
**(c) Good faith** The failure of an exporter, seller or other person to comply with the provisions of this section shall not affect the validity of any credit guarantee or other obligation of the Commodity Credit Corporation under the programs under this chapter with respect to any exporter, seller, or person who had no knowledge of such failure to comply at the time such exporter, seller, or person was assigned the credit guarantee or at the time the Corporation entered into such obligation.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1701
come or resources under provisions of other laws; avail-
ability of surplus foods for distribution; definition of
needy person; report to Congress; and authorization of
appropriations. See Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program classified to chapter 51 of this title.
Section 1696, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 307,
as added Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86–341, title I, § 12, 73
Stat. 609, provided for availability of surplus commod-
ities for distribution to needy families and persons in
United States. See Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program classified to chapter 51 of this title and provi-
sions of section 1721 et seq. of this title relating to do-
nations of food on a government-to-government basis
and through voluntary organizations.
Section 1697, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 308,
as added Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86–341, title I, § 13, 73
Stat. 609; amended Sept. 27, 1962, Pub. L. 87–703, title II,
§ 203, 76 Stat. 611, related to disposal of animal fats and
edible oils. See section 1721 et seq. of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal effective Jan. 1, 1967, see section 5 of Pub. L.
89–808, set out as an Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
note under section 1691 of this title.
SUBCHAPTER II—ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
AND FOOD SECURITY
§ 1701. Economic assistance and food security
(a) In general
The President shall establish a program under
this subchapter to provide for the sale of agri-
cultural commodities to developing countries
and private entities for dollars on credit terms,
or for local currencies (including for local cur-
rencies on credit terms) for use under this sub-
chapter. Such program shall be implemented by
the Secretary.
(b)
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1765g
ices, 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 fa-
cilities 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.)
§ 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.)
SUBCHAPTER
III—REPRESENTATION
AL-
LOWANCES,
REGULATIONS,
GENERAL
PROVISIONS, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR
APPROPRIATIONS
§ 1765h. Representation allowance
Any Agricultural Trade Officer and the senior
representative of the Secretary of Agriculture
assigned to a nation under subchapter I of this
chapter may, under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary of Agriculture, be entitled to re-
ceive a representation allowance in an amount
determined by considering (1) the extent to
which such Agricultural Trade Officer or senior
representative can effectively use such funds to
further the purposes of this chapter, (2) travel
and entertainment expenses customary in the
private trade for persons of comparable rank
and salary, and (3) customs and practices in the
nation where such Agricultural Trade Officer or
senior representative is assigned.
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 606, as added
Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(2), Oct. 21, 1978, 92
Stat. 1690.)
§ 1766. Rules and regulations; advance payment
for rent and other service; fun
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