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The 2002 Farm Bill |
Foreign
Market Development Cooperator Program, Sec. 3105
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SEC. 3105. FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM. (a) VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section
702(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5722(a)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘, with a continued significant emphasis on the
importance of the export of value-added United States agricultural
products into emerging markets’’ after ‘‘products’’. (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 702 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5722) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The
Secretary shall annually submit to the Committee on Agriculture and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
report on activities under this section describing the amount of funding
provided, the types of programs funded, the value-added products that have
been targeted, and the foreign markets for those products that have been
developed.’’. (b) FUNDING.—Section 703 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5723) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 703. FUNDING. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this title, the
Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, or
commodities of the Commodity Credit Corporation of a comparable value, in
the amount of $34,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007. ‘‘(b) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In providing
any amount of funds or commodities made available under subsection (a) for
any fiscal year that is in excess of the amount made available under this
section for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent
practicable— ‘‘(1) give equal consideration
to— ‘‘(A) proposals submitted by
organizations that were participating organizations in prior fiscal years;
and ‘‘(B) proposals submitted by eligible trade organizations that
have not previously participated in the program established under this
title; and ‘‘(2) give equal consideration
to— ‘‘(A) proposals submitted for
activities in emerging markets; and ‘‘(B) proposals submitted for
activities in markets other than emerging markets.’’. |
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