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104 STAT. 3688 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(g) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT. — "(1) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— The Secretary shall submit each report required under subsection (a) and the updates to such report under subsection (e) to the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. "(2) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary may make the report required under subsection (a) and the updates under subsection (e) available to the general public, including the department of agriculture of any State. "(3) CONFIDENTIALITY. —The Secretary may designate parts of the report required under subsection (a) or any update prepared under subsection (e) as confidential and such parts shall not be released to the general public, if^ "(A) the Secretary determines that the release of such information would disadvantage the United States with respect to its competitors in specific foreign markets; or "(B) the Secretary determines that any of such information is confidential business information. "(4) EXCEPTION OF PERFORMANCE,—The provisions of paragraph (3)(A) shall not be applicable with respect to that part of the agricultural trade strategy under section 104 that reviews the agricultural trade performance of the United States over the previous 3-year period. 7 USC 5712. "SEC. 602. EXPORT REPORTING AND CONTRACT SANCTITY. "(a) EXPORT SALES REPORTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — All exporters of wheat and wheat flour, feed grains, oil seeds, cotton and products thereof, and other commodities that the Secretary may designate as produced in the United States shall report to the Secretary of Agriculture, on a weekly basis, the following information regarding any contract for export sales entered into or subsequently modified in any manner during the reporting period: "(A) type, class, and quantity of the commodity sought to be exported; "(B) the marketing year of shipment; and "(C) destination, if known. " (2) CONFIDENTIALITY AND COMPILATION OF REPORTS. — Individual reports shall remain confidential in accordance with subsection (c) but shall be compiled by the Secretary and published in compilation form each week following the week of reporting. "(3) IMMEDIATE REPORTING. — All exporters of agricultural commodities produced in the United States shall, upon request of the Secretary, immediately report to the Secretary any information with respect to export sales of agricultural commodities and at such times as the Secretary may request. Public When the Secretary requires that such information be reported information. ^jy exporters on a daily basis, the information compiled from individual reports shall be made available to the public daily. " (4) MONTHLY REPORTING PERMITTED.— The Secretary may, with respect to any commodity or type or class thereof during any period in which the Secretary determines that—