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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 1690

PUBLIC LAW 95-501—OCT. 21, 1978

"(5) develop and maintain a current listing of trade, government, and other appropriate organizations for each agricultural commodity area and make such listing available to persons with a bona fide interest in exporting or importing United States agricultural commodities; "(6) originate and provide assistance for exhibits, sales teams, and other functions for the promotion of United States agricultural commodities; "(7) provide practical assistance for the use of the programs under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 7 USC 1691 note. of 1954, the export credit sales program, the export incentives program, and related programs of the United States Government where use of such programs will serve as a market development tool for United States agriculture; "(8) supervise project agreements with United States cooperators, coordinate the activities of the United States Agricultural Trade Office with those of the cooperators, and submit annual recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on the efficacy of cooperator programs; "(9) publicize the services offered by the United States AgriPublication. cultural Trade Office through advertisements in trade journals or by other appropriate means; and "(10) perform such other functions as the Secretary of A ^ culture, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines to be necessary and proper for achieving the purposes of this subtitle. "SEC. 605C. Each United States Agricultural Trade Office shall Consultation. 7 USC 1765c. carry out its functions under section 605B in the nation where the United States Agricultural Trade Office is located and in such other nations as the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may prescribe in order to carry out the purposes of this subtitle. "SEC. 605D. Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the 7 USC 1765d. Secretary of State may use the authorities contained in the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, to acquire sites and buildings, including 22 USC 292. living quarters, for the purpose of establishing United States Agricultural Trade Offices. "SEC. 605E. United States Agricultural Trade Offices shall be cen7 USC 1765e. trally located in the cities of assignment to facilitate foreign trade meetings and foreign trade reliance on such offices for assistance in marketing activities. "SEC. 605F. Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, each 7 USC 1765f. Federal agency may make its services, 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 facilities so made available. "SEC. 605G. The provisions of section 604(a) of this title shall applv 7 USC 1765g. 7 USC 1764. with respect to personnel appointed and assigned under this subtitle."; 7 USC 1766. (2) redesignating section 606 as section 606A and inserting Supra. immediately after new section 605G, as added by this section, the subtitle designation and new section 606 as follows: "Subtitle C—Representation Allowances, Regulations, General Provisions, and Authorization for Appropriations 7 USC 1765h.

"SEC. 606. Any Agricultural Trade Officer and the senior representative of the Secretary of Agriculture assigned to a nation under subtitle A of this title may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary