7 U.S.C. § 5663 — Departmental administration system

(a) For each Department of Agriculture or Commodity Credit Corporation commercial export-promotion program, the Secretary must (1) set by regulation the criteria for evaluating and approving proposals, (2) create a central system through which the Foreign Agricultural Service can provide a proposal’s history and current status, (3) arrange regular audits for compliance with program goals and requirements, and (4) set criteria for evaluating loans eligible for Corporation guarantees so the Corporation does not take excessive risk. (b) Information about a proposal’s status must be retrievable in the central system by categories the Secretary considers appropriate.