7 U.S.C. § 5712 — Export reporting and contract sanctity

(a) Export sales reports (1) In general All exporters of wheat and wheat flour, feed grains, oil seeds, cotton, pork, beef, and products of it, and other commodities that the Secretary^* can designate produced in the United States^* must 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 must remain confidential but must 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 must, upon request of the Secretary, immediately report to the Secretary any information for export sales of agricultural commodities and at such times as the Secretary can request. When the Secretary requires that such information be reported by exporters on a daily basis, the information compiled from individual reports must be made available to the public daily. (4) Monthly reporting permitted The Secretary can, for any commodity or type or class of it during any period in which the Secretary determines that— (A) there is a domestic supply of such commodity substantially in excess of the quantity needed to meet domestic requirements, (B) total supplies of such commodity in the exporting countries are estimated to be in surplus, (C) anticipated exports will not result in excessive drain on domestic supplies, and (D) to require the reports to be made will unduly hamper export sales, provide for such reports by exporters and publishing of such data to be on a monthly basis rather than on a weekly basis. (b) Failure to report Any person who knowingly fails to make any report required under this section must be fined no more than $25,000 or imprisoned for no more than 1 year, or both. (c) Contract sanctity Despite any other law, the President must not prohibit or curtail the export of any agricultural commodity^* under an export sales contract— (1) that is entered into before the President announces an action that would otherwise prohibit or curtail the export of the commodity, and (2) the terms of which require delivery of the commodity within 270 days after the date of the suspension of trade is imposed, except that the President can prohibit or curtail the export of any agricultural commodity during a period for which the President has declared a national emergency or for which the Congress has declared war.