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7 U.S.C. § 7712a — Reduction in backlog of agricultural export petitions

submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-465 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 168 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Agriculture must try to reduce the backlog of export permit applications, without pulling staff away from managing pest and disease issues. Each year, the Secretary must report to Congress how many applications, including backlog ones, were finished, and how many are still waiting.

(a) Reduction efforts: As much as practical, the Secretary of Agriculture must work to shrink the backlog of applications for permits to export U.S. farm products. While doing this, the Secretary cannot take staff away from managing sanitary and pest issues for (1) U.S. farm products being exported, and (2) stopping and controlling pests and diseases, including evaluating concerns about foreign farm products being imported. (b) Report: The Secretary of Agriculture must send an annual report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees stating, for the year covered: (1) the total number of applications finished; (2) the number of backlog applications finished; (3) the percentage of backlog applications finished; and (4) how many backlog applications are still pending.
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(a) Reduction efforts

To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture shall endeavor to reduce the backlog in the number of applications for permits for the export of United States agricultural commodities. In achieving such reduction, the Secretary shall not dilute or diminish existing personnel resources that are currently managing sanitary and phytosanitary issues for—

(1)

United States agricultural commodities for which exportation is sought; and

(2)

interdiction and control of pests and diseases, including for the evaluation of pest and disease concerns of foreign agricultural commodities for which importation is sought.

(b) Report

The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report specifying, for the year covered by the report—

(1)

the total number of applications processed to completion;

(2)

the number of backlog applications processed to completion;

(3)

the percentage of backlog applications processed to completion; and

(4)

the number of backlog applications remaining.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–465, title II, § 202, Dec. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 3884.)

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  • 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-465 · 118 Stat. 3884

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