§5680. Technical assistance for specialty crops

(a) Establishment

The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an export assistance program (referred to in this section as the "program") to address unique barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of United States specialty crops.

(b) Purpose

The program shall provide direct assistance through public and private sector projects and technical assistance to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary and phytosanitary and related barriers to trade.

(c) Priority

The program shall address time sensitive and strategic market access projects based on-

(1) trade effect on market retention, market access, and market expansion; and

(2) trade impact.

(d) Funding

For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007, the Secretary shall make available $2,000,000 of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation.

( Pub. L. 107–171, title III, §3205, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 301 .)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and not as part of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.