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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1499

(b) The second sentence of section 213(d) of such Act is amended by inserting "and subsection (e)" after "subsection (a)(D".

7 USC 51 Ir.

ASSESSMENT OF EXPORT DISPLACEMENT

SEC. 1162. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall assess each program, project, or activity administered by the Secretary or the Etepartment of Agriculture that— (1) provides assistance for establishing, expanding, or facilitating the production, marketing, or use of any agricultural commodity in a foreign country; and (2) the Secretary determines is likely to have a detrimental impact on efforts to promote the export of United States agricultural commodities; in order to determine if such program, project, or activity is likely to have such a detrimental impact. (b) The Secretary shall provide the results of the assessment required under subsection (a)— (1) in the case of current programs, projects, or activities, in a report made to the Congress not later than one year from the date of enactment of this section; and (2) in the case of programs, projects, or activities undertaken after the date of enactment of this section, on a regular basis.

7 USC 1736z.

EXPORT SALES OP DAIRY PRODUCTS

SEC. 1163. (a) In each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1986, September 30, 1987, and September 30, 1988, the Secretary of Agriculture shall sell for export, at such prices as the Secretary determines appropriate, not less than 150,000 metric tons of dairy products owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, of which not less than 100,000 metric tons shall be butter and not less than 20,000 metric tons shall be cheese, if that disposition of such commodities will not interfere with the usual marketings of the United States nor disrupt world prices of agricultural commodities and normal patterns of commercial trade. 0>) Such sales shall be made through the Commodity Credit Corporation under existing authority available to the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation. (c) Through September 30, 1988, the Secretary shall report semiannually to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the volume of sales made under this section.

Commerce and 7 USC 1731 note.

UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

SEC. 1164. The Congress finds that— (1) United States producers and processors of citrus, wheat flour, poultry, canned fruits, and raisins have filed petitions under section 302 of the Trade Act of 1974 alleging that the subsidies and discriminatory tariffs of the European Communities are inconsistent with the principles and terms of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereafter referred to in this section as the "GATT") and have placed United States exporters at a competitive disadvantage; (2) throughout the past decade, the European Communities has repeatedly rebuffed extensive United States efforts to re-

98 Stat. 3003.

19 USC 2412.