AMENDMENT TO THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1954.

SEC. 1532. AMENDMENT TO THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1954. The Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1741 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: “SEC. 108. ANNUAL REPORTS BY AGRICULTURAL ATTACHES. “(a) In General.— The Secretary shall require appropriate officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture, including those stationed in foreign countries, to prepare and submit annually to the Secretary detailed reports that— “(1) document the nature and extent of— “(A) programs in such countries that provide direct or indirect government support for the export of agricultural commodities and the products thereof; 104 STAT. 3690 “(B) other trade practices that may impede the entry of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof into such countries; and “(C) where practicable, the average prices and costs of production in such countries for like commodities exported from the United States to such countries; and “(2) identify opportunities for the export of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof to such countries. “(b) Duties.— The Secretary shall— “(1) annually compile the information contained in reports prepared under subsection (a)— “(A) on a country by country basis; and “(B) on a commodity by commodity basis for exports of United States agricultural commodities including fruits, vegetables, legumes, popcorn and ducks, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, the export of which is hampered by an unfair trade practice. Where practicable, the report shall include a comparison of the average prices and costs of production for such commodities in the United States and in the importing countries for the previous crop year. “(2) in consultation with the agricultural technical advisory committees established under section 135(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(c)), include in the compilation a priority ranking of those trade barriers identified in subsection (a) by commodity group; “(3) include in the compilation a list of actions undertaken to reduce or eliminate such trade barriers; and “(4) not later than January 15 of each year, make the compilation available to Congress, the trade assistance office authorized under section 504 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (as amended by section 201), the agricultural policy advisory committee, and other interested parties. “(c) Meeting.— The Secretary and the United States Trade Representative shall convene a meeting, at least once each year, of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee and the agricultural technical advisory committees to develop specific recommendations for actions to be taken by the Federal Government and private industry to— “(1) reduce or eliminate trade barriers or distortions identified in the annual reports required to be submitted under subsections (a) and (b); and “(2) expand United States agricultural export opportunities identified in such annual reports. “SEC. 109. ATTACHE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. “The Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service shall establish a program within the Service that directs attaches of the Service who are reassigned from abroad to the United States, and other personnel of the Service, to visit and consult with producers and exporters of agricultural commodities and products and State officials throughout the United States concerning various methods to increase exports of United States agricultural commodities and products.”.