ESTABLISHMENT OF TRADE ASSISTANCE OFFICE.

SEC. 4206. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRADE ASSISTANCE OFFICE. (a) Establishment Within the Foreign Agricultural Service.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an office within the Foreign Agricultural Service to carry out the duties described in subsections (b) and (c) under the direction of the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service. (b) Primary Responsibility.—The office established under subsection (a) shall provide trade assistance and information to persons who are interested in exporting United States agricultural commodities and products or who believe they have been injured by unfair trade practices with respect to trade in agricultural commodities and products. (c) Duties.—The office established under subsection (a) shall— 102 STAT. 1393 (1) compile and make readily available international trade information, including information concerning trade practices carried out by other countries to promote the export of agricultural commodities and products, trade barriers imposed by other countries, unfair trade practices of other countries, and remedies under United States law that might be available to persons injured by unfair trade practices; and (2) provide information and assistance to persons interested in participating in programs carried out by the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Commodity Credit Corporation, and other agencies with respect to the international marketing and export of domestically produced agricultural commodities and products or who believe they have been injured by unfair trade practices of other countries with respect to trade in agricultural commodities and products. (d) Report.— (1) Deadline for submission.—Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service shall submit a report described in paragraphs (2) and (3) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. (2) Contents of each report.—Each such report shall describe— (A) the type of information that is currently available through the office established by this section; and (B) the type of assistance provided to persons during the previous fiscal year. (3) Additional contents for first report.—In the first report submitted under this section, the Administrator shall also— (A) provide an analysis of the information currently available concerning foreign agricultural trade practices and domestic agricultural trade promotion programs and the methods used to disseminate such information; (B) provide recommendations with respect to additional information and assistance that should be made available to interested persons; and (C) provide an analysis of the degree that overlapping information and reports concerning agricultural trade are prepared.