STUDY OF CIRCUMVENTION OF AGRICULTURAL QUOTAS.

SEC. 4507. STUDY OF CIRCUMVENTION OF AGRICULTURAL QUOTAS. (a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study with respect to— (1) whether articles containing dairy products (including chocolate in blocks of at least 10 pounds and other such products) are being imported into the United States in such a manner or in such quantities as to circumvent or avoid the limitations imposed on imports of dairy products under section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937; and (2) whether products containing refined sugar are being imported into the United States in such a manner or in such quantities as to circumvent or avoid the limitations imposed on imports of refined sugar and sugar containing products imposed under Federal law. (b) Requirements.—In conducting the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall investigate— (1) the efforts undertaken by the United States Customs Service in the enforcement of the existing quantitative limitations described in subsection (a); (2) the change in the composition, volume, and pattern of imports containing sugar and imports containing dairy products subsequent to the initial imposition of the quantitative limitations; (3) the effectiveness of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, in preventing the circumvention or avoidance of the quantitative limitations; and (4) the use of United States foreign trade zones to circumvent the quantitative limitations. (c) Report.—On completion of the study required by this section, the Comptroller General shall report the results of the study to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.