7 USC § 7257 - Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of one or more export trading companies

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title: "7 USC § 7257 - Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of one or more export trading companies"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "7257"
section_name: "Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of one or more export trading companies"
chapter_number: 100
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "OTHER COMMODITIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Dairy"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 149, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 921.)"
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# § 7257. Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of one or more export trading companies

15 U.S.C. 4001

The Secretary of Agriculture shall, consistent with the obligations of the United States as a member of the World Trade Organization, provide such advice and assistance to the United States dairy industry as may be necessary to enable that industry to establish and maintain one or more export trading companies under the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 ( et seq.) for the purpose of facilitating the international market development for and exportation of dairy products produced in the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 149, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 921.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Export Trading Company Act of 1982, referred to in text, is title I of , , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 4001 et seq.) of chapter 66 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.