7 USC § 1736u - Cooperator market development program

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title: "7 USC § 1736u - Cooperator market development program"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1736u"
section_name: "Cooperator market development program"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "FOOD FOR PEACE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1126(a), (b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1482.)"
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# § 1736u. Cooperator market development program

**(a)** **Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that the cooperator market development program of the Foreign Agricultural Service should be continued to help develop new markets and expand and maintain existing markets for United States agricultural commodities, using nonprofit agricultural trade organizations to the maximum extent practicable.

**(b)** **Exemption from requirements of OMB circular** The cooperator market development program shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular A 110 issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1126(a), (b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1482.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section consists of subsecs. (a) and (b) of . Subsec. (c) of section 1126 amended .

Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Food for Peace Act which comprises this chapter.