7 USC § 5608 - Foreign trade missions

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title: "7 USC § 5608 - Foreign trade missions"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "5608"
section_name: "Foreign trade missions"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "EXPORT PROMOTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–334, title III, § 3312, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4623.)"
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# § 5608. Foreign trade missions

**(a)** **Tribal representation on trade missions**

**(1)** **In general** The Secretary, in consultation with the Tribal Advisory Committee established under subsection (b)(2) of section 6921 of this title (referred to in this section as the “Advisory Committee”), shall seek—

**(A)** to support the greater inclusion of Tribal agricultural and food products in Federal trade-related activities; and

**(B)** to increase the collaboration between Federal trade promotion efforts and other Federal trade-related activities in support of the greater inclusion sought under subparagraph (A).

**(2)** **Interdepartmental coordination** In carrying out activities to increase the collaboration described in paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall coordinate with—

**(A)** the Secretary of Commerce;

**(B)** the Secretary of State;

**(C)** the Secretary of the Interior; and

**(D)** the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies.

**(b)** **Report; goals**

**(1)** **Report** Not later than 2 years after December 20, 2018, the Secretary shall submit a report describing the efforts of the Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies under this section to—

**(A)** the Advisory Committee;

**(B)** the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;

**(C)** the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;

**(D)** the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;

**(E)** the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and

**(F)** the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.

**(2)** **Goals** December 20, 2018

Not later than 90 days after , the Secretary shall establish goals for measuring, in an objective and quantifiable format, the extent to which Indian Tribes and Tribal agricultural and food products are included in the trade-related activities of the Department of Agriculture.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–334, title III, § 3312, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4623.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, and not as part of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see , set out as a note under .