7 USC § 5663 - Departmental administration system

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s5663"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 5663 - Departmental administration system"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "5663"
section_name: "Departmental administration system"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "EXPORT PROMOTION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Program Controls"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 403, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3682.)"
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# § 5663. Departmental administration system

**(a)** **In general** With respect to each commercial export promotion program of the Department of Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall—

**(1)** specify by regulation the criteria used to evaluate and approve proposals for that program;

**(2)** establish a centralized system to permit the Foreign Agricultural Service to provide the history and current status of any proposal;

**(3)** provide for regular audits of program transactions to determine compliance with program objectives and requirements; and

**(4)** establish criteria to evaluate loans eligible for guarantees by the Commodity Credit Corporation, so as to ensure that the Corporation does not assume undue risk in providing such guarantees.

**(b)** **Accessibility of information** Information pertaining to the status of a particular proposal shall be retrievable within the central system by appropriate categories, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 403, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3682.)