---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 3724"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "3724"
heading: "Assistant United States Trade Representative for African Affairs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/3724"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Extension of Certain Trade Benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa"
  - "Subchapter II — Trade Benefits"
---

# §3724. Assistant United States Trade Representative for African Affairs


It is the sense of the Congress that—

- (1) the position of Assistant [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) for African Affairs is integral to the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) commitment to increasing [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9)-sub-Saharan African trade and investment;
- (2) the position of Assistant [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) for African Affairs should be maintained within the Office of the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) to direct and coordinate interagency activities on [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9)-Africa trade policy and investment matters and serve as—
  - (A) a primary point of contact in the executive branch for those [persons](/usc/19/1683.md?p=8) engaged in trade between the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) and sub-Saharan Africa; and
  - (B) the chief advisor to the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) on issues of trade and investment with Africa; and
- (3) the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) should have adequate funding and staff to carry out the duties of the Assistant [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) for African Affairs described in [paragraph (2)](#2), subject to the availability of appropriations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–200, title I, § 117, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 267.)