---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1766a"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1766a"
heading: "Presidential regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1766a"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Foreign Market Development"
  - "Subchapter III — Representation Allowances, Regulations, General Provisions, and Authorization for Appropriations"
---

# §1766a. Presidential regulations


The President shall prescribe regulations to insure that the official activities of [persons](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) assigned abroad under this chapter are carried on (1) consonant with United States foreign policy objectives as defined by the Secretary of State; (2) in accordance with instructions of the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture with respect to agricultural matters; and (3) in coordination with other representatives of the United States Government in each country, under the leadership of the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission.


## Source credit

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 606B, formerly § 602(d), 68 Stat. 909; renumbered Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 401(3), Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1691.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Provisions comprising this section were formerly classified to section 1762(d) of this title prior to redes­ignation by section 401(3) of Pub. L. 95–501.