---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 4404"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "4404"
heading: "Duties of Secretary of State"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/4404"
units:
  - "Chapter 75 — International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs"
---

# §4404. Duties of Secretary of State


The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture, may take such action as may be considered appropriate to assert and protect the rights of the [United States](/usc/7/4402.md?p=6) under the [agreement](/usc/7/4402.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–325, § 5, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1605.)