---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 5214"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "5214"
heading: "Reorganization evaluation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/5214"
units:
  - "Chapter 83 — Agricultural Competitiveness and Trade"
  - "Subchapter II — Agricultural Trade Initiatives"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
---

# §5214. Reorganization evaluation


The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall evaluate the reorganization proposal recommended by the National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy and other proposals to improve management of international trade activities of the Department of Agriculture. To assist the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) in the evaluation, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) shall appoint a private sector advisory committee of not less than 4 members, who shall be appointed from among individuals representing farm and commodity organizations, [market](/usc/7/198.md?p=1) development cooperators, and agribusiness. Not later than April 30, 1989, the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) shall report the findings of the evaluation to Congress, together with the views and recommendations of the private sector advisory committee.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, § 4204, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1392.)