---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 5608"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "5608"
heading: "Foreign trade missions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/5608"
units:
  - "Chapter 87 — Export Promotion"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §5608. Foreign trade missions

- (a) **Tribal representation on trade missions—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3), in consultation with the Tribal Advisory Committee established under subsection (b)(2) of [section 6921 of this title](/usc/7/6921.md) (referred to in this section as the “Advisory Committee”), shall seek—
    - (A) to support the greater inclusion of Tribal agricultural and food products in Federal trade-related activities; and
    - (B) to increase the collaboration between Federal trade promotion efforts and other Federal trade-related activities in support of the greater inclusion sought under [subparagraph (A)](#a-1-A).
  - (2) **Interdepartmental coordination—** In carrying out activities to increase the collaboration described in [paragraph (1)(B)](#a-1-B), the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) shall coordinate with—
    - (A) the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) of Commerce;
    - (B) the Secretary of State;
    - (C) the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) of the Interior; and
    - (D) the heads of any other relevant Federal agencies.
- (b) **Report; goals—**
  - (1) **Report—** Not later than 2 years after December 20, 2018, the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) shall submit a report describing the efforts of the Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies under this section to—
    - (A) the Advisory Committee;
    - (B) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives;
    - (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
    - (D) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;
    - (E) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
    - (F) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.
  - (2) **Goals—** Not later than 90 days after December 20, 2018, the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) shall establish goals for measuring, in an objective and quantifiable format, the extent to which Indian Tribes and Tribal agricultural and food products are included in the trade-related activities of the Department of Agriculture.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–334, title III, § 3312, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4623.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, and not as part of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 2 of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a note under section 9001 of this title.