7 USC 1762 - Personnel

U.S Code last checked for updates: Sep 10, 2026

§ 1762.

Personnel

(a)

Appointment

(b)

Titles; rank and privileges; appointments of Agricultural Counselors

Officers or employees assigned or appointed to posts abroad under this subchapter shall have the designation of Agricultural Counselor, Agricultural Attaché, or such other titles or designations that shall be agreed to by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall be accorded the same rank and privileges as those of other counselors or attachés in United States embassies. An Agricultural Counselor shall be appointed in any nation—

(1)

to which a substantial number of governments with which the United States competes directly for agricultural markets in such nation assign agricultural representatives with the diplomatic status of counselor or its equivalent; or

(2)

in which—

(A)

the potential is great for long-term expansion of a market for United States agricultural commodities, and

(B)

competition with other nations for existing and potential agricultural markets is extremely intense.

Not less than ten Agricultural Counselors shall be appointed within three years after October 21, 1978.

(c)

Attachment to diplomatic missions

(d)

Assignment to United States

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 602(a)–(d), formerly § 602(a)–(c), (e), 68 Stat. 908, 909; amended

cite as: 7 USC 1762