Report on competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops

Section 203(e) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: (7) Annual report (A) In general Each year, the Secretary, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops. (B) Elements Each report required under subparagraph (A) shall— (i) identify and analyze acts, policies, or practices of foreign countries that constitute significant barriers to, or distortions of, United States exports of specialty crops, including the imposition of— (I) tariffs (including retaliatory tariffs) and quotas (including tariff-rate quotas); and (II) nontariff barriers, including technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, import licensing procedures, and subsidies; (ii) in conjunction with the United States International Trade Commission, make an estimate— (I) of the impacts on the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops of any act, policy, or practice identified under clause (i); and (II) if feasible, of the value of additional specialty crops that would, during the year preceding submission of the report, have been exported from the United States to each foreign country an act, policy, or practice of which is identified under clause (i) if each that act, policy, or practice of that country did not exist; (iii) assess the extent to which each act, policy, or practice identified under clause (i) is subject to international agreements to which the United States is a party; (iv) include information, provided by the United States Trade Representative, with respect to any action taken by the executive branch during the year preceding submission of the report to eliminate any act, policy, or practice identified under clause (i), including— (I) any action under section 301; and (II) action under a trade agreement, including at the World Trade Organization (such as engagement through committees, negotiations, consultations, and dispute settlement actions); and (v) a description of— (I) any funds provided under subsection (f)(3)(A)(iv) that were not obligated in the fiscal year preceding submission of the report; and (II) the reason those funds were not obligated. (C) Comment period In preparing the report required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary, in coordination with the United States Trade Representative, shall seek and consider comments from the public and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables. (D) Form of report The report required under subparagraph (A) shall be made available to the public in machine-readable format. (E) Congressional briefing Not later than 30 days after a report is made publicly available under subparagraph (D), the Secretary shall provide a briefing on any classified information not included in the public report to— (i) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; (ii) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; (iii) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and (iv) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives..