Sec. 1219. establishment

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## Sec. 1219 establishment ###

(a)There is established a National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy to conduct a study of the agriculture-related trade and export policies, programs, and practices of the United States. ###

(b)In addition to the ex officio congressional members specified in subsection

(c)of this section, the Commission shall be composed of twenty-three members appointed or designated by the President and selected as follows: ####

(1)The President shall select three members from among officers or employees of the Executive branch who shall serve in an ex officio capacity without voting rights; and ####

(2)The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each select ten members from among private citizens of the United States to represent industries that are directly affected by agriculture-related trade and export policies, programs, and practices of the United States, including, but not limited to, the following: #####

(A)producers of major agricultural commodities in the United States; #####

(B)processors or refiners of United States agricultural commodities; #####

(C)exporters, transporters, or shippers of United States agricultural commodities and products to foreign countries; #####

(D)suppliers of production equipment or materials to United States farmers; #####

(E)providers of financing or credit for domestic and export agricultural purposes; and #####

(F)organizations representing general farm and rural interests in the United States. ###

(c)The chairmen and ranking minority members of the House Committee on Agriculture, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission and shall have the same voting rights as the members of the Commission selected and appointed under the provisions of subsection (b)(2) of this section. The chairmen and ranking minority members may designate other members of their respective committees to serve in their stead as members of the Commission. ###

(d)A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. ###

(e)The Commission shall elect a chairman from among the members of the Commission who are selected and appointed under the provisions of subsection (b)(2) of this section. ###

(f)The Commission shall meet at the call of the chairman or a majority of the Commission.