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7 U.S.C. § 7502 — Availability of CCC commodities
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to complement the domestic nutrition programs, make maximum use of the Nation’s agricultural abundance, and expand and improve the domestic distribution of price-supported commodities, commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation that the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) determines, in his discretion, are in excess of quantities needed to—
(1) carry out other domestic donation programs,
(2) meet other domestic obligations (including quantities needed to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion program),
(3) meet international market development and food aid commitments, and
(4) carry out the farm price and income stabilization purposes of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Agricultural Act of 1949 [[7 U.S.C. 1421](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1421&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act [[15 U.S.C. 714](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.],
shall be made available by the Secretary, without charge or credit for such commodities, for use by eligible recipient agencies for food assistance.
**(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1565(a)(2), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591**
**(c) Additional commodities** In addition to any commodities described in subsection (a), in carrying out this chapter, the Secretary may use agricultural commodities and the products thereof made available under clause (2) of the second sentence of [section 612c of this title](
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to complement the domestic nutrition programs, make maximum use of the Nation’s agricultural abundance, and expand and improve the domestic distribution of price-supported commodities, commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation that the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) determines, in his discretion, are in excess of quantities needed to—
(1) carry out other domestic donation programs,
(2) meet other domestic obligations (including quantities needed to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion program),
(3) meet international market development and food aid commitments, and
(4) carry out the farm price and income stabilization purposes of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Agricultural Act of 1949 [[7 U.S.C. 1421](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1421&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act [[15 U.S.C. 714](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.],
shall be made available by the Secretary, without charge or credit for such commodities, for use by eligible recipient agencies for food assistance.
**(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1565(a)(2), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591**
**(c) Additional commodities** In addition to any commodities described in subsection (a), in carrying out this chapter, the Secretary may use agricultural commodities and the products thereof made available under clause (2) of the second sentence of [section 612c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section612c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Varieties of commodities** Commodities made available under this chapter shall include a variety of commodities and products thereof that are most useful to eligible recipient agencies, including, but not be 11 So in original. The word “be” probably should not appear. limited to, dairy products, wheat or the products thereof, rice, honey, and cornmeal.
**(e) Report to Congress** Effective April 1, 1986, the Secretary shall submit semiannually to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the types and amounts of commodities made available for distribution under this chapter.
**(f) Relation to other programs** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the programs authorized by [section 713a–14 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section713a–14&num=0&edition=prelim) 22 See References in Text note below. and section 1163 of the Food Security Act of 1985 shall not be operated in a manner that will, in any way, reduce the quantities of dairy products that traditionally are made available to carry out this chapter or any other domestic feeding program.
**(g) Donations to emergency feeding organizations**
(1) Whenever commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation are made available for donation to domestic food programs in quantities that exceed Federal obligations, the Secretary shall give equal consideration to making donations of such commodities to emergency feeding organizations participating in the program authorized by this chapter as is given to other commodity recipient agencies, taking into account the types and amounts of commodities available and appropriate for distribution to these organizations.
(2) In determining the commodities that will be made available to emergency feeding organizations under this chapter, the Secretary may distribute commodities that become available on a seasonal or irregular basis.
**(h) Kosher and Halal food** As soon as practicable after February 7, 2014, the Secretary shall finalize and implement a plan—
(1) to increase the purchase of Kosher and Halal food from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification to carry out the program established under this chapter if the Kosher and Halal food purchased is cost neutral as compared to food that is not from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification; and
(2) to modify the labeling of the commodities list used to carry out the program in a manner that enables Kosher and Halal distribution entities to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks.
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As used in this chapter, the term:
**(a)** “Access device” means any card, plate, code, account number, or other means of access, including point of sale devices, that can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, to obtain payments, allotments, benefits, money, goods, or other things of value, or that can be used to initiate a transfer of funds under this chapter.
**(b)** “Allotment” means the total value of benefits a household is authorized to receive during each month.
**(c)** “Allowable medical expenses” means expenditures for (1) medical and dental care, (2) hospitalization or nursing care (including hospitalization or nursing care of an individual who was a household member immediately prior to entering a hospital or nursing home), (3) prescription drugs when prescribed by a licensed practitioner authorized under State law and over-the-counter medication (including insulin) when approved by a licensed practitioner or other qualified health professional, (4) health and hospitalization insurance policies (excluding the costs of health and accident or income maintenance policies), (5) medicare premiums related to coverage under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1395](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], (6) dentures, hearing aids, and prosthetics (including the costs of securing and maintaining a seeing eye dog), (7) eye glasses prescribed by a physician skilled in eye disease or by an optometrist, (8) reasonable costs of transportation necessary to secure medical treatment or services, and (9) maintaining an attendant, homemaker, home health aide, housekeeper, or child care services due to age, infirmity, or illness.
**(d) Benefit.—** The term “benefi
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 99–198, title I, § 153, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1377; Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, § 4308, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1399; Pub. L. 100–435, title I, § 106, Sept. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 1651; Pub. L. 101–624, title I, § 114, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3380; Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 411(b), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4963; Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 148, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1503(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 207; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1503, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1503, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1721, related to the dairy export incentive program.
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For the purpose of stabilizing, supporting, and protecting farm income and prices, of assisting in the maintenance of balanced and adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, products thereof, foods, feeds, and fibers (hereinafter collectively referred to as “agricultural commodities”), and of facilitating the orderly distribution of agricultural commodities, there is created a body corporate to be known as Commodity Credit Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”), which shall be an agency and instrumentality of the United States, within the Department of Agriculture, subject to the general supervision and direction of the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”).
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**(a) Establishment; authority of President to furnish assistance from Fund** There is hereby established the President’s Emergency Food Assistance Fund (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Fund”). Whenever the President determines it to be in the national interest of the United States, he is authorized to furnish, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and on such terms and conditions as he may determine, assistance from the Fund for the purpose of alleviating the human suffering of peoples outside the United States caused by acute food shortages. Such assistance may be provided through such governments or other entities, private or public, including intergovernmental and multilateral organizations, as the President deems appropriate.
**(b) Types of assistance authorized** Because the effects of severe food shortages will vary with the country or region, assistance to alleviate human suffering may include the provision of food assistance or such activities as the provision of seed, animal fodder, animal vaccines, and transportation (including inland transportation) and distribution services.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $50,000,000 each for fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1986 to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, to remain available until expanded.11 So in original. Probably should be “expended.”
**(d) Authority of President** The President may make loans, advances, and grants to, make and perform agreements and contracts with, or enter into transactions with, any individual, corporation, or other body of persons, government or government agency, whether within or without the United States, and international and intergovernmental organizations in furtherance of
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**(a) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton.
**(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi
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There is appropriated for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 an amount equal to 30 per centum of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws during the period January 1 to December 31, both inclusive, preceding the beginning of each such fiscal year. Such sums shall be maintained in a separate fund and shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture only to (1) encourage the exportation of agricultural commodities and products thereof by the payment of benefits in connection with the exportation thereof or of indemnities for losses incurred in connection with such exportation or by payments to producers in connection with the production of that part of any agricultural commodity required for domestic consumption; (2) encourage the domestic consumption of such commodities or products by diverting them, by the payment of benefits or indemnities or by other means, from the normal channels of trade and commerce or by increasing their utilization through benefits, indemnities, donations or by other means, among persons in low income groups as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) reestablish farmers’ purchasing power by making payments in connection with the normal production of any agricultural commodity for domestic consumption. Determinations by the Secretary as to what constitutes diversion and what constitutes normal channels of trade and commerce and what constitutes normal production for domestic consumption shall be final. The sums appropriated under this section shall be expended for such one or more of the above-specified purposes, and at such times, in such manner, and in such amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture finds will effectuate substantial accomplishment of any one or more of the purposes
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropriation accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respective funds available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16, in connection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts estimated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16.
**(b)** In the administration of this subchapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and chapter 3B of title 16, unless otherwise provided by appropriation or oth
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 714
for carrying out Public Law 84, Eightieth Con-
gress, or from any funds made available by the
Congress for interim foreign aid. Funds made
available for the purpose of this section may be
used for necessary administrative expenses, in-
cluding personal services in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, purchase or hire of motor
vehicles, temporary or intermittent services of
experts or consultants or organizations thereof,
including stenographic reporting services, by
contract, without regard to the civil service and
classification laws (the compensation of any
such individual not to exceed $50 per day). Funds
made available for the purposes of this section
may be allotted for any of the purposes of this
section to any department, agency, or inde-
pendent establishment of the Government, or
transferred to any other agency requested to as-
sist in carrying out this section. Funds allotted
to any department, agency, or independent es-
tablishment of the Government shall be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure in accord-
ance with the laws governing obligations and ex-
penditures of the department, agency, or inde-
pendent establishment, or organizational unit
thereof concerned, and without regard to section
6101 of title 41 and section 3324(a) and (b) of title
31.
(Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 8, 61 Stat. 947.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Public Law 84, Eightieth Congress, referred to in sub-
sec. (b), is act May 31, 1947, ch. 90, 61 Stat. 125, which
was classified generally to chapter 17 (§ 1411 et seq.) of
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and was re-
pealed by act Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 542(a)(2), 68
Stat. 861. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see
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Page 585
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1281
Sec.
1349.
Export market acreage.
1350.
National base acreage allotment.
1350a.
Repealed.
SUBPART V—MARKETING QUOTAS—RICE
1351 to 1356. Omitted or Repealed.
SUBPART VI—MARKETING QUOTAS—PEANUTS
1357 to 1359a. Repealed.
SUBPART VII—FLEXIBLE MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR
SUGAR
1359aa.
Definitions.
1359bb.
Flexible marketing allotments for sugar.
1359cc.
Establishment of flexible marketing allot-
ments.
1359dd.
Allocation of marketing allotments.
1359ee.
Reassignment of deficits.
1359ff.
Provisions applicable to producers.
1359gg.
Special rules.
1359hh.
Regulations; violations; publication of Sec-
retary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the
courts; United States attorneys.
1359ii.
Appeals.
1359jj.
Administration.
1359kk.
Administration of tariff rate quotas.
1359ll.
Period of effectiveness.
PART C—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SUBPART I—PUBLICATION AND REVIEW OF QUOTAS
1361.
Application of subpart.
1362.
Publication of marketing quota; mailing of
allotment notice.
1363.
Review of quota; review committee.
1364.
Compensation of review committee.
1365.
Institution of proceeding for court review of
committee findings.
1366.
Court review.
1367.
Stay of proceedings and exclusive jurisdic-
tion.
1368.
Effect of increase on other quotas.
SUBPART II—ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS AND ENFORCEMENT
1371.
General adjustment of quotas.
1372.
Payment, collection, and refund of penalties.
1373.
Reports and records.
1374.
Measurement of farms and report of plant-
ings; remeasurement.
1375.
Regulations.
1376.
Court jurisdiction; duties of United States at-
torneys; remedies and penalties as addi-
tional.
1377.
Preservation of unused acreage allotments.
1378.
Transfer of acreage allotments ensuing from
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Page 701
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1421
Sec.
1430.
Retroactive effect.
1431.
Disposition of commodities to prevent
waste.
1431a.
Cotton donations to educational institu-
tions.
1431b.
Distribution of surplus commodities to
other United States areas.
1431c.
Enrichment and packaging of cornmeal,
grits, rice, and white flour available
for distribution.
1431d.
Donations for school feeding programs
abroad; student financing; priorities.
1431e.
Distribution of surplus commodities to
special nutrition projects; reprocessing
agreements with private companies.
1431f.
Assistance to foreign countries to miti-
gate effects of HIV and AIDS.
1432.
Extension of price support on long staple
cotton seeds and products.
1433.
Repealed.
1433a.
Forgiveness of violations; determina-
tions.
1433b.
Processing of surplus agricultural com-
modities into liquid fuels and agricul-
tural commodity byproducts.
1433c.
Advance recourse commodity loans.
1433c–1.
Advance recourse loans.
1433d to 1433f. Omitted or Repealed.
1434.
Encouragement of production of crops of
which United States is a net importer
and for which price support programs
are not in effect; authority to plant on
set-aside acreage with no reduction in
payment rate.
1435.
Production of commodities for conver-
sion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for
use as motor fuels or other fuels; terms
and conditions; determinations; pay-
ments, etc., for program.
1436.
Reimbursement of appropriations avail-
able for classing or grading agriculture
commodities without charge.
1436a.
Transfer of nonadministrative funds of
Commodity
Credit
Corporation
for
classing and grading purposes.
SUBCHAPTER II—BASIC AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES
1441.
Price support levels.
1441–1.
Omitted.
1441–1a.
Marketing
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