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7 U.S.C. § 1291 — Short title

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7 U.S.C. § 1291 — Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938”.

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42 U.S.C. § 1382e — Definitions

**(a)** (1) For purposes of this subchapter, the term “aged, blind, or disabled individual” means an individual who— (A) is 65 years of age or older, is blind (as determined under paragraph (2)), or is disabled (as determined under paragraph (3)), and (B) (i) is a resident of the United States, and is either (I) a citizen or (II) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law (including any alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of [section 1182(d)(5) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/d/5&num=0&edition=prelim)), or (ii) is a child who is a citizen of the United States, and who is living with a parent of the child who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty ashore outside the United States. (2) An individual shall be considered to be blind for purposes of this subchapter if he has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees shall be considered for purposes of the first sentence of this subsection as having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less. An individual shall also be considered to be blind for purposes of this subchapter if he is blind as defined under a State plan approved under subchapter X or XVI as in effect for October 1972 and received aid under such plan (on the basis of blindness) for December 1973, so long as he is continuously blind as so defined. (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph

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5 U.S.C. § 5312 — Positions at level I

Level I of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):

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7 U.S.C. § 1337 — Designation of States outside commercial wheat-producing areas

If the acreage allotment for any State for any crop of wheat is twenty-five thousand acres or less, the Secretary, in order to promote efficient administration of this chapter and 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.], may designate such State as outside the commercial wheat-producing area for the marketing year for such crop. If such State is so designated, acreage allotments for such crop and marketing quotas for the marketing year therefor shall not be applicable to any farm in such State. Acreage allotments in any State shall not be increased by reason of such designation.

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16 U.S.C. § 590q–3 — Critical lands resource conservation program in Great Plains area

Notwithstanding any other provision of law— **(a) Authorization for program** The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to formulate and carry out a program with owners and operators of land in the Great Plains area as described in section 590p(b) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title to reduce runoff, soil and water erosion, and otherwise to promote the conservation of soil and water resources in such area through the conversion of cropland from soil depleting uses to conserving uses including the production of soil conserving cover crops. **(b) Terms of agreements with owners or operators** To effectuate the purposes of the program, the Secretary may enter into an agreement for a two-year period with an owner or operator as described in subsection (a) whereby the owner or operator shall agree to devote to a soil conserving cover crop a specifically designated acreage of cropland on the farm up to 50 per centum of the acreage which had been planted to any soil depleting crop or crops in any of the two years preceding the date of the agreement. The agreement shall be renewable for annual periods thereafter subject to the mutual agreement of the owner or operator and the Secretary. In such agreement, the owner or operator shall agree (1) to plant a legume, or if not adapted to such area, an annual, biennial, or a perennial cover crop, as specified in the agreement; (2) to divert from production such portion of one or more crops designated by the Secretary as the Secretary determines necessary to effectuate the purpose of the program; (3) not to harvest any crop from or graze the designated acreage during the agreement period, unless the Secretary determines that it is necessary to permit grazing or harvesting in order to alleviate damage, hardship, or su

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7 U.S.C. § 1387 — Repealed. Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(3), 60 Stat. 866

### Statutory Notes Section, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 384, 52 Stat. 68, related to reports to Congress by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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16 U.S.C. § 590h — Payments and grants of aid

**(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 87–703, title I, § 101(2), Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 605** **(b) Conservation and environmental assistance** (1) **Environmental quality incentives program** — The Secretary shall provide technical assistance, cost-share payments, and incentive payments to operators through the environmental quality incentives program in accordance with subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 [[16 U.S.C. 3839aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. (2) **to (4) Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 336(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1004** (5) **State, county, and area committees** (A) *Appointment of State committees* — The Secretary shall appoint in each State a State committee composed of not fewer than 3 nor more than 5 members who are fairly representative of the farmers in the State. The members of a State committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary for such term as the Secretary may establish. (B) *Establishment and elections for county, area, or local committees* (i) *Establishment* (I) *In general* — In each county or area in which activities are carried out under this section, the Secretary shall establish a county or area committee. (II) *Local administrative areas* — The Secretary may designate local administrative areas within a county or a larger area under the jurisdiction of a committee established under subclause (I). (ii) *Composition of county, area, or local committees* (I) *In general* — Except as provided in subclause (II), a committee established under clause (i) shall consist of not fewer than 3 nor more than 5 members that— (aa) are fairly represe

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7 U.S.C. § 2025 — Administrative cost-sharing and quality control

**(a) Administrative costs** Subject to subsection (k), the Secretary is authorized to pay to each State agency, through fiscal year 2026, 50 percent, and for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, 25 percent, of all administrative costs involved in each State agency’s operation of the supplemental nutrition assistance program, which costs shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of applicant households, (2) the acceptance, storage, protection, control, and accounting of benefits after their delivery to receiving points within the State, (3) the issuance of benefits to all eligible households, (4) informational activities relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including those undertaken under [section 2020(e)(1)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2020/e/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim), but not including recruitment activities designed to persuade an individual to apply for program benefits or that promote the program through television, radio, or billboard advertisements, (5) fair hearings, (6) automated data processing and information retrieval systems subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (g), (7) supplemental nutrition assistance program investigations and prosecutions, (8) implementing and operating the immigration status verification system established under section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1320b–7(d)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1320b–7/d&num=0&edition=prelim)), and (9) establishing and operating a longitudinal database in accordance with [section 2026(n) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2026/n&num=0&edition=prelim)

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15 U.S.C. § 713a–13 — Policies and procedures for minimum acquisition of stocks by Commodity Credit Corporation, encouragement of marketing through private trade channels and procurement of maximum returns in marketplace for producers and Corporation

Congress hereby reconfirms its long-standing policy of favoring the use by governmental agencies of the usual and customary channels, facilities, and arrangements of trade and commerce, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation to the maximum extent practicable to adopt policies and procedures designed to minimize the acquisition of stocks by the Commodity Credit Corporation, to encourage orderly marketing of farm commodities through private competitive trade channels, both cooperative and noncooperative, and to obtain maximum returns in the marketplace for producers and for the Commodity Credit Corporation.

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16 U.S.C. § 590p — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 336(b)(1), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1006

### Statutory Notes Section, act Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 16, as added Feb. 29, 1936, ch. 104, § 1, 49 Stat. 1151; amended Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1030, § 1, 70 Stat. 1115; Sept. 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–793, § 1, 74 Stat. 1030; Mar. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87–5, § 2, 75 Stat. 6; Aug. 8, 1961, Pub. L. 87–128, title I, § 132, title IV, § 401, 75 Stat. 302, 319; Mar. 30, 1962, Pub. L. 87–425, § 2, 76 Stat. 50; May 15, 1962, Pub. L. 87–451, § 4, 76 Stat. 70; Sept. 27, 1962, Pub. L. 87–703, title I, § 101(4), (5), title III, § 302, 76 Stat. 606, 607, 612; May 20, 1963, Pub. L. 88–26, § 3, 77 Stat. 45; Nov. 3, 1965, Pub. L. 89–321, title III, § 302, title VI, § 602(g), 79 Stat. 1190, 1208; Oct. 11, 1968, Pub. L. 90–559, § 1(1), 82 Stat. 996; Nov. 18, 1969, Pub. L. 91–118, §§ 1–3, 83 Stat. 194, 195; Nov. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91–524, title VIII, § 801, 84 Stat. 1379; June 6, 1980, Pub. L. 96–263, § 1, 94 Stat. 438; Nov. 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1455, 104 Stat. 3614; Nov. 2, 1994, Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(s), 108 Stat. 4587, related to limitation on obligations incurred for purpose of carrying out certain sections and Great Plains conservation program.

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15 U.S.C. § 714b — General powers of Corporation

The Corporation— **(a)** Shall have succession in its corporate name. **(b)** May adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed. **(c)** May sue and be sued, but no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the Corporation or its property. The district courts of the United States, including the district courts of any Territory or possession, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, of all suits brought by or against the Corporation: Provided, That the Corporation may intervene in any court in any suit, action, or proceeding in which it has an interest. Any suit against the Corporation shall be brought in the District of Columbia, or in the district wherein the plaintiff resides or is engaged in business. No suit by or against the Corporation shall be allowed unless (1) it shall have been brought within six years after the right accrued on which suit is brought, or (2) in the event that the person bringing such suit shall have been under legal disability or beyond the seas at the time the right accrued, the suit shall have been brought within three years after the disability shall have ceased or within six years after the right accrued on which suit is brought, whichever period is longer. The defendant in any suit by or against the Corporation may plead, by way of set-off or counterclaim, any cause of action, whether arising out of the same transaction or not, which would otherwise be barred by such limitation if the claim upon which the defendant’s cause of action is based had not been barred prior to the date that the plaintiff’s cause of action arose: Provided, That the defendant shall not be awarded a judgment on any such set-off

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