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31 U.S.C. § 3720B — Barring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan insurance guarantees
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**(a)** Unless this subsection is waived by the head of a Federal agency, a person may not obtain any Federal financial assistance in the form of a loan (other than a disaster loan or a marketing assistance loan or loan deficiency payment under subtitle C of the Agricultural Market Transition Act ([7 U.S.C. 7231](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7231&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.)) or loan insurance or guarantee administered by the agency if the person has an outstanding debt (other than a debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with any Federal agency which is in a delinquent status, as determined under standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Such a person may obtain additional loans or loan guarantees only after such delinquency is resolved in accordance with those standards. The Secretary of the Treasury may exempt, at the request of an agency, any class of claims.
**(b)** The head of a Federal agency may delegate the waiver authority under subsection (a) to the Chief Financial Officer of the agency. The waiver authority may be redelegated only to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the agency.
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**(a)** Unless this subsection is waived by the head of a Federal agency, a person may not obtain any Federal financial assistance in the form of a loan (other than a disaster loan or a marketing assistance loan or loan deficiency payment under subtitle C of the Agricultural Market Transition Act ([7 U.S.C. 7231](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7231&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.)) or loan insurance or guarantee administered by the agency if the person has an outstanding debt (other than a debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with any Federal agency which is in a delinquent status, as determined under standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Such a person may obtain additional loans or loan guarantees only after such delinquency is resolved in accordance with those standards. The Secretary of the Treasury may exempt, at the request of an agency, any class of claims.
**(b)** The head of a Federal agency may delegate the waiver authority under subsection (a) to the Chief Financial Officer of the agency. The waiver authority may be redelegated only to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the agency.
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**(a) Nonrecourse loans available** For each of the 1996 through 2002 crops of each loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available to producers on a farm nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities produced on the farm. The loans shall be made under terms and conditions that are prescribed by the Secretary and at the loan rate established under [section 7232 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7232&num=0&edition=prelim) for the loan commodity.
**(b) Eligible production** The following production shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan under subsection (a):
(1) In the case of a marketing assistance loan for a contract commodity, any production by a producer on a farm containing eligible cropland covered by a production flexibility contract.
(2) In the case of a marketing assistance loan for extra long staple cotton and oilseeds, any production.
**(c) Compliance with conservation and wetlands requirements** As a condition of the receipt of a marketing assistance loan under subsection (a), the producer shall comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of the Act ([16 U.S.C. 3821](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3821&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) during the term of the loan.
**(d) Additional outlays prohibited** The Secretary shall carry out this subchapter in such a manner that there are no additional outlays under this subchapter as a result of the reconstitution of a fa
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**(a) Short title** This chapter may be cited as the “Agricultural Market Transition Act”.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this chapter—
(1) to authorize the use of binding production flexibility contracts between the United States and agricultural producers to support farming certainty and flexibility while ensuring continued compliance with farm conservation and wetland protection requirements;
(2) to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available for certain crops;
(3) to improve the operation of farm programs for milk, peanuts, and sugar; and
(4) to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive review of past and future production agriculture in the United States.
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**(a) Sugarcane** The Secretary shall make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugarcane at a rate equal to—
(1) 18.00 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2008 crop year;
(2) 18.25 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2009 crop year;
(3) 18.50 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for the 2010 crop year;
(4) 18.75 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2011 through 2018 crop years;
(5) 19.75 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2019 through 2024 crop years; and
(6) 24.00 cents per pound for raw cane sugar for each of the 2025 through 2031 crop years.
**(b) Sugar beets** The Secretary shall make loans available to processors of domestically grown sugar beets at a rate equal to—
(1) 22.9 cents per pound for refined beet sugar for the 2008 crop year;
(2) a rate that is equal to 128.5 percent of the loan rate per pound of raw cane sugar for the applicable crop year under subsection (a) for each of the 2009 through 2024 crop years; and
(3) a rate that is equal to 136.55 percent of the loan rate per pound of raw cane sugar under subsection (a)(6) for each of the 2025 through 2031 crop years.
**(c) Term of loans**
(1) **In general** — A loan under this section during any fiscal year shall be made available not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year and shall mature at the earlier of—
(A) the end of the 9-month period beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which the loan is made; or
(B) the end of the fiscal year in which the loan is made.
(2) **Supplemental loans** — In the case of a loan made under this section in the last 3 months of a fiscal year, the processor may repledge the sugar as collateral for a second loan in the subsequent fiscal year, except that the second loa
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 3720B
(B) the amount of such offset; and
(C) any other information required by reg-
ulations; and
(3) shall match payment records with re-
quests for offset by using a name control, tax-
payer identifying number (as that term is used
in section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986), and any other necessary identifiers.
(h)(2) 1 The term ‘‘disbursing official’’ of the
Department of the Treasury means the Sec-
retary or his designee.
(i) An agency subject to section 9 of the Act of
May 18, 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831h), may implement
this section at its discretion.
(Added Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2653(a)(1),
July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1153; amended Pub. L.
101–508, title V, § 5129(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1388–287; Pub. L. 102–589, § 3, Nov. 10, 1992, 106
Stat. 5133; Pub. L. 103–296, title I, § 108(j)(2), Aug.
15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1488; Pub. L. 104–134, title III,
§ 31001(u)(1), (v)(1), (w), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat.
1321–375.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(1),
is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title II of the
Act is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 401 et seq.)
of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Section 204 of the Act is classified to section 404 of
Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
The date of enactment of this subsection, referred to
in subsec. (g), is the date of enactment of Pub. L.
102–589, which was approved Nov. 10, 1992.
Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, re-
ferred to in subsec. (h)(3), is classified to section 6109 of
Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–134, § 31001(v)(
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7231
tract in effect on the date of the foreclosure
shall apply.
(d) Review
A determination of the Secretary under this
section shall be considered to be an adverse deci-
sion for purposes of the availability of adminis-
trative review of the determination.
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 116, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 903.)
§ 7217. Transfer or change of interest in lands
subject to contract
(a) Termination
Except as provided in subsection (c), a transfer
of (or change in) the interest of an owner or pro-
ducer subject to a contract in the contract acre-
age covered by the contract shall result in the
termination of the contract with respect to the
acreage, unless the transferee or owner of the
acreage agrees to assume all obligations under
the contract. The termination shall be effective
on the date of the transfer or change.
(b) Modification
At the request of the transferee or owner, the
Secretary may modify the contract if the modi-
fications are consistent with the objectives of
this subchapter, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Exception
If an owner or producer who is entitled to a
contract payment dies, becomes incompetent, or
is otherwise unable to receive the contract pay-
ment, the Secretary shall make the payment, in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 117, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 904.)
§ 7218. Planting flexibility
(a) Permitted crops
Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or
crop may be planted on contract acreage on a
farm.
(b) Limitations and exceptions regarding fruits
and vegetables
(1) Limitations
The planting of fruits and vegetables (other
than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas) shall
be prohibited on contract acreage.
(2) Exceptions
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