§ 1282a. — Emergency supply of agricultural products
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1282a]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35--AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1282a. Emergency supply of agricultural products
(a) Establishment of prices to insure orderly, adequate and steady
supply of products
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall assist farmers, processors, and distributors in
obtaining such prices for agricultural products that an orderly,
adequate and steady supply of such products will exist for the consumers
of this nation.
(b) Adjustments in maximum price of products subject to any price
control or freeze order or regulation to increase supply
The President shall make appropriate adjustments in the maximum
price which may be charged under the provisions of Executive Order 11723
(dated June 13, 1973) or any subsequent Executive Order for any
agricultural products (at any point in the distribution chain) as to
which the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to the President that the
supply of the product will be reduced to unacceptably low levels as a
result of any price control or freeze order or regulation and that
alternative means for increasing the supply are not available.
(c) ``Agricultural products'' defined
Under this section, the term ``agricultural products'' shall include
meat, poultry, vegetables, fruits and all other agricultural commodities
in raw or processed form, except forestry products or fish or fishery
products.
(d) Implementation of policies to encourage full production in periods
of short supply at fair and reasonable prices
The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to implement policies under
this Act which are designed to encourage American farmers to produce to
their full capabilities during periods of short supply to assure
American consumers with an adequate supply of food and fiber at fair and
reasonable prices.
(Pub. L. 91-524, title VIII, Sec. 815, as added Pub. L. 93-86,
Sec. 1(27)(B), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 240.)
References in Text
Executive Order 11723 (dated June 13, 1973), referred to in subsec.
(b), was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11788, June 18, 1974, 39 F.R. 22113.
This Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 91-524, Nov. 30,
1970, 84 Stat. 1358, known as the Agricultural Act of 1970. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1970
Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1970 as added
by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, and not as part
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
