§ 1736y. — Contract sanctity and producer embargo protection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1736y]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 41--AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 1736y. Contract sanctity and producer embargo protection
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States--
(1) to foster and encourage the export of agricultural
commodities and the products of such commodities;
(2) not to restrict or limit the export of such commodities and
products except under the most compelling circumstances;
(3) that any prohibition or limitation on the export of such
commodities or products should be imposed only in time of a national
emergency declared by the President under the Export Administration
Act [50 App. U.S.C. 2401 et seq.]; and
(4) that contracts for the export of such commodities or
products entered into before the imposition of any prohibition or
limitation on the export of such commodities or products should not
be abrogated.
(Pub. L. 99-198, title XI, Sec. 1133(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1489.)
References in Text
The Export Administration Act, referred to in par. (3), probably
means the Export Administration Act of 1979, Pub. L. 96-72, Sept. 29,
1979, 93 Stat. 503, as amended, which is classified principally to
section 2401 et seq. of the Appendix to Title 50, War and National
Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 2401 of the Appendix to Title 50 and
Tables.
Codification
Section is comprised of section 1133(a) of Pub. L. 99-198. Section
1133(b) of Pub. L. 99-198 amended section 1736j of this title.
Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and
not as part of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954 which comprises this chapter.
