§ 1859. — Donation to penal and correctional institutions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1859]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 46--SURPLUS DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Sec. 1859. Donation to penal and correctional institutions
Notwithstanding any other limitations as to the disposal of surplus
commodities acquired through price support operations, the Commodity
Credit Corporation is authorized on such terms and under such
regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem in the public
interest, and upon application, to donate food commodities acquired
through price support operations to Federal penal and correctional
institutions, and to State correctional institutions for minors, other
than those in which food service is provided for inmates on a fee,
contract, or concession basis.
(May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, Sec. 210, 70 Stat. 202.)
Authorization for Commodity Credit Corporation To Purchase and Donate
Flour and Cornmeal
Pub. L. 85-683, Aug. 19, 1958, 72 Stat. 635, as authorizing
Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase and donate flour and cornmeal
when it has wheat or corn available for donation pursuant to this
section, see note set out under section 1431 of this title.
