§ 612. — Appropriation; use of revenues; administrative expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC612]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 26--AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--COMMODITY BENEFITS
Sec. 612. Appropriation; use of revenues; administrative
expenses
(a) There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000,000 to be available to the
Secretary of Agriculture for administrative expenses under this chapter,
and for payments authorized to be made under section 608 of this title.
Such sum shall remain available until expended.
To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to finance under such terms
and conditions as he may prescribe, surplus reductions with respect to
the dairy- and beef-cattle industries, and to carry out any of the
purposes described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and to
support and balance the markets for the dairy and beef cattle
industries, there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $200,000,000:
Provided, That not more than 60 per centum of such amount shall be used
for either of such industries.
(b) In addition to the foregoing, for the purpose of effectuating
the declared policy of this chapter, a sum equal to the proceeds derived
from all taxes imposed under this chapter is appropriated to be
available to the Secretary of Agriculture for (1) the acquisition of any
agricultural commodity pledged as security for any loan made by any
Federal agency, which loan was conditioned upon the borrower agreeing or
having agreed to cooperate with a program of production adjustment or
marketing adjustment adopted under the authority of this chapter, and
(2) the following purposes under this chapter: Administrative expenses,
payments authorized to be made under section 608 of this title, and
refunds on taxes. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Treasury shall jointly estimate from time to time the amounts, in
addition to any money available under subsection (a) of this section,
currently required for such purposes; and the Secretary of the Treasury
shall, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
advance to the Secretary of Agriculture the amounts so estimated. The
amount of any such advance shall be deducted from such tax proceeds as
shall subsequently become available under this subsection.
(c) The administrative expenses provided for under this section
shall include, among others, expenditures for personal services and rent
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, for law books and books of
reference, for contract stenographic reporting services, and for
printing and paper in addition to allotments under the existing law. The
Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the Treasury Department, and
is authorized to transfer to other agencies, out of funds available for
administrative expenses under this chapter, such sums as are required to
pay administrative expenses incurred and refunds made by such department
or agencies in the administration of this chapter.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, Sec. 12, 48 Stat. 38; Apr. 7, 1934, ch.
103, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 528; Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, Secs. 3, 19, 49 Stat.
753, 768; June 3, 1937, ch. 296, Secs. 1, 2(j), 50 Stat. 246, 248.)
Amendments
1937--Subsec. (a). Act June 3, 1937, Sec. 2(j), struck out ``and
production adjustments'' after ``surplus reductions'' in second par.
1935--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 24, 1935, Sec. 19, substituted
``payments authorized to be made under section 608'' for ``rental and
benefit payments made with respect to reduction in acreage or reduction
in production for market under part 2 of this title''.
Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 24, 1935, Sec. 3, amended subsec. (b)
generally.
1934--Subsec. (a). Act Apr. 7, 1934, added second par.
Validity of Section Affirmed
Act June 3, 1937, Sec. 1, affirmed and validated, and reenacted
without change the provisions of subsecs. (a) and (c) of this section,
except for the amendment to subsec. (a) by section 2 of the act. See
note set out under section 601 of this title.
Settlement of Certain Claims and Accounts
Act June 5, 1942, ch. 349, Secs. 2, 3, 56 Stat. 324, authorized
Comptroller General to relieve disbursing and certifying officers from
liability for payments made prior to January 6, 1936, under Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1933 or amendments thereto [this chapter] or under the
appropriation ``Payments for Agricultural Adjustment'' in act Feb. 11,
1936, ch. 49, 49 Stat. 1116, upon certificate of Secretary of
Agriculture that such payments were made in good faith, and also
provided that no action should be taken to recover such excess payments,
if the Secretary of Agriculture should further certify that in view of
the good faith of the parties or other circumstances of the case, such
attempt to recover them would be inadvisable or inequitable.
Ex. Ord. No. 10914. Expanded Program of Food Distribution to Needy
Families
Ex. Ord. No. 10914, Jan. 21, 1961, 26 F.R. 639, provided:
Whereas one of the most important and urgent problems confronting
this Nation today is the development of a positive food and nutrition
program for all Americans;
Whereas I have received the report of the Task Force on Area
Redevelopment under the chairmanship of Senator Douglas, in which
special emphasis is placed upon the need for additional food to
supplement the diets of needy persons in areas of chronic unemployment;
Whereas I am also advised that there are now almost 7 million
persons receiving some form of public assistance, that 4.5 million
persons are reported as being unemployed and that a substantial number
of needy persons are not recipients in the present food distribution
program;
Whereas the variety of foods currently being made available is
limited and its nutritional content inadequate; and
Whereas despite an abundance of food, farm income has been in a
period of decline, and a strengthening of farm prices is desirable.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President
of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
The Secretary of Agriculture shall take immediate steps to expand
and improve the program of food distribution throughout the United
States, utilizing funds and existing statutory authority available to
him, including section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7
U.S.C. 612) [this section], so as to make available for distribution,
through appropriate State and local agencies, to all needy families a
greater variety and quantity of food out of our agricultural abundance.
John F. Kennedy.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 616, 672, 673, 724, 1392 of
this title; title 12 section 1150a; title 31 section 1511.
