§ 7502. — Availability of CCC commodities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7502]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 102--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
Sec. 7502. Availability of CCC commodities
(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to complement
the domestic nutrition programs, make maximum use of the Nation's
agricultural abundance, and expand and improve the domestic distribution
of price-supported commodities, commodities acquired by the Commodity
Credit Corporation that the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter
referred to as the ``Secretary'') determines, in his discretion, are in
excess of quantities needed to--
(1) carry out other domestic donation programs,
(2) meet other domestic obligations (including quantities needed
to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion program),
(3) meet international market development and food aid
commitments, and
(4) carry out the farm price and income stabilization purposes
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.],
the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.], and the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act [15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.],
shall be made available by the Secretary, without charge or credit for
such commodities, for use by eligible recipient agencies for food
assistance.
(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 99-198, title XV, Sec. 1565(a)(2), Dec. 23, 1985,
99 Stat. 1591
(c) Additional commodities
In addition to any commodities described in subsection (a) of this
section, in carrying out this chapter, the Secretary may use
agricultural commodities and the products thereof made available under
clause (2) of the second sentence of section 612c of this title.
(d) Varieties of commodities
Commodities made available under this chapter shall include a
variety of commodities and products thereof that are most useful to
eligible recipient agencies, including, but not be \1\ limited to, dairy
products, wheat or the products thereof, rice, honey, and cornmeal.
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(e) Report to Congress
Effective April 1, 1986, the Secretary shall submit semiannually to
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report
on the types and amounts of commodities made available for distribution
under this chapter.
(f) Relation to other programs
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the programs authorized
by section 713a-14 of title 15 and section 1163 of the Food Security Act
of 1985 shall not be operated in a manner that will, in any way, reduce
the quantities of dairy products that traditionally are made available
to carry out this chapter or any other domestic feeding program.
(g) Donations to emergency feeding organizations
(1) Whenever commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit
Corporation are made available for donation to domestic food programs in
quantities that exceed Federal obligations, the Secretary shall give
equal consideration to making donations of such commodities to emergency
feeding organizations participating in the program authorized by this
chapter as is given to other commodity recipient agencies, taking into
account the types and amounts of commodities available and appropriate
for distribution to these organizations.
(2) In determining the commodities that will be made available to
emergency feeding organizations under this chapter, the Secretary may
distribute commodities that become available on a seasonal or irregular
basis.
(Pub. L. 98-8, title II, Sec. 202, Mar. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 35; Pub. L.
98-92, Sec. 2(3), (4), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 609; Pub. L. 99-198,
title XV, Secs. 1564(a), 1565(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L.
100-77, title VIII, Sec. 811, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 100-
435, title I, Sec. 101, Sept. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 1647; Pub. L. 101-624,
title XVII, Sec. 1772(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3808.)
References in Text
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in subsec.
(a)(4), is act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 31, as amended, which is
classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1281 et seq.) of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1281 of
this title and Tables.
The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is act
Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, as amended, which is classified
principally to chapter 35A (Sec. 1421 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
The Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, referred to in subsec.
(a)(4), is act June 29, 1948, ch. 704, 62 Stat. 1070, as amended, which
is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 714 et seq.) of chapter
15 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 714 of Title
15 and Tables.
Section 1163 of the Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in
subsec. (f), is section 1163 of Pub. L. 99-198, which is set out as a
note under section 1731 of this title.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-624 added subsec. (g).
1988--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100-435 added subsec. (f).
1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-77, Sec. 811(b), inserted subsec. (a)
designation.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-77, Sec. 811(a), inserted ``a variety of
commodities and products thereof that are most useful to eligible
recipient agencies, including'' after ``shall include''.
1985--Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1565(a), struck out subsec. (a)
designation and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows:
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if wheat stocks acquired
by the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available for the purposes
of this chapter, up to 300,000 metric tons of wheat designated under
section 1736f-1(b)(1) of this title may be used for the purposes of this
chapter. Any amount of wheat used from the Food Security Wheat Reserve
under this chapter shall be replenished by an equivalent quantity of
wheat under the provisions of section 1736f-1(b) of this title as soon
as practicable, but before October 1, 1985.''
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1564(a), added subsecs.
(c) to (e).
1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-92, Sec. 2(3), amended subsec. (a)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows:
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commodities acquired by
the Commodity Credit Corporation that are in excess of quantities needed
for the fiscal year to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion
program, maintain U.S. share of world markets, and meet international
market development and food aid commitments, shall be made available by
the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as
the `Secretary') without charge or credit in such fiscal year for use by
eligible recipient agencies. Upon request, commodities provided by the
CCC shall be provided in a form suitable for individual household or
institutional use.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-92, Sec. 2(4), substituted ``may be used''
for ``shall be used'' and directed the substitution of ``October 1,
1985'' for ``December 1, 1983'', which was executed by making the
substitution for ``December 31, 1983'' to reflect the probable intent of
Congress.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100-435 to be effective and implemented on
Sept. 19, 1988, see section 701(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100-435, set out as a
note under section 2012 of this title.
Effective Date of 1983 Amendment
Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-92 provided in part that the amendment made
by that section is effective Oct. 1, 1983.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7501, 7514 of this title.
