§ 7504. — Initial processing costs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7504]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 102--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
Sec. 7504. Initial processing costs
The Secretary may use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
pay costs of initial processing and packaging of commodities to be
distributed under the program established under this chapter into forms,
and in quantities, suitable, as determined by the Secretary, for use in
individual households when such commodities are to be consumed by
individual households or for institutional use, as applicable. The
Secretary may pay such costs in the form of Corporation-owned
commodities equal in value to such costs. The Secretary shall ensure
that any such payments in kind will not displace commercial sales of
such commodities.
(Pub. L. 98-8, title II, Sec. 203A, as added Pub. L. 98-92, Sec. 2(5),
Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 609; amended Pub. L. 99-198, title XV,
Sec. 1565(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591.)
Amendments
1985--Pub. L. 99-198 struck out ``, except that wheat from the Food
Security Wheat Reserve may not be used to pay such costs'' after ``equal
in value to such costs''.
Effective Date
Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-92 provided in part that this section is
effective Oct. 1, 1983.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7505, 7509 of this title.
