§ 7506. — Assurances; anticipated use.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7506]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 102--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
Sec. 7506. Assurances; anticipated use
(a) The Secretary shall take such precautions as the Secretary deems
necessary to assure that any eligible recipient agency receiving
commodities under this chapter will provide such commodities to persons
served by the eligible recipient agency and will not diminish its normal
expenditures for food by reason of the receipt of such commodities. The
Secretary shall also take such precautions as the Secretary deems
necessary to assure that commodities made available under this chapter
will not displace commercial sales of such commodities or the products
thereof. The Secretary shall not make commodities available for donation
in any quantity or manner that the Secretary, in the Secretary's
discretion, determines may, substitute for the same or any other
agricultural produce that would otherwise be purchased in the market.
(b) Commodities provided under this chapter shall be distributed
only in quantities that can be consumed without waste. No eligible
recipient agency may receive commodities under this chapter in excess of
anticipated use, based on inventory records and controls, or in excess
of its ability to accept and store such commodities.
(Pub. L. 98-8, title II, Sec. 203C, as added Pub. L. 98-92, Sec. 2(5),
Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 99-198, title XV,
Sec. 1566, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 104-66, title I,
Sec. 1011(k), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 710.)
Amendments
1995--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out at end ``The Secretary
shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what
extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.''
1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-198 inserted at end ``The Secretary
shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what
extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.''
Effective Date
Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-92 provided in part that this section is
effective Oct. 1, 1983.
