7 U.S.C. § 7502 — Availability of CCC commodities
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-8 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 610 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must make certain excess Commodity Credit Corporation commodities available, without charge or credit, to eligible recipient agencies for food assistance after accounting for specified other needs. The section also addresses reports, dairy supplies, emergency feeding organizations, and Kosher and Halal food.
(a) In general: Despite any other law, to support domestic nutrition programs, use the nation's farm abundance well, and improve food distribution, the Secretary must give away, free, without charge or credit, Commodity Credit Corporation commodities that the Secretary decides are more than what's needed to (1) run other domestic donation programs, (2) meet other domestic obligations, including payment-in-kind programs, (3) meet international food aid and trade commitments, and (4) support farm price and income programs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, the Agricultural Act of 1949, and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act. These excess commodities go to eligible recipient agencies for food assistance.
(b) Repealed: This subsection was repealed by a 1985 law.
(c) Additional commodities*: The Secretary may also use farm commodities made available under a specific provision of section 612c of this title to carry out this chapter.
(d) Varieties of commodities: The commodities provided must include a mix that's most useful to recipient agencies, including, but not limited to, dairy products, wheat or wheat products, rice, honey, and cornmeal.
(e) Report to Congress: Starting April 1, 1986, the Secretary must report twice a year to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees on the types and amounts of commodities distributed.
(f) Relation to other programs: Two other named programs can't be run in a way that reduces the amount of dairy products normally available for this or any other domestic feeding program.
(g) Donations to emergency feeding organizations
(1) When CCC commodities available for donation exceed federal needs, the Secretary must give emergency feeding organizations equal consideration for donations as other recipient agencies get, based on what commodities are available and suitable.
(2) The Secretary may give these organizations commodities that become available only seasonally or irregularly.
(h) Kosher and Halal food: As soon as practicable after February 7, 2014, the Secretary had to finalize and implement a plan (1) to increase purchases of Kosher and Halal food from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification if the purchased food is cost neutral compared with food that is not from such manufacturers, and (2) to modify the labeling of the commodities list in a way that enables Kosher and Halal distribution entities to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks.
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—
carry out other domestic donation programs,
meet other domestic obligations (including quantities needed to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion program),
meet international market development and food aid commitments, and
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.
In addition to any commodities described in subsection (a), 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.
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.
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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the programs authorized by section 713a–14 of title 152 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.
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.
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.
As soon as practicable after February 7, 2014, the Secretary shall finalize and implement a plan—
to increase the purchase of Kosher and Halal food from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification to carry out the program established under this chapter if the Kosher and Halal food purchased is cost neutral as compared to food that is not from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification; and
to modify the labeling of the commodities list used to carry out the program in a manner that enables Kosher and Halal distribution entities to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 202, Mar. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(3), (4), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 609; Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, §§ 1564(a), 1565(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 100–77, title VIII, § 811, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 100–435, title I, § 101, Sept. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 1647; Pub. L. 101–624, title XVII, § 1772(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3808; Pub. L. 113–79, title IV, § 4207, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 826.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-8 · 97 Stat. 35
- 1983Amended · Pub. L. 98-92 · 97 Stat. 609
- 1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-198 · 99 Stat. 1591
- 1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-77 · 101 Stat. 536
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-435 · 102 Stat. 1647
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-624 · 104 Stat. 3808
- 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-79 · 128 Stat. 826
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