Title 7, Chapter 35 — General Provisions

Short title

Declaration of policy

Emergency supply of agricultural products

Adjustments in freight rates

New uses and markets for commodities

Transferred

Definitions

References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after January 1, 1950

Repealed. Pub. L. 85–835, title I, § 108, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 993

Repealed. Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title IV, § 414, 63 Stat. 1057

Parity payments

Consumer safeguards

Transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases on public lands upon request of State agencies

Projected yields; determination; base period

Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops

Payment limitations

Notification of interests; payments limited to active farmers

Denial of program benefits

Foreign persons made ineligible for program benefits

Adjusted gross income limitation

Education program

Treatment of multiyear program contract payments

Cost reduction options

Normally planted acreage and target prices

American agriculture protection program

Normal supply of commodity for 1986 through 1995 crops

Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522

Repealed. Pub. L. 90–51, § 2, July 7, 1967, 81 Stat. 121

Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522

Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(o), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523

Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(p), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523

Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regulation

Repealed. Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902

Repealed. July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title II, § 203(b), 62 Stat. 1256

Repealed. Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902

Adjustment of farm marketing quotas

Omitted

Discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn

Omitted

Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regulation

National marketing quota

National acreage allotment

Apportionment of national acreage allotment

Omitted

Summer fallow farms; upper limit on required set aside acreage for 1971 through 1977 wheat, feed grain, and cotton crops

Designation of States outside commercial wheat-producing areas

Small-farm exemption; small-farm base acreage; election; acreage allotment; land-use provisions; price support; wheat marketing certificates

Referendum

Repealed. Pub. L. 87–703, title III, § 317, Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 622

Transfer of quotas

Land use

Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1613(j)(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 221

Wheat diversion programs; credits in establishment of State, county and farm acreage allotments for wheat

Feed grains diversion programs for 1964 and subsequent years; feed grain acreage considered wheat acreage and wheat acreage considered feed grain acreage

Hay production on set-aside or diverted acreage; storage; emergency use; loans

Supplemental provisions relating to wheat marketing quotas; marketing penalty for rice; crop loans on cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts

Legislative findings

National marketing quota; proclamation; amount; date of proclamation

National cotton production goal

Referendum

Apportionment of national acreage allotments

Exclusion of 1949 acreage in computation of future allotments

Sale, lease, or transfer of cotton acreage allotments

Farm marketing quotas; farm marketing excess

Penalties

Repealed. Pub. L. 98–88, § 2, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 494

Payments in kind to equalize cost of cotton to domestic and foreign users; rules and regulations; termination date; persons eligible; amount; terms and conditions; raw cotton in inventory

Export market acreage

National base acreage allotment

Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(e), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2237

Omitted

Repealed. Pub. L. 97–98, title VI, § 601, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1242

Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1309(a)(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 179

Definitions

Flexible marketing allotments for sugar

Establishment of flexible marketing allotments

Allocation of marketing allotments

Reassignment of deficits

Provisions applicable to producers

Special rules

Regulations; violations; publication of Secretary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the courts; United States attorneys

Appeals

Administration

Administration of tariff rate quotas

Period of effectiveness

Application of subpart

Publication of marketing quota; mailing of allotment notice

Review of quota; review committee

Compensation of review committee

Institution of proceeding for court review of committee findings

Court review

Stay of proceedings and exclusive jurisdiction

Effect of increase on other quotas

General adjustment of quotas

Payment, collection, and refund of penalties

Reports and records

Measurement of farms and report of plantings; remeasurement

Regulations

Court jurisdiction; duties of United States attorneys; remedies and penalties as additional

Preservation of unused acreage allotments

Transfer of acreage allotments ensuing from agency acquisition of farmlands

Reconstitution of farms

Legislative findings

Wheat marketing allocation; amount; national allocation percentage; commercial and noncommercial wheat-producing areas

Marketing certificates

Marketing restrictions

Assistance in purchase and sale of marketing certificates; regulations; administrative expenses; interest

Conversion factors

Authority to facilitate transition

Applicability of provisions to designated persons; reports and records; examinations by the Secretary

Penalties

Regulations

Omitted

Omitted

Insurance of cotton; reconcentration

Written consent for reconcentration of cotton

Repealed. Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(3), 60 Stat. 866

Finality of payments and loans; substitution of beneficiaries

Exemption from laws prohibiting interest of Members of Congress in contracts

Photographic reproductions and maps

Utilization of local agencies

Personnel

Separability

Authorization of appropriations; loans from Commodity Credit Corporation

Administrative expenses; posting names and compensation of local employees

Allotment of appropriations

Omitted

Price support

Financial impact study

Costs of production

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1011(c), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 709

Commodity reports

Increase of price support levels

Adjustments of support prices

Utilization of services and facilities of Commodity Credit Corporation

Producer rights and liabilities

Producers of honey; loan obligations and liabilities

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(I), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Commodity Credit Corporation sales price restrictions

Quality requirements for Commodity Credit Corporation owned grain

Reserve inventories for alleviation of distress of natural disaster

Definitions

Determinations of Secretary as final and conclusive

Retroactive effect

Disposition of commodities to prevent waste

Cotton donations to educational institutions

Distribution of surplus commodities to other United States areas

Enrichment and packaging of cornmeal, grits, rice, and white flour available for distribution

Donations for school feeding programs abroad; student financing; priorities

Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects; reprocessing agreements with private companies

Assistance to foreign countries to mitigate effects of HIV and AIDS

Extension of price support on long staple cotton seeds and products

Repealed. Pub. L. 100–387, title I, § 101(b)(3), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 931

Forgiveness of violations; determinations

Processing of surplus agricultural commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts

Advance recourse commodity loans

Advance recourse loans

Omitted

Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 281(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3233

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(I), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Encouragement of production of crops of which United States is a net importer and for which price support programs are not in effect; authority to plant on set-aside acreage with no reduction in payment rate

Production of commodities for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuels or other fuels; terms and conditions; determinations; payments, etc., for program

Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing or grading agriculture commodities without charge

Transfer of nonadministrative funds of Commodity Credit Corporation for classing and grading purposes

Price support levels

Omitted

Marketing certificates for rice

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(A), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Cost of production study and establishment of current national weighted average cost of production

Price support and acreage requirements for corn and other feed grains

Omitted

Cotton price support levels

Omitted

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(B), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Corn and feed grains and cotton programs

Feed grains; price support program

Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title IV, § 401(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3400

Omitted

Loans and purchases for 1986 through 1996 crops of corn

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(C), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Repealed. Pub. L. 102–237, title I, § 114(b)(2), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1840

Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 612(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523

Purchase of inventory stock

Wheat price support levels; “cooperator” defined

Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title III, § 301(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3382

Transferred

Omitted

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(D), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Transferred

Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XI, § 1161(a)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3520

Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title VIII, § 806(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3475

Omitted

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(E), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for 1978 through 1990 crop years

Farmer owned reserve program

International Emergency Food Reserve

Production of commodities for conversion into industrial hydrocarbons; terms and conditions; incentive payments; regulations; appropriations; effective date

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(F), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Multiyear set-aside contracts for 1986 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice

Deficiency and land diversion payments

Payments in commodities

Price support levels for designated nonbasic agricultural commodities

Dairy products; availability through Commodity Credit Corporation

Use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for purchases of dairy products requirements for school and other programs

Policy with regard to dairy products

Domestic disposal programs for dairy products

Reduction of dairy product inventories

Domestic casein industry

Omitted

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 141(g), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 915

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 145(e), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 918

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(H), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938

Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 119(a)(6), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3208

Price support levels for other nonbasic agricultural commodities

Price support levels for storable nonbasic agricultural commodities

Determination of price support level

Repealed. Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title II, § 203(b), 68 Stat. 899

Omitted

Definitions

Emergency livestock assistance

Determination of need for assistance

Eligible producers

Assistance programs

Additional assistance

Use of Commodity Credit Corporation

Benefits limitation

Ineligibility

Administration

Penalties

Assistance for livestock producers