7 USC § 1445f - International Emergency Food Reserve

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1445f"
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title: "7 USC § 1445f - International Emergency Food Reserve"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1445f"
section_name: "International Emergency Food Reserve"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 95–113, title XI, § 1102, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 953.)"
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# § 1445f. International Emergency Food Reserve

The President is encouraged to enter into negotiations with other nations to develop an international system of food reserves to provide for humanitarian food relief needs and to establish and maintain a food reserve, as a contribution of the United States toward the development of such a system, to be made available in the event of food emergencies in foreign countries. The reserves shall be known as the International Emergency Food Reserve.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 95–113, title XI, § 1102, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 953.)

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