7 USC § 1627a - Sheep production and marketing grant program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1627a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1627a - Sheep production and marketing grant program"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1627a"
section_name: "Sheep production and marketing grant program"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12102(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 978; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12102, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4942; Pub. L. 118–22, div. B, title I, § 102(d)(8)(E), Nov. 17, 2023, 137 Stat. 118; Pub. L. 119–21, title I, § 10607(b), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 111.)"
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# § 1627a. Sheep production and marketing grant program

**(a)** **Establishment** The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall establish a competitive grant program for the purposes of strengthening and enhancing the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products in the United States, including through—

**(1)** the improvement of—

**(A)** infrastructure;

**(B)** business; and

**(C)** resource development; and

**(2)** the development of innovative approaches to solve long-term needs.

**(b)** **Eligibility** The Secretary shall make grants under this section to at least one national entity, the mission of which is consistent with the purpose of the grant program.

**(c)** **Funding** Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, $400,000 for fiscal year 2024, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12102(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 978; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12102, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4942; Pub. L. 118–22, div. B, title I, § 102(d)(8)(E), Nov. 17, 2023, 137 Stat. 118; Pub. L. 119–21, title I, § 10607(b), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 111.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (c).  substituted “2019,” for “2019, and” and inserted “and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2026,” after “fiscal year 2024,”.

2023—Subsec. (c).  inserted “and $400,000 for fiscal year 2024,” after “2019,”.

2018—Subsec. (c).  substituted “$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2019” for “$1,500,000 for fiscal year 2014”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2023 Amendment

Amendment by  to be applied and administered as if enacted on , see , set out in an Extension of Agricultural Programs note under .