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7 USC § 1704c - Payments by Secretary of Defense in liquidation of amount due for foreign currencies 

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title: "7 USC § 1704c - Payments by Secretary of Defense in liquidation of amount due for foreign currencies"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1704c"
section_name: "Payments by Secretary of Defense in liquidation of amount due for foreign currencies"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "FOOD FOR PEACE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SECURITY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–214, § 9(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 174; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3001(b)(1)(A), (2)(C), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1820.)"
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# § 1704c. Payments by Secretary of Defense in liquidation of amount due for foreign currencies

7 U.S.C. 1721–172

The Secretary of Defense shall pay to the Commodity Credit Corporation an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 per year until the amount due for foreign currencies used for housing constructed or acquired under title II of the Food for Peace Act (6) has been liquidated.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–214, § 9(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 174; Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3001(b)(1)(A), (2)(C), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1820.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Food for Peace Act (6), referred to in text, is , . Title II of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1721 et seq.) of chapter 41 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section consists of .  is classified as a note set out under , The Public Health and Welfare.

Section was enacted as part of the Military Construction Codification Act, and not as part of the Food for Peace Act which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2008— substituted “Food for Peace Act” for “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , and applicable to military construction projects, and to construction and acquisition of military family housing before, on or after such date, see , set out as a note under , Armed Forces.