7 USC § 1727b - Grant programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1727b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1727b - Grant programs"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1727b"
section_name: "Grant programs"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "FOOD FOR PEACE"
subchapter_number: "III–A"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 95–88, title II, § 211(a)(2), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 550; amended Pub. L. 96–53, title II, § 204(c), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 369; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3642.)"
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# § 1727b. Grant programs

section 1691 of this title

To carry out the policies and accomplish the objectives described in , the Administrator may negotiate and execute agreements with least developed countries to provide commodities to such countries on a grant basis either through the Commodity Credit Corporation or through private trade channels.

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**Source Credit**: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 95–88, title II, § 211(a)(2), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 550; amended Pub. L. 96–53, title II, § 204(c), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 369; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3642.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 303 of , , which enacted , was renumbered section 310 by , , .

### Amendments

1990— amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions relating to a multiyear utilization proposal regarding value and amount of commodities proposed to be distributed, integration with other forms of development assistance, and non-replacement of other programs.

1979—Subsec. (a).  struck out “for each year such funds are to be disbursed” after “on an annual basis”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under .