7 USC § 1727c - Direct uses or sales of commodities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1727c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1727c - Direct uses or sales of commodities"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1727c"
section_name: "Direct uses or sales of commodities"
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, § 304, as added Pub. L. 95–88, title II, § 211(a)(2), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 550; amended Pub. L. 95–424, title II, § 202, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3642.)"
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# § 1727c. Direct uses or sales of commodities

Agricultural commodities provided to a least developed country under this section—

**(1)** may be used in such country for—

**(A)** direct feeding programs, including programs that include activities that deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers consistent with section 2151b(c)(2) of title 22, relating to the Child Survival Fund; or

**(B)** the development of emergency food reserves; or

**(2)** may be sold in such country by the government of the country or the Administrator (or their designees) as provided in the agreement, and the proceeds of such sale used in accordance with this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 95–88, title II, § 211(a)(2), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 550; amended Pub. L. 95–424, title II, § 202, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3642.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 304 of , , enacted , prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

1990— amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions relating to furnishing of credit by Commodity Credit Corporation to participating country for purchase of commodities, payment by recipient government, waiver of requirements to meet humanitarian or developmental objectives, and payment of freight charges of relatively least developed countries.

1978—Subsec. (d).  added subsec. (d).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

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

### Effective Date of 1978 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 .