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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
             CHAPTER 35--AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938
 
                           GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1282. Declaration of policy

    It is declared to be the policy of Congress to continue the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended [16 U.S.C. 590a et 
seq.], for the purpose of conserving national resources, preventing the 
wasteful use of soil fertility, and of preserving, maintaining, and 
rebuilding the farm and ranch land resources in the national public 
interest; to accomplish these purposes through the encouragement of 
soil-building and soil-conserving crops and practices; to assist in the 
marketing of agricultural commodities for domestic consumption and for 
export; and to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in cotton, 
wheat, corn, tobacco, and rice to the extent necessary to provide an 
orderly, adequate, and balanced flow of such commodities in interstate 
and foreign commerce through storage of reserve supplies, loans, 
marketing quotas, assisting farmers to obtain insofar as practicable, 
parity prices for such commodities and parity of income, and assisting 
consumers to obtain an adequate and steady supply of such commodities at 
fair prices.

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 31.)

                       References in Text

    The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, 
referred to in text, is act Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, 49 Stat. 163, as 
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 3B (Sec. 590a et seq.) 
of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see section 590q of Title 16 and Tables.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Agricultural Adjustment Administration transferred to 
Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 501, eff. July 
16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100. See note set out under section 
610 of this title.
    Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural Adjustment Administration 
consolidated with other agencies into Agricultural Conservation and 
Adjustment Administration for duration of war, see Ex. Ord. No. 9069, 
set out in note under section 601 of Appendix to Title 50, War and 
National Defense.
    Functions of Soil Conservation Service in Department of Agriculture 
with respect to soil and moisture conservation operations conducted on 
lands under jurisdiction of Department of the Interior transferred to 
Department of the Interior, to be administered under direction and 
supervision of Secretary of the Interior through such agency or agencies 
in Department of the Interior as Secretary shall designate, by 1940 
Reorg. Plan No. IV, Sec. 6, eff. June 30, 1940, set out in the Appendix 
to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, sections 
13 to 15 of said plan for provisions relating to transfer of functions 
of department heads, records, property, personnel, and funds.


   Congressional Declaration of Policy Under Agricultural Act of 1961

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 87-128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 294, provided 
that: ``In order more fully and effectively to improve, maintain, and 
protect the prices and incomes of farmers, to enlarge rural purchasing 
power, to achieve a better balance between supplies of agricultural 
commodities and the requirements of consumers therefor, to preserve and 
strengthen the structure of agriculture, and to revitalize and stabilize 
the overall economy at reasonable costs to the Government, it is hereby 
declared to be the policy of Congress to--
        ``(a) afford farmers the opportunity to achieve parity of income 
    with other economic groups by providing them with the means to 
    develop and strengthen their bargaining power in the Nation's 
    economy;
        ``(b) encourage a commodity-by-commodity approach in the 
    solution of farm problems and provide the means for meeting varied 
    and changing conditions peculiar to each commodity;
        ``(c) expand foreign trade in agricultural commodities with 
    friendly nations, as defined in section 107 of Public Law 480, 83d 
    Congress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1707), and in no manner either 
    subsidize the export, sell, or make available any subsidized 
    agricultural commodity to any nations other than such friendly 
    nations and thus make full use of our agricultural abundance;
        ``(d) utilize more effectively our agricultural productive 
    capacity to improve the diets of the Nation's needy persons;
        ``(e) recognize the importance of the family farm as an 
    efficient unit of production and as an economic base for towns and 
    cities in rural areas and encourage, promote, and strengthen this 
    form of farm enterprise;
        ``(f) facilitate and improve credit services to farmers by 
    revising, expanding, and clarifying the laws relating to 
    agricultural credit;
        ``(g) assure consumers of a continuous, adequate, and stable 
    supply of food and fiber at fair and reasonable prices;
        ``(h) reduce the cost of farm programs, by preventing the 
    accumulation of surpluses; and
        ``(i) use surplus farm commodities on hand as fully as 
    practicable as an incentive to reduce production as may be necessary 
    to bring supplies on hand and firm demand in balance.''


            Congressional Declaration of Policy for Year 1949

    Section 1(d) of act July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title I, 62 Stat. 1248, 
provided that: ``It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress 
that the lending and purchase operations of the Department of 
Agriculture (other than those referred to in subsections (a), (b), and 
(c) hereof [subsections (a) and (b) are set out as notes under this 
section and subsection (c) is set out as a note under section 713a-8 of 
Title 15, Commerce and Trade]) shall be carried out until January 1, 
1950, so as to bring the price and income of the producers of other 
agricultural commodities not covered by subsections (a), (b), and (c) to 
a fair parity relationship with the commodities included under 
subsections (a), (b), and (c), to the extent that funds for such 
operations are available after taking into account the operations with 
respect to the commodities covered by subsections (a), (b), and (c). In 
carrying out the provisions of this subsection the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall have the authority to require compliance with 
production goals and marketing regulations as a condition to eligibility 
of producers for price support.''


 Study of Parity Income Position of Farmers; Report to Congress by June 
                                30, 1966

    Section 705 of Pub. L. 89-321, title VII, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 
1210, directed the Secretary of Agriculture to make a study of the 
parity income position of farmers, and report the results of such study 
to the Congress not later than June 30, 1966.


                  Price Stabilization During Year 1950

    Section 1(a), (b) of act July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title I, 62 Stat. 
1247, as amended June 10, 1949, ch. 191, 63 Stat. 169, authorized the 
Secretary of Agriculture through any instrumentality or agency within or 
under the direction of the Department of Agriculture, by loans, 
purchases, or other operations to support prices received by producers 
of cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco, rice, and peanuts marketed before June 
30, 1950 (September 30, 1950, in the case of Maryland and the cigar-leaf 
types of tobacco), if producers had not disapproved marketing quotas for 
such commodity for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year in 
which the crop is harvested.
    Section 2 of act July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title I, 62 Stat. 1248, 
authorized the Secretary, from any funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture or any agency operating under its direction for price 
support operations or for the disposal of agricultural commodities, to 
use such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of section 
1 of the Act.
    Section 6 of act July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title I, 62 Stat. 1250, 
provided in part that sections 1 and 2 of the act were to become 
effective Jan. 1, 1949.
