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[CITE: 7USC1431]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
         CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1431. Disposition of commodities to prevent waste


(a) Eligible recipients; barter; estimates; reprocessing and other 
        charges

    In order to prevent the waste of commodities whether in private 
stocks or acquired through price-support operations by the Commodity 
Credit Corporation before they can be disposed of in normal domestic 
channels without impairment of the price-support program or sold abroad 
at competitive world prices, the Commodity Credit Corporation is 
authorized, on such terms and under such regulations as the Secretary of 
Agriculture may deem in the public interest: (1) upon application, to 
make such commodities available to any Federal agency for use in making 
payment for commodities not produced in the United States; (2) to barter 
or exchange such commodities for strategic or other materials as 
authorized by law; (3) in the case of food commodities to donate such 
commodities to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to such State, Federal, 
or private agency or agencies as may be designated by the proper State 
or Federal authority and approved by the Secretary, for use in the 
United States in nonprofit school-lunch programs, in nonprofit summer 
camps for children, in the assistance of needy persons, and in 
charitable institutions, including hospitals and facilities, to the 
extent that they serve needy persons (including infants and children). 
In the case of clause (3) the Secretary shall obtain such assurance as 
he deems necessary that the recipients thereof will not diminish their 
normal expenditures for food by reason of such donation. In order to 
facilitate the appropriate disposal of such commodities, the Secretary 
may from time to time estimate and announce the quantity of such 
commodities which he anticipates will become available for distribution 
under clause (3). The Commodity Credit Corporation may pay, with respect 
to commodities disposed of under this subsection, reprocessing, 
packaging, transporting, handling, and other charges accruing up to the 
time of their delivery to a Federal agency, or to the designated State 
or private agency. In addition, in the case of food commodities disposed 
of under this subsection, the Commodity Credit Corporation may pay the 
cost of processing such commodities into a form suitable for home or 
institutional use, such processing to be accomplished through private 
trade facilities to the greatest extent possible. For the purpose of 
this subsection the terms ``State'' and ``United States'' include the 
District of Columbia and any Territory or possession of the United 
States. Dairy products acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation 
through price support operations may, insofar as they can be used in the 
United States in nonprofit school lunch and other nonprofit child 
feeding programs, in the assistance of needy persons, and in charitable 
institutions, including hospitals, to the extent that needy persons are 
served, be donated for any such use prior to any other use or 
disposition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such dairy 
products may be donated for distribution to needy households in the 
United States and to meet the needs of persons receiving nutrition 
assistance under the Older Americans Act of 1965 [42 U.S.C. 3001 et 
seq.].

(b) Furnishing of eligible commodities for carrying out programs of 
        assistance in developing and friendly countries; availability of 
        eligible commodities for nonprofit and voluntary agencies and 
        cooperatives

    (1) The Secretary, subject to the requirements of paragraph (10), 
may furnish eligible commodities for carrying out programs of assistance 
in developing countries and friendly countries under titles II and III 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 
U.S.C. 1721 et seq., 1727 et seq.] and under the Food for Progress Act 
of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 1736o], as approved by the Secretary, and for such 
purposes as are approved by the Secretary. To ensure that the furnishing 
of commodities under this subsection is coordinated with and complements 
other United States foreign assistance, assistance under this subsection 
shall be coordinated through the mechanism designated by the President 
to coordinate assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.].
    (2) As used in this subsection, the term ``eligible commodities'' 
means--
        (A) dairy products, wheat, rice, feed grains, and oilseeds 
    acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price support 
    operations, and the products thereof, that the Secretary determines 
    meet the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section; and
        (B) such other edible agricultural commodities as may be 
    acquired by the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation in the 
    normal course of operations and that are available for disposition 
    under this subsection, except that no such commodities may be 
    acquired for the purpose of their use under this subsection.

    (3)(A) Commodities may not be made available for disposition under 
this subsection in amounts that (i) will, in any way, reduce the amounts 
of commodities that traditionally are made available through donations 
to domestic feeding programs or agencies, or (ii) will prevent the 
Secretary from fulfilling any agreement entered into by the Secretary 
under a payment-in-kind program under this Act or other Acts 
administered by the Secretary.
    (B)(i) The requirements of section 403(a) of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1733(a)] shall apply 
with respect to commodities furnished under this subsection. Commodities 
may not be furnished for disposition to any country under this 
subsection except on determinations by the Secretary that--
        (I) the receiving country has the absorptive capacity to use the 
    commodities efficiently and effectively; and
        (II) such disposition of the commodities will not interfere with 
    usual marketings of the United States, nor disrupt world prices of 
    agricultural commodities and normal patterns of commercial trade 
    with developing countries.

    (ii) The requirement for safeguarding usual marketings of the United 
States shall not be used to prevent the furnishing under this subsection 
of any eligible commodity for use in countries that--
        (I) have not traditionally purchased the commodity from the 
    United States; or
        (II) do not have adequate financial resources to acquire the 
    commodity from the United States through commercial sources or 
    through concessional sales arrangements.

    (C) The Secretary shall take reasonable precautions to ensure that--
        (i) commodities furnished under this subsection will not 
    displace or interfere with sales that otherwise might be made; and
        (ii) sales or barter under paragraph (7) will not unduly disrupt 
    world prices of agricultural commodities nor normal patterns of 
    commercial trade with friendly countries.

    (D) If eligible commodities are made available under this subsection 
to a friendly country, nonprofit and voluntary agencies and cooperatives 
shall also be eligible to receive commodities for food aid programs in 
the country.
    (4) Agreements may be entered into under this subsection to provide 
eligible commodities in installments over an extended period of time. In 
agreements with recipients of eligible commodities under this subsection 
(including nonprofit and voluntary agencies or cooperatives), subject to 
the availability of commodities each fiscal year, the Secretary, on 
request, shall approve multiyear agreements to make agricultural 
commodities available for distribution or sale by the recipients if the 
agreements otherwise meet the requirements of this subsection.
    (5)(A) Section 406 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1736] shall apply to the commodities 
furnished under this subsection.
    (B) The Commodity Credit Corporation may pay the processing and 
domestic handling costs incurred, as authorized under this subsection, 
in the form of eligible commodities, as defined in paragraph (2)(A), if 
the Secretary determines that such in-kind payment will not disrupt 
domestic markets.
    (6) The cost of commodities furnished under this subsection, and 
expenses incurred under section 406 of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1736] in connection 
with those commodities, shall be in addition to the level of assistance 
programmed under that Act [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.] and shall not be 
considered expenditures for international affairs and finance.
    (7) Eligible commodities furnished under this subsection may be sold 
or bartered only with the approval of the Secretary and solely as 
follows:
        (A) Sales and barter that are incidental to the donation of the 
    commodities or products.
        (B) Sales and barter to finance the distribution, handling, and 
    processing costs of the donated commodities or products in the 
    importing country or in a country through which such commodities or 
    products must be transshipped, or other activities in the importing 
    country that are consistent with providing food assistance to needy 
    people.
        (C) Sales and barter of commodities and products furnished to 
    intergovernmental agencies or organizations, insofar as they are 
    consistent with normal programming procedures in the distribution of 
    commodities by those agencies or organizations.
        (D)(i) Sales of commodities and products furnished to nonprofit 
    and voluntary agencies, or cooperatives, for food assistance under 
    agreements that provide for the use, by the agency or cooperative, 
    of foreign currency proceeds generated from such sale of commodities 
    or products for the purposes established in clause (ii) of this 
    subparagraph.
        (ii) Foreign currencies generated from partial or full sales or 
    barter of commodities by a nonprofit and voluntary agency or 
    cooperative shall be used--
            (I) to transport, store, distribute, and otherwise enhance 
        the effectiveness of the use of commodities and the products 
        thereof donated under this section; and
            (II) to implement income generating, community development, 
        health, nutrition, cooperative development, agricultural 
        programs, and other developmental activities.

    In addition, foreign currency proceeds generated in Poland may also 
    be used by governmental and nongovernmental agencies or cooperatives 
    for eligible activities approved by the joint commission established 
    pursuant to section 2226 of the American Aid to Poland Act of 1988 
    and by the United States chief of diplomatic mission in Poland that 
    would improve the quality of life of the Polish people and would 
    strengthen and support the activities of governmental or private, 
    nongovernmental independent institutions in Poland. Activities 
    eligible under the preceding sentence include--
            (I) any project undertaken in Poland under the auspices of 
        the Charitable Commission of the Polish Catholic Episcopate for 
        the benefit of handicapped or orphaned children;
            (II) any project for the reconstruction, renovation, or 
        maintenance of the Research Center on Jewish History and Culture 
        of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland, established 
        for the study of events related to the Holocaust in Poland;
            (III) any other project or activity which strengthens and 
        supports private and independent sectors of the Polish economy, 
        especially independent farming and agriculture; and
            (IV) the Polish Catholic Episcopate's Rural Water Supply 
        Foundation.

        (iii) Except as otherwise provided in clause (v), such 
    agreements, taken together for each fiscal year, shall provide for 
    sales of commodities and products for foreign currency proceeds in 
    amounts that are, in the aggregate, not less than 10 percent of the 
    aggregate value of all commodities and products furnished, or the 
    minimum tonnage required, whichever is greater, for carrying out 
    programs of assistance under this subsection in such fiscal year. 
    The minimum allocation requirements of this clause apply with 
    respect to commodities and products made available under this 
    subsection for carrying out programs of assistance under titles II 
    and III of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
    1954 [7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq., 1727 et seq.], and not with respect to 
    commodities and products made available to carry out the Food for 
    Progress Act of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 1736o].
        (iv) Foreign currency proceeds generated from the sale of 
    commodities or products under this subparagraph shall be expended 
    within the country of origin within a reasonable length of time, as 
    determined by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may permit 
    the use of proceeds in a country other than the country of origin--
            (I) as necessary to expedite the transportation of 
        commodities and products furnished under this subsection; or
            (II) if the proceeds are generated in a currency generally 
        accepted in the other country.

        (v) The provisions of clause (iii) of this subparagraph 
    establishing minimum annual allocations for sales and use of 
    proceeds shall not apply to the extent that there have not been 
    sufficient requests for such sales and use of proceeds nor to the 
    extent required under paragraph (3).
        (E) Sales and barter to cover expenses incurred under paragraph 
    (5)(a).
        (F) The provisions of sections 403(i) and 407(c) \1\ of the 
    Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 
    1733(i), 1736a(c)] shall apply to donations, sales and barters of 
    eligible commodities under this subsection.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.

The Secretary may approve the use of proceeds or services realized from 
the sale or barter of a commodity furnished under this subsection by a 
nonprofit voluntary agency, cooperative, or intergovernmental agency or 
organization to meet administrative expenses incurred in connection with 
activities undertaken under this subsection.
    (8)(A) To the maximum extent practicable, expedited procedures shall 
be used in the implementation of this subsection.
    (B) The Secretary shall be responsible for regulations governing 
sales and barter, and the use of foreign currency proceeds, under 
paragraph (7) of this subsection that will provide reasonable safeguards 
to prevent the occurrence of abuses in the conduct of activities 
provided for in paragraph (7).
    (9)(A) Each recipient of commodities and products approved for sale 
or barter under paragraph (7) shall report to the Secretary information 
with respect to the items required to be included in the Secretary's 
report pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (B). Reports 
pursuant to this subparagraph shall be submitted in accordance with 
regulations of the Secretary. Such regulations shall require at least 
one report annually, to be submitted not later than December 31 
following the end of the fiscal year in which the commodities and 
products are received; except that a report shall not be required with 
respect to fiscal year 1985.
    (B) Omitted.

(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title IV, Sec. 416, 63 Stat. 1058; July 10, 
1954, ch. 469, title III, Sec. 309, formerly Sec. 302, 68 Stat. 458, 
renumbered Sec. 309, Pub. L. 95-88, title II, Sec. 211(a)(1), Aug. 3, 
1977, 91 Stat. 548; amended May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, Sec. 212, 
70 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 85-483, Sec. 1, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 286; Aug. 
26, 1954, ch. 937, title IV, Sec. 402, 68 Stat. 843, as amended Pub. L. 
86-108, ch. II, Sec. 205(c), July 24, 1959, 73 Stat. 250; Pub. L. 87-
703, title II, Sec. 202, Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 611; Pub. L. 88-638, 
Sec. 4, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1038; Pub. L. 89-808, Sec. 3(c), Nov. 11, 
1966, 80 Stat. 1538; Pub. L. 91-233, Apr. 17, 1970, 84 Stat. 199; Pub. 
L. 92-603, title IV, Sec. 411(g), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1492; Pub. L. 
95-113, title XIII, Sec. 1302(a)(2), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 979; Pub. 
L. 97-253, title I, Sec. 110, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 766; Pub. L. 98-
258, title V, Sec. 502, Apr. 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 137; Pub. L. 99-83, 
title X, Sec. 1007, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 99-198, title 
XI, Secs. 1109, 1129, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1467, 1486; Pub. L. 99-
260, Sec. 16, Mar. 20, 1986, 100 Stat. 55; Pub. L. 100-203, title I, 
Sec. 1503, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-28; Pub. L. 100-277, Secs. 1-5, 
Apr. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 67, 68; Pub. L. 100-418, title II, Sec. 2225, 
Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1337; Pub. L. 101-513, title V, Sec. 562(part), 
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2032; Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, Secs. 1514, 
1575, title XVII, Sec. 1771(b)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3662, 3702, 
3807; Pub. L. 102-237, title III, Sec. 333, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 
1859; Pub. L. 102-289, Sec. 1, May 20, 1992, 106 Stat. 176; Pub. L. 103-
306, title V, Sec. 576(c), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1654; Pub. L. 104-
127, title II, Sec. 264, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 974.)

                       References in Text

    The Older Americans Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. 
L. 89-73, July 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 218, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 35 (Sec. 3001 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title note set out under section 3001 of Title 42 and Tables.
    The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
referred to in subsec. (b)(1), (6), (7)(D)(iii), is act July 10, 1954, 
ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, as amended, which is classified generally to 
chapter 41 (Sec. 1691 et seq.) of this title. Titles II and III of the 
Act are classified generally to subchapters III (Sec. 1721 et seq.) and 
III-A (Sec. 1727 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 41 of this title. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 1691 of this title and Tables.
    The Food for Progress Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), 
(7)(D)(iii), is Pub. L. 99-198, title XI, Sec. 1110, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 
Stat. 1472, which is classified to section 1736o of this title.
    This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(A), is act Oct. 31, 1949, 
ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, as amended, known as the Agricultural Act of 
1949, which is classified principally to this chapter (Sec. 1421 et 
seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
    Section 2226 of the American Aid to Poland Act of 1988, referred to 
in subsec. (b)(7)(D)(ii), is section 2226 of Pub. L. 100-418, which is 
set out as a note below.
    Section 407(c) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)], referred to in subsec. (b)(7)(F), was 
redesignated section 407(b) of that Act [7 U.S.C. 1736a(b)] by Pub. L. 
104-66, title I, Sec. 1011(e)(2), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 709.

                          Codification

    Subsection (b)(9)(B), which required the Secretary to submit an 
annual report to Congress on sales and barter, and use of foreign 
currency proceeds, under subsection (b)(7) of this section, terminated, 
effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as 
amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and 
Finance. See, also, page 46 of House Document No. 103-7.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 264(1)(A)(ii), inserted 
concluding provisions and struck out former concluding provisions which 
read as follows: ``No portion of the proceeds or services realized from 
sales or barter under this paragraph may be used to meet operating and 
overhead expenses, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) and 
except for personnel and administrative costs incurred by local 
cooperatives.''
    Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(iv). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 264(1)(A)(i), 
substituted ``a reasonable length of time, as determined by the 
Secretary, except that the Secretary may permit the use of proceeds in a 
country other than the country of origin--'' and subcls. (I) and (II) 
for ``one year of acquisition of such currency, except that the 
Secretary may permit the use of such proceeds (I) in countries other 
than the country of origin as necessary to expedite the transportation 
of commodities and products furnished under this subsection, (II) after 
one year of acquisition as appropriate to achieve the purposes of clause 
(i), and (III) in a country other than the country of origin, if such 
proceeds are generated in a currency generally accepted in such other 
country.''
    Subsec. (b)(8)(C). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 264(1)(B), struck out 
subpar. (C), which related to proposals by nonprofit and voluntary 
agencies or cooperatives to make eligible commodities available, notice 
and comment on issuance of final guidelines, and transmission of orders 
to Commodity Credit Corporation.
    Subsec. (b)(10) to (12). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 264(1)(C), struck out 
pars. (10) to (12) which, in par. (10), authorized Secretary to make 
available for disposition in each of fiscal years 1986 through 1990 not 
less than specified minimum quantities of eligible commodities, in par. 
(11), authorized Secretary to furnish eligible commodities in connection 
with concessional sales agreements entered into under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 or other 
statutes, or agricultural export bonus or promotion programs carried out 
under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act or other statutes, 
and, in par. (12), authorized funding for fiscal year 1988 for technical 
assistance for sale or barter of commodities under paragraph (7) to 
strengthen nonprofit private organizations and cooperatives in the 
Philippines.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-127, Sec. 264(2), struck out subsec. (c), 
which established 2 year pilot program relating to barter or exchange of 
dairy products for ultra-high temperature processed fluid milk, and 
required reports to Congress.
    1994--Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(ii)(IV). Pub. L. 103-306 added subcl. (IV).
    1992--Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(iv). Pub. L. 102-289 substituted ``(II)'' 
for ``and (II)'' and inserted before period at end ``, and (III) in a 
country other than the country of origin, if such proceeds are generated 
in a currency generally accepted in such other country''.
    1991--Subsec. (b)(7)(F). Pub. L. 102-237 made technical amendment to 
directory language of Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(5)(B). See 1990 
Amendment note below.
    1990--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1771(b)(2), substituted 
``hospitals and facilities, to the extent that they serve needy persons 
(including infants and children)'' for ``hospitals, to the extent that 
needy persons are served''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(1), inserted reference to 
title III of Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
    Subsec. (b)(3)(B)(i). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(2), substituted 
reference to section 403(a) of Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 for reference to section 401(b) of such Act.
    Subsec. (b)(5)(A). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(3), substituted 
reference to section 406 of Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 for reference to section 203 of such Act.
    Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(4), substituted reference 
to section 406 of Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954 for reference to section 203 of such Act.
    Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(ii). Pub. L. 101-513 substituted ``governmental 
and nongovernmental'' for ``such'' and inserted ``governmental or'' 
after ``activities of''.
    Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(iii). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(5)(A), inserted 
reference to title III of Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954.
    Subsec. (b)(7)(F). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1514(5)(B), as amended by 
Pub. L. 102-237, added subpar. (F).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1575, struck out subsec. (d) 
which established pilot program for barter of agricultural commodities 
for strategic materials not produced in sufficient amounts domestically 
and for which national stockpile or reserve goals are unmet.
    1988--Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 1(a), substituted 
``wheat, rice, feed grains'' for ``grains'' and inserted ``, and the 
products thereof,'' after ``price support operations''.
    Subsec. (b)(3)(D). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 2, added subpar. (D).
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 3, inserted at end ``In 
agreements with recipients of eligible commodities under this subsection 
(including nonprofit and voluntary agencies or cooperatives), subject to 
the availability of commodities each fiscal year, the Secretary, on 
request, shall approve multiyear agreements to make agricultural 
commodities available for distribution or sale by the recipients if the 
agreements otherwise meet the requirements of this subsection.''
    Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 1(b)(2), in introductory 
provisions struck out ``, and products thereof,'' after ``commodities''.
    Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(ii). Pub. L. 100-418 inserted provisions 
respecting use of foreign currency proceeds generated in Poland and 
describing activities eligible for such funds.
    Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 4(a), amended cl. (ii) generally. Prior to 
amendment, cl. (ii) read as follows: ``Foreign currency proceeds 
generated from the sales of commodities and products under this 
subparagraph shall be used by nonprofit and voluntary agencies, or 
cooperatives, for activities carried out by the agency or cooperative 
that will enhance the effectiveness of transportation, distribution, and 
use of commodities and products donated under this subsection, including 
food for work programs and cooperative and agricultural projects.''
    Subsec. (b)(7)(D)(iii). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 4(b), substituted ``10 
percent'' for ``5 percent'' and inserted ``, or the minimum tonnage 
required, whichever is greater,'' after ``furnished''.
    Subsec. (b)(8)(C). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 5, added subpar. (C).
    Subsec. (b)(10)(B)(i). Pub. L. 100-277, Sec. 1(b)(1), substituted 
``wheat, rice, feed grains,'' for ``grains'' in two places.
    1987--Subsec. (b)(12). Pub. L. 100-203 added par. (12).
    1986--Subsec. (b)(10)(B). Pub. L. 99-260 inserted ``or, in the case 
of fiscal year 1986, prior to March 31, 1986'' in two places.
    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1109(1), struck out 
provisions that such dairy products could also be donated through 
foreign governments and public and nonprofit private humanitarian 
organizations for assistance of needy persons outside the United States, 
that Commodity Credit Corporation could pay, with respect to commodities 
so donated, reprocessing, packaging, transporting, handling, and other 
charges, including cost of overseas delivery, and that in order to 
assure that any such donations for use outside the United States were 
coordinated with and would complement other United States foreign 
assistance, such donations had to be coordinated through mechanism 
designated by President to coordinate assistance under the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and were to be in addition 
to level of assistance programmed under that Act.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1109(2), in amending subsec. (b) 
generally, substituted provisions relating to furnishing of eligible 
commodities for purpose of carrying out programs of assistance in 
developing and friendly countries under title II of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and section 1736o of this 
title for provisions relating to furnishing of dairy products, rice and 
wheat (which had been acquired by Commodity Credit Corporation through 
price support operations) for purpose of carrying out title II of that 
Act.
    Pub. L. 99-83 added applicability to rice acquired by the Commodity 
Credit Corporation through price support operations.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-198, Sec. 1129, added subsec. (d).
    1984--Pub. L. 98-258 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted ``subsection'' for ``section'' wherever appearing, and added 
subsecs. (b) and (c).
    1982--Pub. L. 97-253 inserted provision that notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, dairy products may be donated for distribution 
to needy households in the United States and to meet the needs of 
persons receiving nutrition assistance under the Older Americans Act of 
1965, and that such dairy products may also be donated through foreign 
governments and public and nonprofit private humanitarian organizations 
for the assistance of needy persons outside the United States, and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation may pay, with respect to commodities so 
donated, reprocessing, packaging, transporting, handling, and other 
charges, including the cost of overseas delivery, and that in order to 
assure that any such donations for use outside the United States are 
coordinated with and complement other United States foreign assistance, 
such donations shall be coordinated through the mechanism designated by 
the President to coordinate assistance under the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and shall be in addition to the 
level of assistance programmed under that Act.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-113 struck out provision that no person who is 
eligible (or upon application would be eligible) to receive supplemental 
security income under title XVI of the Social Security Act shall be 
eligible, with certain exceptions, to participate in any program 
conducted under this section.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-603 inserted provision that persons eligible to 
receive supplemental security income under title XVI of the Social 
Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] shall not be eligible to 
participate in programs conducted under this section, with certain 
exceptions.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-233 changed priorities for sales over donations in 
the disposition of food commodities acquired under support programs 
insofar as dairy products, so acquired, are concerned by giving 
preference to the use of such products in nonprofit school lunch and 
similar feeding programs.
    1966--Pub. L. 89-808 struck out provisions of cl. (4) for donations 
of excess food commodities to nonprofit voluntary agencies registered 
with the Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid of the Foreign Operations 
Administration or other appropriate Federal agencies and 
intergovernmental organizations for use in assistance of needy persons 
and in nonprofit lunch programs outside the United States provisions for 
payment of charges in case of commodities made available for use within 
the United States, or their delivery free alongside ship or free on 
board export carrier at point of export, in the case of commodities made 
available for use outside the United States, and that assistance to 
needy persons provided in such cl. (4) be directed toward community and 
other self-help activities designed to alleviate the causes for the need 
for such assistance. See section 1721 et seq. of this title.
    1964--Pub. L. 88-638 directed that assistance to needy persons, 
insofar as practicable, be directed toward community and other self-help 
activities designed to alleviate the causes of the need.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-703 inserted ``and in nonprofit school lunch 
programs'' after ``needy persons'' in cl. (4).
    1959--Pub. L. 86-108 substituted ``waste of commodities whether in 
private stocks or acquired through price-support operations'' for 
``waste of commodities acquired through price-support operations''.
    1958--Pub. L. 85-483 permitted donation of food commodities for use 
in nonprofit summer camps for children.
    1956--Act May 28, 1956, authorized payment of cost of processing 
commodities into a form suitable for home or institutional use.
    1954--Act July 10, 1954, amended section generally to eliminate its 
applicability only to ``food'' commodities; to eliminate the necessity 
for a finding that commodities are in danger of a loss through 
``deterioration or spoilage''; to establish barter as a disposal method; 
and to expand the list of eligible domestic recipients.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 576(d) of Pub. L. 103-306 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and provisions set out 
below] shall take effect October 1, 1994.''


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-83 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 
of Pub. L. 99-83, set out as a note under section 2151-1 of Title 22, 
Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 
1302(b) of Pub. L. 95-113, set out as a note under section 2012 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Section 411(g) of Pub. L. 92-603 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Jan. 1, 1974.
    Pub. L. 93-233, Sec. 8(b)(2), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 956, as 
amended by Pub. L. 93-335, Sec. 1(b), July 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 291; Pub. 
L. 94-44, Sec. 3(b), June 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 94-365, 
Sec. 2(2), July 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 990; Pub. L. 95-59, Sec. 3(2), June 
30, 1977, 915 Stat. 255, provided that: ``The last sentence of section 
416 of the Act of October 31, 1949 [this section] (as added by section 
411(g) of Public Law 92-603) [see 1972 Amendment Note above] shall not 
be effective for the period ending September 30, 1978.''
    [Amendment by Pub. L. 93-335, effective July 1, 1974, see section 
1(c) of Pub. L. 93-335, set out as a note under section 1382 of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section 3 of Pub. L. 95-59 provided 
in part that the amendment of section 8 of Pub. L. 93-233 by section 
3(2) of Pub. L. 95-59 is effective July 1, 1977.]


                    Effective Date of 1966 Amendment

    Section 3(c) of Pub. L. 89-808 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Jan. 1, 1967.

                  Exceptions From Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Corporations of Department of Agriculture, boards of 
directors and officers of such corporations; Advisory Board of Commodity 
Credit Corporation; and Farm Credit Administration or any agency, 
officer, or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of said 
Administration excepted from functions of officers, agencies, and 
employees transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan 
No. 2, Sec. 1, effective June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set 
out as a note under section 2201 of this title.


              Donation of Surplus Agricultural Commodities

    Section 2223 of Pub. L. 100-418, as amended by Pub. L. 101-513, 
title V, Sec. 562(part), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2032; Pub. L. 103-306, 
title V, Sec. 576(a), (b), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1654, provided that:
    ``(a) Authority to Donate.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines for each fiscal year 
that (1) a donation under this section would not limit the Secretary's 
ability to meet urgent humanitarian needs for agricultural commodities, 
and (2) such donation would not cause a reduction in the price of the 
same or similar agricultural commodities produced in Poland[,] the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall donate, under the applicable provisions 
of section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1431(b)], 
for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1999, 8,000 metric tons of 
uncommitted stocks of eligible commodities of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under an agreement with the Government of Poland that the 
Government of Poland will sell such commodities and that all the 
proceeds from such sales will be used by governmental and 
nongovernmental agencies for eligible activities in Poland described in 
section 416(b)(7)(D)(ii) of that Act (as amended by section 2225 of this 
Act) that have been approved, upon application, by the joint commission 
described in section 2226 [of Pub. L. 100-418, set out below] and by the 
United States chief of diplomatic mission in Poland.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
        ``(1) the term `eligible commodities' has the same meaning as is 
    given such term in section 416(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 
    [7 U.S.C. 1431(b)(2)] and, in addition, includes feed grains, 
    soybeans, and soybean products; and
        ``(2) the term `nongovernmental agencies' includes nonprofit 
    voluntary agencies, cooperatives, intergovernmental agencies such as 
    the World Food Program, and other multilateral organizations.''


                        Use of Polish Currencies

    Section 2224 of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that:
    ``(a) Use of Polish Currencies.--Subject to subsection (b), 
nonconvertible Polish currencies (zlotys) held by the United States on 
the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 23, 1988] pursuant to an 
agreement with the Government of Poland under the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.] which are 
not assets of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be made available, 
to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts, for eligible activities in Poland described in 
section 416(b)(7)(D)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 
1431(b)(7)(D)(ii)] (as amended by section 2225 of this Act) and 
approved, upon application, by the joint commission described in section 
2226 [of Pub. L. 100-418, set out below] and by the United States chief 
of diplomatic mission in Poland.
    ``(b) Availability of Currencies.--Currencies available under 
subsection (a) are currencies available after satisfaction of existing 
commitments to use such currencies for other purposes specified by 
law.''


                            Joint Commission

    Section 2226 of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that:
    ``(a) Establishment.--The joint commission referred to in sections 
2223 and 2224 [of Pub. L. 100-418, set out above] and in section 
416(b)(7)(D)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 
1431(b)(7)(D)(ii)] (as amended by section 2225 of this Act) shall be 
established under an agreement between the United States Government, the 
Government of Poland, and nongovernmental agencies (as defined in 
section 2223) operating in Poland.
    ``(b) Membership.--The joint commission shall be composed of--
        ``(1) appropriate representatives of the Government of Poland;
        ``(2) appropriate representatives of nongovernmental agencies 
    which are parties to the agreement described in subsection (a); and
        ``(3) representatives from the United States diplomatic mission 
    in Poland, which may include a representative of the Foreign 
    Agricultural Service.''


                   Barter of Agricultural Commodities

    Section 4309 of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that: ``In recognition of 
the importance of barter programs in expanding agricultural trade, it is 
the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should expedite 
the implementation of section 416(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
U.S.C. 1431(d)) and section 1167 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1727g note and 1736aa), relating to the barter of agricultural 
commodities.''
    Pub. L. 98-180, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1151, 
provided that:
    ``(a) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture 
should exchange or barter, to the maximum extent practicable under the 
provisions of law specified in subsection (b), commodities (especially 
dairy products) owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for materials, 
goods, and equipment produced in foreign countries.
    ``(b) The provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are--
        ``(1) section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
    Act (15 U.S.C. 714b(h)),
        ``(2) section 310 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
    Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1692) [7 U.S.C. 1727g], and
        ``(3) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
    1431).''


                    Minimum Level of Food Assistance

    Annual minimum of food assistance made available to foreign 
countries to be not less than one-third of total amount of foreign 
economic assistance provided for each fiscal year, see section 4310 of 
Pub. L. 100-418, set out as a note under section 1691 of this title.


    Additional Levels of Flour, Cornmeal, Wheat, Soybeans, and Dairy 
  Products for Friendly Countries in Fiscal Years 1987, 1988, and 1989

    Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(a) [title VI, Sec. 646], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 
Stat. 1783, 1783-36, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(a) [title VI, 
Sec. 646], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341, 3341-36, provided that:
    ``(1) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Agriculture should make available not less than $10,000,000 worth of 
flour and cornmeal using the wheat and cornstocks of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation. Such flour and cornmeal shall be in addition to the 
traditional level of assistance made available under section 1114 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 [Pub. L. 97-98, enacting sections 1431e 
and 4004a of this title and amending section 4004 of this title], 
section 416(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1431(a)], 
section 4 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 [Pub. 
L. 93-86, 7 U.S.C. 612c note], and any other provision of law 
administered by the Secretary.
    ``(2)(a) During the three-year period beginning with the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1987, through the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1989, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to PVO's and 
cooperatives and to governments a total of at least 500,000 metric tons 
of wheat, 500,000 metric tons of soybeans, and 50 million pounds of 
dairy products under paragraph (11)(B) of section 416(b) of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1431(b)(11)(B)], notwithstanding 
paragraph (11)(c) of section 416(b) of such Act.
    ``(b) Commodities made available under this section during any 
fiscal year shall be--
        ``(1) subject to the agreement of recipient nations--
            ``(A) to acquire through commercial arrangements 
        agricultural commodities directly or by private purchases during 
        the fiscal year in an amount equal to 105 percent of the average 
        amount of such agricultural commodities acquired through 
        commercial arrangements during the 3 preceding years.
            ``(B) to permit the sale of commodities furnished under this 
        section in the recipient nation and to use the local currency 
        generated from such sales--
                ``(i) by PVO's and cooperatives to carry out approved 
            programs of assistance in the recipient nation;
                ``(ii) to operate lending programs in the manner 
            provided for in section 108 of Public Law 480 [probably 
            means former 7 U.S.C. 1708]; and
                ``(iii) to reimburse the United States in dollars for 
            costs incurred in furnishing such commodities, including 
            transportation and processing, during the same fiscal year 
            in which such costs were incurred. Reimbursements under this 
            paragraph may be made in local currencies generated from the 
            sale of the commodities under this paragraph if they are 
            used to pay expenses of the United States in the recipient 
            nation.
        ``(2) No greater than such amounts as is requested by recipient 
    nations.
    ``(c) To the extent practicable, commodities made available under 
this section shall be furnished in equal quantities during each of these 
fiscal years.
    ``(d) It is the sense of Congress that commodities provided for in 
this subsection be made available to PVO's and cooperatives operating in 
the Republic of the Philippines, and the government of the Philippines.
    ``(3)(a) During the three-year period beginning with the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1987, through the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1989, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to the friendly 
countries, under paragraph (b)(11)(A) of section 416 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1431(b)(11)(A)], at least 500,000 metric tons of 
wheat and 45 million pounds of dairy products, notwithstanding paragraph 
(11)(c) of section 416(b) of such Act.
    ``(b) Commodities made available to a nation under this section 
during any fiscal year shall be--
        ``(1) subject to the agreement of the Nation--
            ``(A) to acquire through commercial arrangements 
        agricultural commodities directly or by private purchases during 
        the fiscal year in an amount equal to 105 percent of the average 
        amount of such agricultural commodities acquired through 
        commercial arrangements during the preceding three years.
            ``(B) to sell any commodities furnished under this section 
        within the nation and to use the local currencies generated from 
        such sales to (i) establish and carry out lending programs in 
        such nations in the manner provided for in section 108 of the 
        Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
        [former 7 U.S.C. 1708] and (ii) reimburse the United States in 
        dollars for costs incurred in furnishing such commodities, 
        including transportation and processing, in the same fiscal year 
        in which such costs were incurred. Reimbursements under this 
        paragraph may be made in local currencies generated from the 
        sale of the commodities under paragraph (2) if they are used to 
        pay expenses of the United States in the recipient Nation.
        ``(2) No greater than such amounts as is requested by such 
    governments.
    ``(c) To the extent practicable, commodities made available under 
this section shall be furnished in equal quantities during each of the 
three fiscal years.
    ``(d) For purchases [purposes] of this section, the term `friendly 
countries' shall have the same meaning as that term has under the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1691 
et seq.].
    ``(e) It is the sense of Congress that commodities provided for in 
this subsection be made available to the Philippines and friendly 
countries of Africa.
    ``(4)(a) During the three-year period beginning with the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1987, through the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1989, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to PVO's 
cooperatives and governments, 460,000 metric tons of wheat, 137 million 
pounds of dairy products, and 180,000 metric tons of soybeans; under 
paragraph (11)(B) of section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 
U.S.C. 1431(b)(11)(B)], notwithstanding paragraph (11)(C) of section 
416(b) of such Act.
    ``(b) Commodities made available to a nation, or PVO's and 
cooperatives operating in such nation, under this section during any 
fiscal year shall be--
        ``(1) subject to the agreement of the nation--
            ``(A) to acquire through commercial arrangements 
        agricultural commodities directly or by private purchases during 
        the fiscal year in an amount equal to 105 percent of the average 
        amount of such agricultural commodities acquired through 
        commercial arrangements during the preceding three years;
            ``(B) to permit the sale of commodities furnished under this 
        section within the nation and to use the local currencies 
        generated from such sales (i) by PVO's and cooperatives to carry 
        out approved programs of assistance in the country and (ii) to 
        operate lending programs in the manner provided for in section 
        108 of Public Law 480 [probably means former 7 U.S.C. 1708]; and
            ``(C) to reimburse the United States in dollars for costs 
        incurred in furnishing such commodities, including 
        transportation and processing, in the same fiscal year in which 
        such costs were incurred. Reimbursements under this paragraph 
        may be made in local currencies generated from the sale of the 
        commodities under paragraph (2) if they are used to pay expenses 
        of the United States in the recipient nation.
        ``(2) No greater than such amounts as is requested by such 
    government.
    ``(c) To the extent practicable, commodities made available under 
this section shall be furnished in equal quantities during each of the 
three fiscal years.
    ``(d) For purposes of this section, the term `friendly countries' 
shall have the same meaning as that term has under the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.].
    ``(e) It is the sense of Congress that of the commodities made 
available under this subsection--
        ``(1) 400,000 metric tons of wheat, 80 million pounds of dairy 
    products and 180,000 metric tons of soybeans be made available to 
    Nigeria;
        ``(2) 1 million metric tons of wheat be made available to 
    friendly countries in Africa, other than Nigeria;
        ``(3) 30,000 metric tons of soybeans, and 50 million pounds of 
    dairy products be made available to India; and
        ``(4) 60,000 metric tons of wheat and 7 million pounds of dairy 
    products be made available to Bangladesh.''


  Commodity Distribution Program; Purchase of Agricultural Commodities 
     With Unexpected or Available Funds; Prohibition on Furnishing 
  Commodities to Summer Camps; Participation in Program of Individual 
             Receiving Supplemental Security Income Benefits

    Authority of Secretary to purchase and furnish agricultural 
commodities under commodity distribution programs and participation of 
individuals receiving supplemental security income benefits in such 
programs, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93-86, Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 249, 
set out as a note under section 612c of this title.


 Eligibility of Supplemental Security Income Recipients for Food Stamps 
                   During Period Ending June 30, 1977

    Individuals receiving supplemental security income benefits not to 
be considered members of households for any purpose of the food 
distribution program for families under this section for any month 
during the period ending June 30, 1977, if, for such month, such 
individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary 
payments of the type described in section 1382e(a) of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare, and the level of which has been found by the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to have been specifically 
increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps.


                         Home Economics Training

    Pub. L. 86-756, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 899, as amended by Pub. L. 
87-179, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 411, provided: ``That schools receiving 
surplus foods pursuant to clause (3) of section 416 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431) [clause (3) of this section] or section 32 
of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c) are authorized 
to use such foods in training students in home economics, including 
college students if the same facilities and instructors are used for 
training both high school and college students in home economics 
courses.''


 Authorization for Commodity Credit Corporation To Purchase and Donate 
            Flour, Cornmeal and Processed Food Grain Products

    Pub. L. 85-683, Aug. 19, 1958, 72 Stat. 635, as amended by Pub. L. 
88-550, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 755; Pub. L. 97-98, title XII, 
Sec. 1209, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1280; Pub. L. 106-387, Sec. 1(a) 
[title VII, Sec. 758], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-43, 
provided: ``That at any time Commodity Credit Corporation has any grain 
available for donation pursuant to the Food for Progress Act of 1985 [7 
U.S.C. 1736o], section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended 
[this section], section 210 of the Agricultural Act of 1956 [section 
1859 of this title], or title II of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act, as amended [sections 1721 to 1726 of this title], 
the Corporation, in lieu of processing all or any part of such grain 
into human food products, may purchase such processed food products in 
quantities not to exceed the equivalent of the respective grain 
available for donation on the date of such purchase and donate such 
processed food products pursuant to the Food for Progress Act of 1985, 
such section 416, and to such section 210, and make such processed food 
products available pursuant to such title II, and may sell, without 
regard to the provisions of section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, 
as amended [section 1427 of this title], a quantity of the grain 
equivalent to the processed food products so purchased: Provided, That 
no food product purchased pursuant to the authority contained herein 
shall constitute less than 50 per centum by weight of the grain from 
which processed (except that this limitation does not apply in the case 
of the protein byproduct resulting from the production of fuel alcohol 
from agricultural commodities), or contain any additive other than for 
normal vitamin enrichment, preservative, and bleaching purposes.''


        Irish Potatoes Acquired Under 1949 Price Support Program

    Section 3 of act Mar. 31, 1950, ch. 81, 64 Stat. 41, made Irish 
potatoes acquired under the 1949 price support program available to 
school-lunch programs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal, State, or 
local public welfare organizations, private or international nonprofit 
welfare organizations, penal institutions, and nonprofit hospitals.


                    Bartering Authority of Secretary

    Bartering authority of Secretary of Agriculture, exchange of 
agricultural commodities for strategic materials and materials for other 
purposes, cooperation of agencies, and assistance to cooperatives, see 
section 1692 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1428, 1431b, 1431c, 1431d, 
1444, 1446a, 1736a, 1736o, 4004, 5201, 7301 of this title; title 22 
sections 5413, 5425, 7201; title 42 sections 1761, 1762a, 1766, 1777, 
1786, 3030a, 3045f; title 46 App. section 1241f.
