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[CITE: 7USC2036]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                     CHAPTER 51--FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2036. Availability of commodities for emergency food 
        assistance program
        

(a) Purchase of commodities

    From amounts made available to carry out this chapter, for each of 
fiscal years 1997 through 2002, the Secretary shall purchase 
$100,000,000 of a variety of nutritious and useful commodities of the 
types that the Secretary has the authority to acquire through the 
Commodity Credit Corporation or under section 612c of this title and 
distribute the commodities to States for distribution in accordance with 
section 7515 of this title.

(b) Basis for commodity purchases

    In purchasing commodities under subsection (a) of this section, the 
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable and appropriate, make 
purchases based on--
        (1) agricultural market conditions;
        (2) preferences and needs of States and distributing agencies; 
    and
        (3) preferences of recipients.

(Pub. L. 88-525, Sec. 27, as added Pub. L. 104-193, title VIII, 
Sec. 871(g), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2346.)
