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[CITE: 7USC7506]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                 CHAPTER 102--EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 7506. Assurances; anticipated use

    (a) The Secretary shall take such precautions as the Secretary deems 
necessary to assure that any eligible recipient agency receiving 
commodities under this chapter will provide such commodities to persons 
served by the eligible recipient agency and will not diminish its normal 
expenditures for food by reason of the receipt of such commodities. The 
Secretary shall also take such precautions as the Secretary deems 
necessary to assure that commodities made available under this chapter 
will not displace commercial sales of such commodities or the products 
thereof. The Secretary shall not make commodities available for donation 
in any quantity or manner that the Secretary, in the Secretary's 
discretion, determines may, substitute for the same or any other 
agricultural produce that would otherwise be purchased in the market.
    (b) Commodities provided under this chapter shall be distributed 
only in quantities that can be consumed without waste. No eligible 
recipient agency may receive commodities under this chapter in excess of 
anticipated use, based on inventory records and controls, or in excess 
of its ability to accept and store such commodities.

(Pub. L. 98-8, title II, Sec. 203C, as added Pub. L. 98-92, Sec. 2(5), 
Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 99-198, title XV, 
Sec. 1566, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 104-66, title I, 
Sec. 1011(k), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 710.)


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out at end ``The Secretary 
shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what 
extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.''
    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-198 inserted at end ``The Secretary 
shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what 
extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 98-92 provided in part that this section is 
effective Oct. 1, 1983.
