2015 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 100 - Agricultural Market Transition (Sections 7201 - 7334)
Subchapter III - Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Sections 7231 - 7237)
Sec. 7236a - Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 100 - AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION SUBCHAPTER III - NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS Sec. 7236a - Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton |
| Contains | section 7236a |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-127, title I, §136A, as added Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, §1000(a)(5) [title I, §104(c)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-291. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 113 Stat. 1536 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 104-127, Public Law 106-113 |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period beginning on October 1, 1999, and ending on July 31, 2003, the Secretary shall carry out a program to maintain and expand the domestic use of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States, to increase exports of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States, and to ensure that extra long staple cotton produced in the United States remains competitive in world markets.
(b) Payments under program; triggerUnder the program, the Secretary shall make payments available under this section whenever—
(1) for a consecutive 4-week period, the world market price for the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing United States price for a competing growth of extra long staple cotton; and
(2) the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the Secretary, is less than 134 percent of the loan rate for extra long staple cotton.
(c) Eligible recipientsThe Secretary shall make payments available under this section to domestic users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States who enter into an agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the program under this section.
(d) Payment amountPayments under this section shall be based on the amount of the difference in the prices referred to in subsection (b)(1) during the fourth week of the consecutive 4-week period multiplied by the amount of documented purchases by domestic users and sales for export by exporters made in the week following such a consecutive 4-week period.
(e) Form of paymentPayments under this section shall be made through the issuance of cash or marketing certificates, at the option of eligible recipients of the payments.
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, §136A, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(5) [title I, §104(c)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–291.)
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