2014 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 102 - Emergency Food Assistance (Sections 7501 - 7517)
Sec. 7506 - Assurances; anticipated use
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 102 - EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE Sec. 7506 - Assurances; anticipated use |
Contains | section 7506 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-8, title II, §203C, as added Pub. L. 98-92, §2(5), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 99-198, title XV, §1566, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1011(k), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 710. |
Statutes at Large References | 97 Stat. 610, 608 99 Stat. 1591 109 Stat. 710 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 98-8, Public Law 98-92, Public Law 99-198, Public Law 104-66 |
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(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, §203C, as added Pub. L. 98–92, §2(5), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, §1566, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, §1011(k), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 710.)
AMENDMENTS1995—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 DATEPub. L. 98–92, §2, Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 608, provided in part that this section is effective Oct. 1, 1983.
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