TITLE 7-AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 1—COMMODITY EXCHANGES (sections 1 to 27f)
- § 1 — Short title
- § 1a — Definitions
- § 1b — Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term “swap”
- § 2 — Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce
- § 2a — Transferred
- § 5 — Findings and purpose
- § 6 — Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions
- § 6a — Excessive speculation
- § 6b — Contracts designed to defraud or mislead
- § 6b–1 — Enforcement authority
- § 6c — Prohibited transactions
- § 6d — Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in handling customer receipts; conflict-of-interest systems and procedures; Chief Compliance Officer; rules to avoid duplicative regulations; swap requirements; portfolio margining accounts
- § 6e — Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited
- § 6f — Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment
- § 6g — Reporting and recordkeeping
- § 6h — False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited
- § 6i — Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions
- § 6j — Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities
- § 6k — Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons
- § 6l — Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding
- § 6m — Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law
- § 6n — Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account
- § 6o — Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons
- § 6o–1 — Transferred
- § 6p — Standards and examinations
- § 6q — Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers
- § 6r — Reporting and recordkeeping for uncleared swaps
- § 6s — Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants
- § 6t — Large swap trader reporting
- § 7 — Designation of boards of trade as contract markets
- § 7a — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 734(a) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1718
- § 7a–1 — Derivatives clearing organizations
- § 7a–2 — Common provisions applicable to registered entities
- § 7a–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 734(a) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1718
- § 7b — Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity
- § 7b–1 — Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets
- § 7b–2 — Privacy
- § 7b–3 — Swap execution facilities
- § 8 — Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals
- § 9 — Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information
- § 9a — Assessment of money penalties
- § 9b — Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices
- § 9c — Notice of investigations and enforcement actions
- § 10 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 , 62 Stat. 992 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
- § 10a — Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association
- § 11 — Vacation on request of designation or registration as “registered entity”; redesignation or reregistration
- § 12 — Public disclosure
- § 12–1 — Omitted
- § 12a — Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities
- § 12b — Trading ban violations; prohibition
- § 12c — Disciplinary actions
- § 12d — Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements
- § 12e — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 123(a)(21)] , Dec. 21, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2763 , 2763A–410
- § 13 — Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution
- § 13–1 — Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures; punishment
- § 13a — Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses
- § 13a–1 — Enjoining or restraining violations
- § 13a–2 — Jurisdiction of States
- § 13b — Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment
- § 13c — Responsibility as principal; minor violations
- § 14 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–641, title I, § 110(5) , Nov. 10, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3561
- § 15 — Omitted
- § 15a — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–405, § 24 , Sept. 30, 1978 , 92 Stat. 877
- § 15b — Cotton futures contracts
- § 16 — Commission operations
- § 16a — Service fees and National Futures Association study
- § 17 — Separability
- § 17a — Separability of 1936 amendment
- § 17b — Separability of 1968 amendment
- § 18 — Complaints against registered persons
- § 19 — Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws
- § 20 — Market reports
- § 21 — Registered futures associations
- § 22 — Research and information programs; reports to Congress
- § 23 — Standardized contracts for certain commodities
- § 24 — Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions
- § 24a — Swap data repositories
- § 25 — Private rights of action
- § 26 — Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection
- § 27 — Definitions
- § 27a — Exclusion of identified banking product
- § 27b — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 725(g)(1)(A) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1694
- § 27c — Exclusion of certain other identified banking products
- § 27d — Administration of the predominance test
- § 27e — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 725(g)(1)(A) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1694
- § 27f — Contract enforcement
CHAPTER 2—COTTON STANDARDS (sections 51 to 65)
- § 51 — Short title
- § 51a — Extension of classification facilities to cotton growers
- § 51a–1 — Contracts with cooperatives furnishing classers; amount and type of payment
- § 51b — Licensing samplers; revocation and suspension of license
- § 52 — Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted
- § 53 — Licensing classifiers; revocation and suspension of license
- § 54 — Classification by Department of Agriculture; certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for classification
- § 55 — Fees and charges for cotton classing and related services; criteria; disposition of moneys and samples
- § 56 — Establishment of cotton standards; furnishing copies of established standards sold
- § 57 — Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards
- § 57a — Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards
- § 58 — General inspection and sampling of cotton
- § 59 — Offenses in relation to cotton standards
- § 60 — Penalties for violations
- § 61 — General regulations, investigations, tests, etc., by Secretary
- § 61a — Annual review meetings with cotton industry representatives; purposes, etc.
- § 62 — Definitions
- § 63 — Liability of principal for act of agent
- § 64 — Appropriation for expenses; appointment by Secretary of officers and agents; compensation
- § 65 — Separability
CHAPTER 3—GRAIN STANDARDS (sections 71 to 87k)
- § 71 — Short title
- § 72 — Omitted
- § 74 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 75 — Definitions
- § 75a — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 293(a)(2) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3237
- § 75b — Omitted
- § 76 — Standards and procedures; establishment, amendment, and revocation
- § 77 — Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary
- § 78 — Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States
- § 79 — Official inspection
- § 79a — Weighing authority
- § 79b — Testing of equipment
- § 79c — Omitted
- § 79d — Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs
- § 80 — Omitted
- § 84 — Licensing of inspectors
- § 85 — Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses; hearing; grounds; temporary suspension
- § 86 — Refusal of inspection and weighing services; civil penalties
- § 87 — Conflicts of interest
- § 87a — Records
- § 87b — Prohibited acts
- § 87c — Criminal penalties
- § 87d — Responsibility for acts of others
- § 87e — General authorities
- § 87e–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 110(b) , Nov. 9, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2061
- § 87f — Enforcement provisions
- § 87f–1 — Registration requirements
- § 87f–2 — Reporting requirements
- § 87g — Relation to State and local laws; separability
- § 87h — Funding
- § 87i — Omitted
- § 87j — Advisory committee
- § 87k — Standardizing commercial inspections
CHAPTER 4—NAVAL STORES (sections 91 to 99)
- § 91 — Short title
- § 92 — Definitions
- § 93 — Establishment of official naval stores standards
- § 94 — Supplying duplicates of standards; examination, etc., of naval stores and certification thereof
- § 95 — Prohibition of acts deemed injurious to commerce in naval stores
- § 96 — Punishment for violation of prohibition
- § 97 — Purchase and analysis by Secretary of samples of spirits of turpentine to detect violations; reports to Department of Justice; publication of results of analysis, etc.
- § 98 — Fees and charges for naval stores inspection and related services; establishment, collection, etc.; authorization of appropriations; administrative expenses
- § 99 — Separability
CHAPTER 5—IMPORTATION OF ADULTERATED SEEDS (section 111)
CHAPTER 6—INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL (sections 121 to 136y)
SUBCHAPTER I—INSECTICIDES (section 121)
SUBCHAPTER II—ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL (sections 135 to 136y)
- § 135 — Omitted
- § 136 — Definitions
- § 136a — Registration of pesticides
- § 136a–1 — Reregistration of registered pesticides
- § 136b — Transferred
- § 136c — Experimental use permits
- § 136d — Administrative review; suspension
- § 136e — Registration of establishments
- § 136f — Books and records
- § 136g — Inspection of establishments, etc.
- § 136h — Protection of trade secrets and other information
- § 136i — Use of restricted use pesticides; applicators
- § 136i–1 — Pesticide recordkeeping
- § 136i–2 — Collection of pesticide use information
- § 136j — Unlawful acts
- § 136k — Stop sale, use, removal, and seizure
- § 136l — Penalties
- § 136m — Indemnities
- § 136n — Administrative procedure; judicial review
- § 136o — Imports and exports
- § 136p — Exemption of Federal and State agencies
- § 136q — Storage, disposal, transportation, and recall
- § 136r — Research and monitoring
- § 136r–1 — Integrated Pest Management
- § 136s — Solicitation of comments; notice of public hearings
- § 136t — Delegation and cooperation
- § 136u — State cooperation, aid, and training
- § 136v — Authority of States
- § 136w — Authority of Administrator
- § 136w–1 — State primary enforcement responsibility
- § 136w–2 — Failure by the State to assure enforcement of State pesticide use regulations
- § 136w–3 — Identification of pests; cooperation with Department of Agriculture’s program
- § 136w–4 — Omitted
- § 136w–5 — Minimum requirements for training of maintenance applicators and service technicians
- § 136w–6 — Environmental Protection Agency minor use program
- § 136w–7 — Department of Agriculture minor use program
- § 136w–8 — Pesticide registration service fees
- § 136x — Severability
- § 136y — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 6A—NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION (sections 138 to 138i)
CHAPTER 7—INSECT PESTS GENERALLY (sections 141 to 149)
- § 141 — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–36, title I, § 111 , May 23, 1957 , 71 Stat. 35
- § 145 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–231, § 2 , Mar. 15, 1976 , 90 Stat. 216
- § 146 — Omitted
- § 147a — Transferred
- § 148 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, § 438(a)(6), June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
- § 148b — Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 4 , 54 Stat. 1111
- § 148c — Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, § 438(a)(6), June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
- § 148f — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 438(a)(9) , June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
- § 149 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 438(a)(5) , June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
CHAPTER 7A—GOLDEN NEMATODE (section 150)
CHAPTER 7B—PLANT PESTS (section 150aa)
CHAPTER 8—NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS (sections 151 to 167)
- § 151 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 438(a)(1) , June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
- § 155 — Omitted
- § 156 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 438(a)(1) , June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
- § 161a — Omitted
- § 162 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 438(a)(1) , June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
- § 165 — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–448, title IV, § 402(a)(13) , Aug. 19, 1964 , 78 Stat. 493
- § 165a — Omitted
- § 166 — Transferred
- § 167 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, § 438(a)(1) , June 20, 2000 , 114 Stat. 454
CHAPTER 8A—RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS (sections 171 to 178n)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 171 to 176)
- § 171 — Program for development of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants
- § 172 — Authorization of Secretary to appoint employees; delegation of powers; cooperation with other agencies; allotment of funds; leases of facilities and disposal of water
- § 173 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 174 — Omitted
- § 175 — Lease or sublease of unsuitable lands; disposal of water supply
- § 176 — Sale of guayule shrub to Reconstruction Finance Corporation
SUBCHAPTER II—CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS (sections 178 to 178n)
- § 178 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 178a — Definitions
- § 178b — Joint Commission on Research and Development of Critical Agricultural Materials
- § 178c — Research and development program by Secretary of Agriculture
- § 178d — Research and development program by Secretary of Commerce
- § 178e — Cooperative projects with Mexico, Australia, and Israel
- § 178f — Assistance from States and public agencies; contracts and agreements
- § 178g — Powers of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 178h — Powers of Secretary of Commerce
- § 178i — Coordination of activities with Federal agencies
- § 178j — Laws governing inventions under this subchapter
- § 178k — Disposition of byproducts and strategic and industrially important products
- § 178l — Rules and regulations
- § 178m — Report to President and Congress
- § 178n — Administration and funding
CHAPTER 9—PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS (sections 181 to 231)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL DEFINITIONS (sections 181 to 183)
SUBCHAPTER II—PACKERS GENERALLY (sections 191 to 198b)
Part A—General Provisions (sections 191 to 197c)
- § 191 — “Packer” defined
- § 192 — Unlawful practices enumerated
- § 193 — Procedure before Secretary for violations
- § 194 — Conclusiveness of order; appeal and review
- § 195 — Punishment for violation of order
- § 196 — Statutory trust established; livestock
- § 197 — Statutory trust established; poultry
- § 197a — Production contracts
- § 197b — Choice of law and venue
- § 197c — Arbitration
Part B—Swine Packer Marketing Contracts (sections 198 to 198b)
SUBCHAPTER III—STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS (sections 201 to 217b)
- § 201 — “Stockyard owner”; “stockyard services”; “market agency”; “dealer”; defined
- § 202 — “Stockyard” defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard
- § 203 — Activity as stockyard dealer or market agency; benefits to business and welfare of stockyard; registration; penalty for failure to register
- § 204 — Bond and suspension of registrants
- § 205 — General duty as to services; revocation of registration
- § 206 — Rates and charges generally; discrimination
- § 207 — Schedule of rates
- § 208 — Unreasonable or discriminatory practices generally; rights of stockyard owner of management and regulation
- § 209 — Liability to individuals for violations; enforcement generally
- § 210 — Proceedings before Secretary for violations
- § 211 — Order of Secretary as to charges or practices; prescribing rates and practices generally
- § 212 — Prescribing rates and practices to prevent discrimination between intrastate and interstate commerce
- § 213 — Prevention of unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive practices
- § 214 — Effective date of orders
- § 215 — Failure to obey orders; punishment
- § 216 — Proceedings to enforce orders; injunction
- § 217 — Proceedings for suspension of orders
- § 217a — Fees for inspection of brands or marks
- § 217b — Statutory trust established; dealer
SUBCHAPTER IV—LIVE POULTRY DEALERS AND HANDLERS (section 218)
SUBCHAPTER V—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 221 to 229c)
- § 221 — Accounts and records of business; punishment for failure to keep
- § 222 — Federal Trade Commission powers adopted for enforcement of chapter
- § 223 — Responsibility of principal for act or omission of agent
- § 224 — Attorney General to institute court proceedings for enforcement
- § 225 — Laws unaffected
- § 226 — Powers of Interstate Commerce Commission unaffected
- § 227 — Powers of Federal Trade Commission and Secretary of Agriculture
- § 228 — Authority of Secretary
- § 228a — Authority of Secretary to request temporary injunction or restraining order
- § 228b — Prompt payment for purchase of livestock
- § 228b–1 — Final date for making payment to cash seller or poultry grower
- § 228b–2 — Violations by live poultry dealers
- § 228b–3 — Judicial review of order regarding live poultry dealer
- § 228b–4 — Violation of final order by live poultry dealer; penalty
- § 228c — Federal preemption of State and local requirements
- § 228d — Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries
- § 229 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title XI , 11004(b), May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1356 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title XI, § 11004(b), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2118
- § 229a — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 913(a) , Oct. 22, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1205
- § 229b — Right to discuss terms of contract
- § 229c — Separability
SUBCHAPTER VI—CHARGE FOR INSPECTION (section 231)
CHAPTER 10—WAREHOUSES (sections 241 to 256)
- § 241 — Definitions
- § 242 — Powers of Secretary
- § 243 — Imposition and collection of fees
- § 244 — Quality and value standards
- § 245 — Bonding and other financial assurance requirements
- § 246 — Maintenance of records
- § 247 — Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products
- § 248 — Commingling of agricultural products
- § 249 — Transfer of stored agricultural products
- § 250 — Warehouse receipts
- § 251 — Conditions for delivery of agricultural products
- § 252 — Suspension or revocation of licenses
- § 253 — Public information
- § 254 — Penalties for noncompliance
- § 255 — Jurisdiction and arbitration
- § 256 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 11—HONEYBEES (sections 281 to 286)
CHAPTER 12—ASSOCIATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCERS (sections 291 to 292)
CHAPTER 13—AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES (sections 301 to 349)
SUBCHAPTER I—COLLEGE-AID LAND APPROPRIATION (sections 301 to 309)
- § 301 — Land grant aid of colleges
- § 302 — Method of apportionment and selection; issuance of land scrip
- § 303 — Management expenses paid by State
- § 304 — Investment of proceeds of sale of land or scrip
- § 305 — Conditions of grant
- § 306 — Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1028
- § 307 — Fees for locating land scrip
- § 308 — Reports by State governors of sale of scrip
- § 309 — Land grants in the State of North Dakota
SUBCHAPTER II—COLLEGE-AID ANNUAL APPROPRIATION (sections 321 to 329)
- § 321 — Secretary of Agriculture to administer annual college-aid appropriation
- § 322 — Annual appropriation
- § 323 — Racial discrimination by colleges restricted
- § 324 — Time, manner, etc., of annual payments
- § 325 — State to replace funds misapplied, etc.; restrictions on use of funds; reports by colleges
- § 326 — Ascertainment and certification of amounts due States; certificates withheld from States; appeal to Congress
- § 326a — Annual appropriations for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
- § 327 — Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(74) , 45 Stat. 991
- § 328 — Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved
- § 329 — Additional appropriation for agricultural colleges
SUBCHAPTER III—RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES (section 331)
SUBCHAPTER IV—AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION (sections 341 to 349)
- § 341 — Cooperative extension work by colleges
- § 342 — Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture
- § 343 — Appropriations; distribution; allotment and apportionment; Secretary of Agriculture; matching funds; cooperative extension activities
- § 343a — Repealed. June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 2 , 67 Stat. 85 , 86
- § 343d — Transferred
- § 343d–1 — Repealed. June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 2 , 67 Stat. 86
- § 343e — Repealed. Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 768, § 3 , 63 Stat. 940
- § 343f — Repealed. June 26, 1953, ch. 157, § 2 , 67 Stat. 86
- § 344 — Ascertainment of entitlement of State to funds; time and manner of payment; State reporting requirements; plans of work
- § 345 — Replacement of diminished, lost or misapplied funds; restrictions on use; reports of colleges
- § 346 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–185, title I, § 103(f)(1) , June 23, 1998 , 112 Stat. 528
- § 347 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–533, § 1(21) , June 29, 1960 , 74 Stat. 249
- § 347a — Disadvantaged agricultural areas
- § 348 — Rules and regulations
- § 349 — “State” defined
CHAPTER 14—AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS (sections 361 to 390d)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 361 to 386g)
- § 361 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 361a — Congressional declaration of purpose; definitions
- § 361b — Congressional statement of policy; researches, investigations and experiments
- § 361c — Authorization of appropriations and allotments of grants
- § 361d — Use of funds
- § 361e — Payment of allotments to State agricultural experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers; accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such replacement
- § 361f — Publications of experiment stations; free mailing
- § 361g — Duties of Secretary; ascertainment of entitlement of State to funds; plans of work
- § 361h — Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations
- § 361i — Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved
- § 362 — Transferred
- § 364 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 675
- § 365 — Transferred
- § 366 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 367 — Omitted
- § 368 — Transferred
- § 368c — Omitted
- § 369 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 377 — Transferred
- § 380 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 381 — Omitted
- § 382 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674 , 675
- § 384 — Card index of agricultural literature; copies to be furnished by Secretary
- § 385 — South Carolina Experiment Station; cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture; lump sum appropriation
- § 385a — Authorization of appropriations
- § 386 — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 386g — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(10) , 65 Stat. 701
SUBCHAPTER II—EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND VEGETABLES (sections 387 to 389a)
- § 387 — Station for semi-arid or dry-land regions; establishment
- § 387a — Authorization of appropriations
- § 388 — Station for southern Great Plains area; establishment
- § 388a — Authorization of appropriations
- § 389 — Transfer of certain dry land and irrigation field stations to States
- § 389a — Conditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation field stations; reservation of mineral rights
SUBCHAPTER III—RESEARCH FACILITIES (sections 390 to 390d)
CHAPTER 15—BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY (sections 391 to 399)
- § 391 — Establishment of bureau; appointment of chief; duties
- § 392 — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(11) , 65 Stat. 701
- § 393 — Sale of pathological and zoological specimens; disposition of moneys
- § 394 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10703(c)(3) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 518
- § 394a — Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products
- § 395 — Fees for rabies diagnoses; disposition of moneys
- § 396 — Inspection of livestock, hides, animal products, etc.; place; charges; disposition of funds
- § 397 — Omitted
- § 398 — Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results
- § 399 — Domestic raising of fur-bearing animals; classification
CHAPTER 16—BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY (sections 401 to 404)
CHAPTER 17—MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS (sections 411 to 450l)
- § 411 — Omitted
- § 411a — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2514(d) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4075
- § 411b — Transferred
- § 412 — Transferred
- § 413 — Transferred
- § 414 — Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 632, § 2 , 69 Stat. 553
- § 414a — Transferred
- § 415 — Transferred
- § 415–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7514 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 903
- § 415a — Omitted
- § 415b — Omitted
- § 415c — Omitted
- § 415d — Omitted
- § 415e — Transferred
- § 416 — Omitted
- § 417 — Transferred
- § 418 — Transferred
- § 419 — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(12) , 65 Stat. 701
- § 420 — Transferred
- § 421 — Omitted
- § 421a — Omitted
- § 422 — Omitted
- § 422a — Omitted
- § 423 — Transferred
- § 424 — Transferred
- § 425 — Transferred
- § 426 — Transferred
- § 426a — Omitted
- § 426b — Transferred
- § 426c — Transferred
- § 426d — Transferred
- § 427 — Transferred
- § 427a — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427b — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427c — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427d — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427e — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427f — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427g — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427h — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 427i — Transferred
- § 427j — Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 2 , 69 Stat. 674
- § 428 — Omitted
- § 428a — Transferred
- § 428b — Transferred
- § 428c — Transferred
- § 429 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(2) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 507
- § 430 — Transferred
- § 431 — Transferred
- § 432 — Transferred
- § 433 — Transferred
- § 434 — Transferred
- § 435 — Omitted
- § 436 — Omitted
- § 437 — Omitted
- § 438 — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–448, title IV, § 402(a)(26) , Aug. 19, 1964 , 78 Stat. 494
- § 439 — Omitted
- § 439a — Omitted
- § 439b — Omitted
- § 439c — Omitted
- § 439d — Omitted
- § 439e — Omitted
- § 440 — Transferred
- § 441 — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–36, title I, § 111 , May 23, 1957 , 71 Stat. 35
- § 442 — Transferred
- § 443 — Transferred
- § 444 — Transferred
- § 445 — Transferred
- § 446 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–133 , Aug. 4, 1959 , 73 Stat. 279
- § 447 — Transferred
- § 448 — Transferred
- § 449 — Transferred
- § 450 — Transferred
- § 450a — Transferred
- § 450b — Transferred
- § 450c — Transferred
- § 450d — Transferred
- § 450e — Transferred
- § 450f — Transferred
- § 450g — Transferred
- § 450h — Transferred
- § 450i — Transferred
- § 450j — Transferred
- § 450k — Transferred
- § 450l — Transferred
CHAPTER 18—COOPERATIVE MARKETING (sections 451 to 457)
- § 451 — “Agricultural products” defined
- § 452 — Supervision of division of cooperative marketing
- § 453 — Authority and duties of division
- § 454 — Advisers to counsel with Secretary of Agriculture; expenses and subsistence
- § 455 — Dissemination of crop, market, etc., information by cooperative marketing associations
- § 456 — Rules and regulations; appointment, removal, and compensation of employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations
- § 457 — Separability
CHAPTER 19—COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES (sections 471 to 476)
- § 471 — Statistics and estimates of grades and staple length of cotton; collection and publication
- § 472 — Information furnished of confidential character; penalty for divulging information
- § 473 — Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information
- § 473a — Cotton classification services
- § 473b — Market supply, demand, condition and prices; collection and publication of information
- § 473c — Rules and regulations
- § 473c–1 — Offenses in relation to sampling of cotton for classification
- § 473c–2 — Penalties for offenses relating to sampling of cotton
- § 473c–3 — Liability of principal for act of agent
- § 473d — Quality tests and analyses by Secretary for breeders and others; fees
- § 474 — Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; appropriation
- § 475 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 870 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1175
- § 476 — Acreage reports
CHAPTER 20—DUMPING OR DESTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE PRODUCE (sections 491 to 497)
- § 491 — Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty
- § 492 — Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 632, § 2 , 69 Stat. 553
- § 493 — Enforcement of provisions; prosecution of cases
- § 494 — Rules and regulations; cooperation with States, etc., officers and employees; expenditures
- § 495 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 496 — Validity of other statutes dealing with same subject
- § 497 — Separability
CHAPTER 20A—PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 499a to 499t)
- § 499a — Short title and definitions
- § 499b — Unfair conduct
- § 499b–1 — Products produced in distinct geographic areas
- § 499c — Licenses
- § 499d — Issuance of license
- § 499e — Liability to persons injured
- § 499f — Complaints, written notifications, and investigations
- § 499g — Reparation order
- § 499h — Grounds for suspension or revocation of license
- § 499i — Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty
- § 499j — Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty
- § 499k — Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission
- § 499l — Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs
- § 499m — Complaints; procedure, penalties, etc.
- § 499n — Inspection of perishable agricultural commodities
- § 499o — Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes
- § 499p — Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents
- § 499q — Separability
- § 499r — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1011(8) , Dec. 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1898
- § 499s — Depositing appropriations in fund
- § 499t — Omitted
CHAPTER 21—TOBACCO STATISTICS (sections 501 to 509)
- § 501 — Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated tobacco
- § 502 — Standards for classification; returns and blanks
- § 503 — Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties
- § 504 — “Person” defined
- § 505 — Access to internal-revenue records
- § 506 — Returns under oath; administration
- § 507 — Limitation on use of statistical information
- § 508 — Separability
- § 509 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 262 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 973
CHAPTER 21A—TOBACCO INSPECTION (sections 511 to 511s)
- § 511 — Definitions
- § 511a — Declaration of purpose
- § 511b — Official standards for classification; tentative standards; modification
- § 511c — Demonstration of official standards; samples; cost
- § 511d — Designation of markets; manner; inspection and related services; fees and charges
- § 511e — Sampling and weighing; cost; disposition of moneys received; expenses; purpose
- § 511f — Reinspection and appeal inspection; certificate as evidence
- § 511g — Placing of grade on warehouse tickets, etc.; form
- § 511h — Publication of information relating to tobacco
- § 511i — Offenses
- § 511j — Publication of violations
- § 511k — Penalty for violations
- § 511l — Act of agent as that of principal
- § 511m — Regulation; hearings; employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations
- § 511n — Hearings; examination of witnesses; refusal to testify or produce evidence
- § 511o — Separability
- § 511p — Delegation of duties by Secretary of Agriculture
- § 511q — Short title
- § 511r — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(b) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522
- § 511s — Grading of tobacco
CHAPTER 21B—TOBACCO CONTROL (sections 515 to 516)
CHAPTER 21C—TOBACCO REFORM (sections 518 to 519a)
SUBCHAPTER I—TRANSITIONAL PAYMENTS TO TOBACCO QUOTA HOLDERS AND PRODUCERS OF TOBACCO (sections 518 to 518f)
SUBCHAPTER II—IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSITION (sections 519 to 519a)
CHAPTER 22—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING (section 521)
CHAPTER 23—FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE (section 541)
CHAPTER 24—PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (section 551)
CHAPTER 25—EXPORT STANDARDS FOR APPLES (sections 581 to 590a)
- § 581 — Standards of export; establishment; shipping without certificate forbidden; hearings
- § 582 — Notice of establishment of standards; shipments under contracts made before adoption of standards
- § 583 — Foreign standards; certification of compliance
- § 584 — Exemptions
- § 585 — Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence
- § 586 — Refusal of certificates for violations of laws; penalties for violations
- § 587 — Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies; compensation of officers and employees; effect on other laws
- § 588 — Separability
- § 589 — Definitions
- § 590 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 590a — Estimates of apple production
CHAPTER 25A—EXPORT STANDARDS FOR GRAPES AND PLUMS (sections 591 to 599)
- § 591 — Standards of export; establishment; shipping without certificate forbidden; hearings
- § 592 — Notice of establishment of standards; shipments under contracts made before adoption of standards
- § 593 — Foreign standards; certification of compliance
- § 594 — Exemption of minimum quantities
- § 595 — Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence
- § 596 — Refusal of certificates for violations of law; penalties for violations
- § 597 — Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies; compensation of officers and employees; effect on other laws
- § 598 — Separability
- § 599 — Definitions
CHAPTER 26—AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT (sections 601 to 641)
SUBCHAPTER I—DECLARATION OF CONDITIONS AND POLICY (sections 601 to 602)
SUBCHAPTER II—COTTON OPTION CONTRACTS (sections 603 to 607)
- § 603 — Government owned cotton; transfer to Secretary of Agriculture; powers of Secretary
- § 604 — Borrowing money; expenditures; authority of Secretary
- § 605 — Repealed. June 30, 1947, ch. 166 , title II, § 206(d), 61 Stat. 208
- § 606 — Repealed. Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 34 , 49 Stat. 775
- § 607 — Sale by Secretary; additional options; validation of assignments; publication of information
SUBCHAPTER III—COMMODITY BENEFITS (sections 608 to 627)
- § 608 — Powers of Secretary
- § 608–1 — Omitted
- § 608a — Enforcement of chapter
- § 608a–1 — Repealed. Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 898 , title V, § 510, 50 Stat. 916
- § 608b — Marketing agreements; exemption from anti-trust laws; inspection requirements for handlers not subject to agreements
- § 608c — Orders
- § 608c–1 — Repealed. June 29, 1945, ch. 196 , 59 Stat. 263
- § 608d — Books and records
- § 608e — Repealed. July 3, 1948, ch. 827 , title III, § 302(d), 62 Stat. 1258
- § 608e–1 — Import prohibitions on specified foreign produce
- § 608f — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–106, § 9 , Aug. 4, 1965 , 79 Stat. 432
- § 609 — Processing tax; methods of computation; rate; what constitutes processing; publicity as to tax to avoid profiteering
- § 610 — Administration
- § 611 — “Basic agricultural commodity” defined; exclusion of commodities
- § 612 — Appropriation; use of revenues; administrative expenses
- § 612a — Omitted
- § 612c — Appropriation to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products
- § 612c–1 — Authorization for appropriations to increase domestic consumption of surplus farm commodities
- § 612c–2 — Technical support to exporters and importers of United States agricultural products; scope of support provided by Department of Agriculture
- § 612c–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1578 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 612c–4 — Purchase of specialty crops
- § 612c–5 — Section 612c funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs
- § 612c–6 — Domestic food assistance programs
- § 613 — Termination date; investigations and reports
- § 613a — Repealed. Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 898 , title V, § 510, 50 Stat. 916
- § 614 — Separability
- § 615 — Refunds of tax; exemptions from tax; compensating tax; compensating tax on foreign goods; covering into Treasury
- § 616 — Stock on hand when tax takes effect or terminates
- § 617 — Refund on goods exported; bond to suspend tax on commodity intended for export
- § 618 — Existing contracts; imposition of tax on vendee; collection
- § 619 — Collection of tax; provisions of internal revenue laws applicable; returns
- § 619a — Cotton tax, time for payment
- § 620 — Falsely ascribing deductions or charges to taxes; penalty
- § 621 — Machinery belting processed from cotton; exemption from tax
- § 622 — Omitted
- § 623 — Actions relating to tax; legalization of prior taxes
- § 624 — Limitation on imports; authority of President
- § 625 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(s) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1523
- § 626 — Import inventory
- § 627 — Dairy forward pricing pilot program
SUBCHAPTER IV—REFUNDS (section 641)
CHAPTER 26A—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGREEMENTS (sections 671 to 674)
CHAPTER 27—COTTON MARKETING (sections 701 to 726)
CHAPTER 28—TOBACCO INDUSTRY (section 751)
CHAPTER 29—POTATO ACT OF 1935 (section 801)
CHAPTER 30—ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS (sections 851 to 855)
CHAPTER 31—RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE (sections 901 to 950cc–2)
SUBCHAPTER I—RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (sections 901 to 918c)
- § 901 — Short title
- § 902 — General authority of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 903 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 904 — Loans for electrical plants and transmission lines
- § 905 — Fees for certain loan guarantees
- § 906 — Funding for administrative expenses
- § 906a — Use of funds outside the United States or its territories prohibited
- § 907 — Acquisition of property pledged for loans; disposition; sale of pledged property by borrower
- § 908 — Limitations on use of assistance
- § 909 — Administration on nonpolitical basis; dismissal of officers or employees for violating provision
- § 910 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 777 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1150
- § 911 — Acceptance of services of Federal or State officers; application of civil service laws; expenditures for supplies and equipment
- § 911a — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(a)(5) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3221
- § 912 — Extension of time for repayment of loans
- § 912a — Rescheduling and refinancing of loans
- § 913 — Definitions
- § 914 — Separability
- § 915 — Purchase of financial and credit reports
- § 916 — Criteria for loans
- § 917 — Prohibition on restricting water and waste facility services to electric customers
- § 918 — General prohibitions
- § 918a — Energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs
- § 918b — Acquisition of existing systems in rural communities with high energy costs
- § 918c — Rural and remote communities electrification grants
SUBCHAPTER II—RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE (sections 921 to 928)
- § 921 — Congressional declaration of policy
- § 921a — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6602(b)(13) , (14), Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4777
- § 922 — Loans for telephone service
- § 923 — State regulation of telephone service
- § 924 — Definition of telephone service and rural area
- § 925 — Loan feasibility
- § 926 — Certain rural development investments by qualified telephone borrowers not treated as dividends or distributions
- § 927 — General duties and prohibitions
- § 928 — Prompt processing of telephone loans
SUBCHAPTER III—RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAMS (sections 930 to 940i)
- § 930 — Congressional declaration of policy
- § 931 — Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- § 931a — Level of loan programs under Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- § 932 — Liabilities and uses of Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- § 933 — Moneys in the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- § 934 — Authorized financial transactions; interim notes; purchase of obligations for resale; sale of notes and certificates; liens
- § 935 — Insured loans; interest rates and lending levels
- § 936 — Guaranteed loans; accommodations and subordination of liens; interest rates; assignability of guaranteed loans and related guarantees
- § 936a — Prepayment of loans
- § 936b — Sale or prepayment of direct or insured loans
- § 936c — Refinancing and prepayment of FFB loans
- § 936d — Eligibility of distribution borrowers for loans, loan guarantees, and lien accommodations
- § 936e — Administrative prohibitions applicable to certain electric borrowers
- § 936f — Substantially underserved trust areas
- § 937 — Loans from other credit sources
- § 938 — Full faith and credit of the United States
- § 939 — Loan terms and conditions
- § 940 — Refinancing of rural development loans
- § 940a — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 780 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1151
- § 940b — Use of funds
- § 940c — Cushion of credit payments program
- § 940c–1 — Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes
- § 940c–2 — Rural development loans and grants
- § 940d — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(b) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4776
- § 940e — Expansion of 911 access
- § 940f — Extension of period of existing guarantee
- § 940g — Electric loans for renewable energy
- § 940h — Bonding requirements
- § 940i — Cybersecurity and grid security improvements
SUBCHAPTER IV—RURAL TELEPHONE BANK (section 941)
SUBCHAPTER V—RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (sections 950aa to 950aa–1)
SUBCHAPTER VI—RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS (sections 950bb to 950bb–6)
- § 950bb — Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas
- § 950bb–1 — Expansion of middle mile infrastructure into rural areas
- § 950bb–2 — Innovative Broadband Advancement Program
- § 950bb–3 — Community Connect Grant Program
- § 950bb–4 — Outdated broadband systems
- § 950bb–5 — Default and deobligation; deferral
- § 950bb–6 — Federal broadband program coordination
SUBCHAPTER VII—GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 950cc to 950cc–2)
CHAPTER 31A—TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS (sections 950aaa to 950aaa–5)
CHAPTER 32—PEANUT STATISTICS (sections 951 to 958)
- § 951 — Collection and publication; facts required; submission of report
- § 952 — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–105, § 2 , July 17, 1957 , 71 Stat. 306
- § 953 — Reports; by whom made; penalties
- § 954 — Grades and standards for classification
- § 955 — Limitation on use of statistical information
- § 956 — Rules and regulations; cooperation with departments, etc.; officers and employees; expenses of administration; authorization of appropriations
- § 957 — Definitions
- § 958 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1011(d) , Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 709
CHAPTER 33—FARM TENANCY (sections 1000 to 1040)
SUBCHAPTER I—TENANT PURCHASE LOANS AND MORTGAGE INSURANCE (sections 1001 to 1006c)
- § 1001 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 341(a) , Aug. 8, 1961 , 75 Stat. 318
- § 1006a — Loans to homestead or desertland entrymen and purchasers of lands in reclamation projects; security; first repayment installment
- § 1006b — Cancellation of entry or purchase upon loan default; entry or resale; conditions; satisfaction of indebtedness
- § 1006c — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 341(a) , Aug. 8, 1961 , 75 Stat. 318
SUBCHAPTER II—OPERATING LOANS (sections 1007 to 1008)
SUBCHAPTER III—LAND CONSERVATION AND LAND UTILIZATION (sections 1010 to 1013a)
- § 1010 — Land conservation and land utilization
- § 1010a — Soil, water, and related resource data
- § 1011 — Powers of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 1012 — Payments to counties
- § 1012a — Townsites
- § 1013 — Omitted
- § 1013a — Benefits extended to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands; “county” defined; payments to Governor or fiscal agent of county
SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1014 to 1040)
- § 1014 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 341(a) , Aug. 8, 1961 , 75 Stat. 318
- § 1026 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21 , 62 Stat. 862 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
- § 1027 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 341(a) , Aug. 8, 1961 , 75 Stat. 318
- § 1030 — Consolidation of agricultural credit and service offices
- § 1031 — Conveyance of mineral rights with land
- § 1032 — Transfer of rights and duties of Reconstruction Finance Corporation arising out of rehabilitation and farm tenancy loans to Secretary of the Treasury
- § 1032a — Disbursing and certifying officers; exemption from liability for advances to defense relocation corporations
- § 1033 — Sale of reserved mineral interests
- § 1034 — Persons to whom mineral interests sold; conveyances
- § 1035 — Sale of mineral interests; consideration; transfer of unsold interests to Secretary of the Interior
- § 1036 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–353, § 3(m) , Oct. 4, 1961 , 75 Stat. 774
- § 1037 — Sale of reserved mineral interests; disposition of proceeds
- § 1038 — Regulations; delegations of authority
- § 1039 — Time for filing purchase applications
- § 1040 — Farmers’ Home Administration funds account
CHAPTER 34—SUGAR PRODUCTION AND CONTROL (sections 1100 to 1172)
SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS (section 1101)
SUBCHAPTER II—QUOTA PROVISIONS (sections 1111 to 1123)
SUBCHAPTER III—CONDITIONAL-PAYMENT PROVISIONS (section 1131)
SUBCHAPTER IV—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (section 1151)
SUBCHAPTER V—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1171 to 1172)
CHAPTER 35—AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 (sections 1281 to 1401)
GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1281 to 1282a)
SUBCHAPTER I—ADJUSTMENT IN FREIGHT RATES, NEW USES AND MARKETS, AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUSES (sections 1291 to 1293)
SUBCHAPTER II—LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES (sections 1301 to 1393)
Part A—Definitions, Loans, Parity Payments, and Consumer Safeguards (sections 1301 to 1310a)
- § 1301 — Definitions
- § 1301a — References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after January 1, 1950
- § 1301b — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–835, title I, § 108 , Aug. 28, 1958 , 72 Stat. 993
- § 1302 — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792 , title IV, § 414, 63 Stat. 1057
- § 1303 — Parity payments
- § 1304 — Consumer safeguards
- § 1305 — Transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases on public lands upon request of State agencies
- § 1306 — Projected yields; determination; base period
- § 1307 — Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops
- § 1308 — Payment limitations
- § 1308–1 — Notification of interests; payments limited to active farmers
- § 1308–2 — Denial of program benefits
- § 1308–3 — Foreign persons made ineligible for program benefits
- § 1308–3a — Adjusted gross income limitation
- § 1308–4 — Education program
- § 1308–5 — Treatment of multiyear program contract payments
- § 1308a — Cost reduction options
- § 1309 — Normally planted acreage and target prices
- § 1310 — American agriculture protection program
- § 1310a — Normal supply of commodity for 1986 through 1995 crops
Part B—Marketing Quotas (sections 1311 to 1359ll)
subpart i—marketing quotas—tobacco (sections 1311 to 1316)
- § 1311 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522
- § 1314a — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–51, § 2 , July 7, 1967 , 81 Stat. 121
- § 1314b — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522
- § 1315 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(o) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1523
- § 1316 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(p) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1523
subpart ii—acreage allotments—corn (sections 1321 to 1330)
- § 1321 — Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regulation
- § 1322 — Repealed. Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041 , title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902
- § 1322a — Repealed. July 3, 1948, ch. 827 , title II, § 203(b), 62 Stat. 1256
- § 1323 — Repealed. Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041 , title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902
- § 1326 — Adjustment of farm marketing quotas
- § 1327 — Omitted
- § 1329a — Discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn
- § 1330 — Omitted
subpart iii—marketing quotas—wheat (sections 1331 to 1340)
- § 1331 — Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regulation
- § 1332 — National marketing quota
- § 1333 — National acreage allotment
- § 1334 — Apportionment of national acreage allotment
- § 1334a — Omitted
- § 1334a–1 — Summer fallow farms; upper limit on required set aside acreage for 1971 through 1977 wheat, feed grain, and cotton crops
- § 1334b — Designation of States outside commercial wheat-producing areas
- § 1335 — Small-farm exemption; small-farm base acreage; election; acreage allotment; land-use provisions; price support; wheat marketing certificates
- § 1336 — Referendum
- § 1337 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–703, title III, § 317 , Sept. 27, 1962 , 76 Stat. 622
- § 1338 — Transfer of quotas
- § 1339 — Land use
- § 1339a — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1613(j)(1) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 221
- § 1339b — Wheat diversion programs; credits in establishment of State, county and farm acreage allotments for wheat
- § 1339c — Feed grains diversion programs for 1964 and subsequent years; feed grain acreage considered wheat acreage and wheat acreage considered feed grain acreage
- § 1339d — Hay production on set-aside or diverted acreage; storage; emergency use; loans
- § 1340 — Supplemental provisions relating to wheat marketing quotas; marketing penalty for rice; crop loans on cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts
subpart iv—marketing quotas—cotton (sections 1341 to 1350a)
- § 1341 — Legislative findings
- § 1342 — National marketing quota; proclamation; amount; date of proclamation
- § 1342a — National cotton production goal
- § 1343 — Referendum
- § 1344 — Apportionment of national acreage allotments
- § 1344a — Exclusion of 1949 acreage in computation of future allotments
- § 1344b — Sale, lease, or transfer of cotton acreage allotments
- § 1345 — Farm marketing quotas; farm marketing excess
- § 1346 — Penalties
- § 1347 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–88, § 2 , Aug. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 494
- § 1348 — Payments in kind to equalize cost of cotton to domestic and foreign users; rules and regulations; termination date; persons eligible; amount; terms and conditions; raw cotton in inventory
- § 1349 — Export market acreage
- § 1350 — National base acreage allotment
- § 1350a — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 102(e) , Oct. 19, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2237
subpart v—marketing quotas—rice (sections 1351 to 1352)
subpart vi—marketing quotas—peanuts (section 1357)
subpart vii—flexible marketing allotments for sugar (sections 1359aa to 1359ll)
- § 1359aa — Definitions
- § 1359bb — Flexible marketing allotments for sugar
- § 1359cc — Establishment of flexible marketing allotments
- § 1359dd — Allocation of marketing allotments
- § 1359ee — Reassignment of deficits
- § 1359ff — Provisions applicable to producers
- § 1359gg — Special rules
- § 1359hh — Regulations; violations; publication of Secretary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the courts; United States attorneys
- § 1359ii — Appeals
- § 1359jj — Administration
- § 1359kk — Administration of tariff rate quotas
- § 1359ll — Period of effectiveness
Part C—Administrative Provisions (sections 1361 to 1379)
subpart i—publication and review of quotas (sections 1361 to 1368)
- § 1361 — Application of subpart
- § 1362 — Publication of marketing quota; mailing of allotment notice
- § 1363 — Review of quota; review committee
- § 1364 — Compensation of review committee
- § 1365 — Institution of proceeding for court review of committee findings
- § 1366 — Court review
- § 1367 — Stay of proceedings and exclusive jurisdiction
- § 1368 — Effect of increase on other quotas
subpart ii—adjustment of quotas and enforcement (sections 1371 to 1379)
- § 1371 — General adjustment of quotas
- § 1372 — Payment, collection, and refund of penalties
- § 1373 — Reports and records
- § 1374 — Measurement of farms and report of plantings; remeasurement
- § 1375 — Regulations
- § 1376 — Court jurisdiction; duties of United States attorneys; remedies and penalties as additional
- § 1377 — Preservation of unused acreage allotments
- § 1378 — Transfer of acreage allotments ensuing from agency acquisition of farmlands
- § 1379 — Reconstitution of farms
Part D—Wheat Marketing Allocation (sections 1379a to 1379j)
- § 1379a — Legislative findings
- § 1379b — Wheat marketing allocation; amount; national allocation percentage; commercial and noncommercial wheat-producing areas
- § 1379c — Marketing certificates
- § 1379d — Marketing restrictions
- § 1379e — Assistance in purchase and sale of marketing certificates; regulations; administrative expenses; interest
- § 1379f — Conversion factors
- § 1379g — Authority to facilitate transition
- § 1379h — Applicability of provisions to designated persons; reports and records; examinations by the Secretary
- § 1379i — Penalties
- § 1379j — Regulations
Part E—Rice Certificates (section 1380a)
Part F—Miscellaneous Provisions and Appropriations (sections 1381 to 1393)
subpart i—miscellaneous (sections 1381 to 1390)
- § 1381 — Omitted
- § 1383 — Insurance of cotton; reconcentration
- § 1383a — Written consent for reconcentration of cotton
- § 1384 — Repealed. Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(3) , 60 Stat. 866
- § 1385 — Finality of payments and loans; substitution of beneficiaries
- § 1386 — Exemption from laws prohibiting interest of Members of Congress in contracts
- § 1387 — Photographic reproductions and maps
- § 1388 — Utilization of local agencies
- § 1389 — Personnel
- § 1390 — Separability
subpart ii—appropriations and administrative expenses (sections 1391 to 1393)
SUBCHAPTER III—COTTON POOL PARTICIPATION TRUST CERTIFICATES (section 1401)
CHAPTER 35A—PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 1421 to 1472)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1421 to 1436a)
- § 1421 — Price support
- § 1421a — Financial impact study
- § 1421b — Costs of production
- § 1421c — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1011(c) , Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 709
- § 1421d — Commodity reports
- § 1422 — Increase of price support levels
- § 1423 — Adjustments of support prices
- § 1424 — Utilization of services and facilities of Commodity Credit Corporation
- § 1425 — Producer rights and liabilities
- § 1425a — Producers of honey; loan obligations and liabilities
- § 1426 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(I) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1427 — Commodity Credit Corporation sales price restrictions
- § 1427–1 — Quality requirements for Commodity Credit Corporation owned grain
- § 1427a — Reserve inventories for alleviation of distress of natural disaster
- § 1428 — Definitions
- § 1429 — Determinations of Secretary as final and conclusive
- § 1430 — Retroactive effect
- § 1431 — Disposition of commodities to prevent waste
- § 1431a — Cotton donations to educational institutions
- § 1431b — Distribution of surplus commodities to other United States areas
- § 1431c — Enrichment and packaging of cornmeal, grits, rice, and white flour available for distribution
- § 1431d — Donations for school feeding programs abroad; student financing; priorities
- § 1431e — Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects; reprocessing agreements with private companies
- § 1431f — Assistance to foreign countries to mitigate effects of HIV and AIDS
- § 1432 — Extension of price support on long staple cotton seeds and products
- § 1433 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–387, title I, § 101(b)(3) , Aug. 11, 1988 , 102 Stat. 931
- § 1433a — Forgiveness of violations; determinations
- § 1433b — Processing of surplus agricultural commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts
- § 1433c — Advance recourse commodity loans
- § 1433c–1 — Advance recourse loans
- § 1433d — Omitted
- § 1433e — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 281(b) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3233
- § 1433f — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(I) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1434 — Encouragement of production of crops of which United States is a net importer and for which price support programs are not in effect; authority to plant on set-aside acreage with no reduction in payment rate
- § 1435 — Production of commodities for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuels or other fuels; terms and conditions; determinations; payments, etc., for program
- § 1436 — Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing or grading agriculture commodities without charge
- § 1436a — Transfer of nonadministrative funds of Commodity Credit Corporation for classing and grading purposes
SUBCHAPTER II—BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 1441 to 1445k)
- § 1441 — Price support levels
- § 1441–1 — Omitted
- § 1441–1a — Marketing certificates for rice
- § 1441–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(A) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1441a — Cost of production study and establishment of current national weighted average cost of production
- § 1442 — Price support and acreage requirements for corn and other feed grains
- § 1443 — Omitted
- § 1444 — Cotton price support levels
- § 1444–1 — Omitted
- § 1444–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(B) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1444a — Corn and feed grains and cotton programs
- § 1444b — Feed grains; price support program
- § 1444c — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title IV, § 401(1) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3400
- § 1444e — Omitted
- § 1444e–1 — Loans and purchases for 1986 through 1996 crops of corn
- § 1444f — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(C) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1444f–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–237, title I, § 114(b)(2) , Dec. 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1840
- § 1445 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 612(a) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1523
- § 1445–3 — Purchase of inventory stock
- § 1445a — Wheat price support levels; “cooperator” defined
- § 1445b — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title III, § 301(1) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3382
- § 1445b–2 — Transferred
- § 1445b–3 — Omitted
- § 1445b–3a — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(D) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1445b–4 — Transferred
- § 1445b–5 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XI, § 1161(a)(2) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3520
- § 1445c — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title VIII, § 806(1) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3475
- § 1445c–2 — Omitted
- § 1445c–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(E) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1445d — Special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for 1978 through 1990 crop years
- § 1445e — Farmer owned reserve program
- § 1445f — International Emergency Food Reserve
- § 1445g — Production of commodities for conversion into industrial hydrocarbons; terms and conditions; incentive payments; regulations; appropriations; effective date
- § 1445h — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(F) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1445i — Multiyear set-aside contracts for 1986 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice
- § 1445j — Deficiency and land diversion payments
- § 1445k — Payments in commodities
SUBCHAPTER III—NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 1446 to 1450)
- § 1446 — Price support levels for designated nonbasic agricultural commodities
- § 1446a — Dairy products; availability through Commodity Credit Corporation
- § 1446a–1 — Use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for purchases of dairy products requirements for school and other programs
- § 1446b — Policy with regard to dairy products
- § 1446c — Domestic disposal programs for dairy products
- § 1446c–1 — Reduction of dairy product inventories
- § 1446c–2 — Domestic casein industry
- § 1446d — Omitted
- § 1446e — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 141(g) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 915
- § 1446e–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 145(e) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 918
- § 1446f — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 171(b)(2)(H) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 938
- § 1446i — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 119(a)(6) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3208
- § 1447 — Price support levels for other nonbasic agricultural commodities
- § 1448 — Price support levels for storable nonbasic agricultural commodities
- § 1449 — Determination of price support level
- § 1450 — Repealed. Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041 , title II, § 203(b), 68 Stat. 899
SUBCHAPTER IV—ACREAGE BASE AND YIELD SYSTEM (section 1461)
SUBCHAPTER V—EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988 (sections 1471 to 1472)
- § 1471 — Definitions
- § 1471a — Emergency livestock assistance
- § 1471b — Determination of need for assistance
- § 1471c — Eligible producers
- § 1471d — Assistance programs
- § 1471e — Additional assistance
- § 1471f — Use of Commodity Credit Corporation
- § 1471g — Benefits limitation
- § 1471h — Ineligibility
- § 1471i — Administration
- § 1471j — Penalties
- § 1472 — Assistance for livestock producers
CHAPTER 36—CROP INSURANCE (sections 1501 to 1531)
SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE (sections 1501 to 1524)
- § 1501 — Short title and application of other provisions
- § 1502 — Purpose; definitions; protection of information; relation to other laws
- § 1503 — Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; creation; offices
- § 1504 — Capital stock of Corporation
- § 1504a — Capitalization of Corporation
- § 1505 — Management of Corporation
- § 1506 — General powers
- § 1506a — Omitted
- § 1507 — Personnel of Corporation
- § 1508 — Crop insurance
- § 1508a — Double insurance and prevented planting
- § 1508b — Stacked Income Protection Plan for producers of upland cotton
- § 1508c — Peanut revenue crop insurance
- § 1508d — Coverage for forage and grazing
- § 1509 — Exemption of indemnities from levy
- § 1510 — Deposit and investment of funds; Federal Reserve banks as fiscal agents
- § 1511 — Tax exemption
- § 1512 — Corporation as fiscal agent of Government
- § 1513 — Books of account and annual reports of Corporation
- § 1514 — Crimes and offenses
- § 1515 — Program compliance and integrity
- § 1516 — Funding
- § 1517 — Separability
- § 1518 — “Agricultural commodity” defined
- § 1519 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 196(j) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 950
- § 1520 — Producer eligibility
- § 1521 — Ineligibility for catastrophic risk and noninsured assistance payments
- § 1522 — Research and development
- § 1523 — Pilot programs
- § 1524 — Education and risk management assistance
SUBCHAPTER II—SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE (section 1531)
CHAPTER 37—SEEDS (sections 1551 to 1611)
SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS (sections 1561 to 1562)
SUBCHAPTER II—INTERSTATE COMMERCE (sections 1571 to 1575)
SUBCHAPTER III—FOREIGN COMMERCE (sections 1581 to 1586)
SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1591 to 1610)
- § 1591 — Delegation of duties
- § 1592 — Rules and regulations
- § 1593 — Standards, tests, tolerances
- § 1593a — Seed variety information and survey
- § 1594 — Prohibition against alterations
- § 1595 — Seizure
- § 1596 — Penalties
- § 1597 — Agent’s acts as binding principal
- § 1598 — Notice of intention to prosecute
- § 1599 — Cease and desist proceedings
- § 1600 — Appeal to court of appeals
- § 1601 — Enforcement of order
- § 1602 — Separability
- § 1603 — Procedural powers; witness fees and mileage
- § 1604 — Publication
- § 1605 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1606 — Authorization of expenditures
- § 1607 — Cooperation with other governmental agencies
- § 1608 — Separability
- § 1609 — Repeals
- § 1610 — Effective date
SUBCHAPTER V—SALE OF UNCERTIFIED SEED OF PROTECTED VARIETY (section 1611)
CHAPTER 38—DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (sections 1621 to 1639s)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1621 to 1633)
- § 1621 — Congressional declaration of purpose; use of existing facilities; cooperation with States
- § 1622 — Duties of Secretary relating to agricultural products
- § 1622a — Authority to assist farmers and elevator operators
- § 1622b — Specialty crops market news allocation
- § 1622c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10002 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 940
- § 1623 — Authorization of appropriations; allotments to States
- § 1623a — Omitted
- § 1624 — Cooperation with Government and State agencies, private research organizations, etc.; rules and regulations
- § 1625 — Transfer and consolidation of functions, powers, bureaus, etc.
- § 1626 — Definitions
- § 1627 — Appointment of personnel; compensation; employment of specialists
- § 1627a — Sheep production and marketing grant program
- § 1627b — National Sheep Industry Improvement Center
- § 1627c — Local agriculture market program
- § 1628 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–86, § 2 , Aug. 10, 1973 , 87 Stat. 246
- § 1629 — Establishment of committees to assist in research and service programs
- § 1630 — Omitted
- § 1631 — Protection for purchasers of farm products
- § 1632 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7303 , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 455
- § 1632a — Agricultural marketing resource center pilot project
- § 1632b — Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program
- § 1632c — Acer access and development program
- § 1632d — Dairy business innovation initiatives
- § 1632e — Cattle Contracts Library
- § 1633 — Cooperation with State agencies in administration and enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests; coordination of administration of Federal and State laws
SUBCHAPTER II—LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING (sections 1635 to 1636i)
Part A—Purpose; Definitions (sections 1635 to 1635a)
Part B—Cattle Reporting (sections 1635d to 1635f)
Part C—Swine Reporting (sections 1635i to 1635k)
Part D—Lamb Reporting (section 1635m)
Part E—Administration (sections 1636 to 1636i)
- § 1636 — General provisions
- § 1636a — Unlawful acts
- § 1636b — Enforcement
- § 1636c — Fees
- § 1636d — Recordkeeping
- § 1636e — Voluntary reporting
- § 1636f — Publication of information on retail purchase prices for representative meat products
- § 1636g — Suspension authority regarding specific terms of price reporting requirements
- § 1636h — Federal preemption
- § 1636i — Termination of authority
SUBCHAPTER III—DAIRY PRODUCT MANDATORY REPORTING (sections 1637 to 1637b)
SUBCHAPTER IV—COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING (sections 1638 to 1638d)
SUBCHAPTER V—NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED FOOD DISCLOSURE STANDARD (sections 1639 to 1639c)
SUBCHAPTER VI—LABELING OF CERTAIN FOOD (sections 1639i to 1639j)
SUBCHAPTER VII—HEMP PRODUCTION (sections 1639o to 1639s)
CHAPTER 39—STABILIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL WHEAT MARKET (sections 1641 to 1642)
CHAPTER 40—HALOGETON GLOMERATUS CONTROL (section 1651)
CHAPTER 41—FOOD FOR PEACE (sections 1691 to 1738r)
SUBCHAPTER I—BARTER (sections 1692 to 1693)
SUBCHAPTER II—ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SECURITY (sections 1701 to 1708)
- § 1701 — Economic assistance and food security
- § 1702 — Agreements regarding eligible countries and private entities
- § 1703 — Terms and conditions of sales
- § 1704 — Use of local currency payment
- § 1704a — Agreements for use of foreign currencies; reports to Congress
- § 1704b — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–214, § 7(4) , July 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 173
- § 1704c — Payments by Secretary of Defense in liquidation of amount due for foreign currencies
- § 1705 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II , §§ 206, 265(a), Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 953 , 974
- § 1707 — Omitted
- § 1707a — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1574 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 1707b — Omitted
- § 1708 — Omitted
SUBCHAPTER III—EMERGENCY AND PRIVATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (sections 1721 to 1726c)
- § 1721 — General authority
- § 1722 — Provision of agricultural commodities
- § 1723 — Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives
- § 1724 — Levels of assistance
- § 1725 — Food Aid Consultative Group
- § 1726 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title III, § 3006 , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 282
- § 1726a — Administration
- § 1726b — International food relief partnership
- § 1726c — Local and regional food aid procurement projects
SUBCHAPTER III–A—FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT (sections 1727 to 1727f)
SUBCHAPTER III–B—EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE (sections 1728 to 1728b)
SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS (sections 1731 to 1736dd)
- § 1731 — Commodity determinations
- § 1732 — Definitions
- § 1733 — General provisions
- § 1734 — Agreements
- § 1735 — Consultation
- § 1736 — Use of Commodity Credit Corporation
- § 1736–1 — Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance
- § 1736a — Administrative provisions
- § 1736b — Expiration date
- § 1736c — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II , §§ 218, 219, Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 957
- § 1736e — Debt forgiveness
- § 1736f — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1736f–1 — Establishment of commodity trust
- § 1736g — Coordination of foreign assistance programs
- § 1736g–1 — Assistance in furtherance of narcotics control objectives of United States
- § 1736g–2 — Micronutrient fortification programs
- § 1736g–3 — Use of certain local currency
- § 1736h — Congressional consultation on bilateral commodity supply agreements
- § 1736i — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1573 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 1736l — Consultation on grain marketing
- § 1736m — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II , §§ 226, 266, Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 962 , 974
- § 1736o — Food for progress
- § 1736o–1 — McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program
- § 1736p — Trade policy declaration
- § 1736q — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 268 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 975
- § 1736r — Trade negotiations policy
- § 1736s — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1572(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 1736u — Cooperator market development program
- § 1736v — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1572(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 1736y — Contract sanctity and producer embargo protection
- § 1736z — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1572(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 1736bb — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 271(a) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 976
- § 1736cc — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1577 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 1736dd — International food security technical assistance
SUBCHAPTER V—FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM (section 1737)
SUBCHAPTER VI—ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE (sections 1738 to 1738r)
- § 1738 — Establishment of Facility
- § 1738a — Purpose
- § 1738b — Eligibility for benefits under Facility
- § 1738c — Reduction of certain debt
- § 1738d — Repayment of principal
- § 1738e — Interest of new obligations
- § 1738f — Environmental framework agreements
- § 1738g — Enterprise for the Americas environmental funds
- § 1738h — Disbursement of environmental funds
- § 1738i — Enterprise for the Americas Board
- § 1738j — Oversight
- § 1738k — Eligible activities and grantees
- § 1738l — Encouraging multilateral debt donations
- § 1738m — Annual report to Congress
- § 1738n — Consultations with Congress
- § 1738o — Sale of qualified debt to eligible countries
- § 1738p — Sale, reduction, or cancellation of qualified debt to facilitate certain debt swaps
- § 1738q — Notification to congressional committees
- § 1738r — “Qualified debt” defined
CHAPTER 42—AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SET-ASIDE (sections 1741 to 1749)
- § 1741 — Maximum and minimum quantities for set-aside; “commodity set-aside” defined
- § 1742 — Determination of commodity value for set-aside
- § 1743 — Reduction of set-aside
- § 1744 — Sale of commodities in set-aside; exemption from pricing limitations
- § 1745 — Computation of carryover
- § 1746 — Records and accounts
- § 1747 — Authorization of appropriations; determination of value of transferred commodity
- § 1748 — Annual reports by agricultural attachés
- § 1749 — Attaché educational program
CHAPTER 43—FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT (sections 1761 to 1769)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS; AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS AND AGRICULTURAL ATTACHÉS (sections 1761 to 1765)
SUBCHAPTER II—UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL TRADE OFFICES (sections 1765a to 1765g)
- § 1765a — Agricultural Trade Offices
- § 1765b — Functions
- § 1765b–1 — Omitted
- § 1765c — Performance of functions in foreign localities
- § 1765d — Acquisition of property
- § 1765d–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 213 , Sept. 30, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1365
- § 1765e — Location of offices
- § 1765f — Availability of agency services, personnel, and facilities
- § 1765g — Availability of reports and dispatches
SUBCHAPTER III—REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES, REGULATIONS, GENERAL PROVISIONS, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS (sections 1765h to 1769)
- § 1765h — Representation allowance
- § 1766 — Rules and regulations; advance payment for rent and other service; funds for courtesies to foreign representatives
- § 1766a — Presidential regulations
- § 1766b — Language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad
- § 1766c — Allowances and benefits
- § 1767 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1768 — Foreign Operations Administration unaffected
- § 1769 — “Agricultural commodity” defined
CHAPTER 44—WOOL PROGRAM (sections 1781 to 1782)
CHAPTER 45—SOIL BANK PROGRAM (sections 1801 to 1838)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (section 1801)
SUBCHAPTER II—ACREAGE RESERVE PROGRAM (section 1821)
SUBCHAPTER III—CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (sections 1831 to 1832)
SUBCHAPTER IV—CROPLAND ADJUSTMENTS (section 1838)
CHAPTER 46—SURPLUS DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 1851 to 1860)
- § 1851 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II , §§ 274, 275, Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 976
- § 1852a — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–475, § 8 , Aug. 11, 1968 , 82 Stat. 703
- § 1853 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 412(c) , Dec. 8, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4964
- § 1854 — Agreements limiting imports
- § 1855 — Supplemental appropriations to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products
- § 1856 — Transfer of bartered materials to supplemental stockpile; limitation of acquisition to certain programs; authorization of appropriations
- § 1857 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 274 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 976
- § 1858 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–544, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 658
- § 1859 — Donation to penal and correctional institutions
- § 1860 — Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control projects
CHAPTER 47—INTERCHANGE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE EMPLOYEES (section 1881)
CHAPTER 48—HUMANE METHODS OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER (sections 1901 to 1907)
- § 1901 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 1902 — Humane methods
- § 1903 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b) , Oct. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1069
- § 1904 — Methods research; designation of methods
- § 1905 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b) , Oct. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1069
- § 1906 — Exemption of ritual slaughter
- § 1907 — Practices involving nonambulatory livestock
CHAPTER 49—CONSULTATION ON AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS (sections 1911 to 1913)
- § 1911 — Consultation of Secretary of Agriculture with farmers, farm and commodity organizations and other persons and organizations; travel and per diem expenses
- § 1912 — Submission of legislative proposals
- § 1913 — Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under other provisions of law and to establish and consult with advisory committees
CHAPTER 50—AGRICULTURAL CREDIT (sections 1921 to 2009ee)
SUBCHAPTER I—REAL ESTATE LOANS (sections 1922 to 1936c)
- § 1922 — Persons eligible for real estate loans
- § 1923 — Purposes of loans
- § 1924 — Conservation loan and loan guarantee program
- § 1925 — Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans
- § 1926 — Water and waste facility loans and grants
- § 1926–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 702 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1108
- § 1926a — Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program
- § 1926b — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 743 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1125
- § 1926c — Water and waste facility loans and grants to alleviate health risks
- § 1926d — Water systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska
- § 1926e — Rural decentralized water systems
- § 1926f — Contracts with not-for-profit third parties
- § 1927 — Repayment requirements
- § 1927a — Loan interest rates charged by Farmers Home Administration; grant funds associated with loans
- § 1928 — Full faith and credit
- § 1929 — Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
- § 1929–1 — Level of loan programs under Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
- § 1929a — Rural Development Insurance Fund
- § 1929b — Purchase of guaranteed portions of loans; terms and conditions; exercise of authorities
- § 1930 — Continued availability of appropriated funds for direct real estate loans to farmers and ranchers
- § 1931 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 746 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1125
- § 1932 — Assistance for rural entities
- § 1933 — Guaranteed rural housing loans; Hawaiian home lands
- § 1934 — Low-income farm ownership loan program; eligibility; repayment requirements
- § 1935 — Down payment loan program
- § 1936 — Beginning farmer or rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher contract land sales program
- § 1936a — Use of rural development loans and grants for other purposes
- § 1936b — Intermediary relending program
- § 1936c — Relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland
SUBCHAPTER II—OPERATING LOANS (sections 1941 to 1949)
- § 1941 — Persons eligible for loans
- § 1942 — Purposes of loans
- § 1943 — Limitations on amount of operating loans
- § 1944 — Soil conservation district loans; limitation; purchase of conservation equipment
- § 1945 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 613 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1089
- § 1946 — Liability of borrower
- § 1947 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI , §§ 615, 616(a), Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1090
- § 1949 — Graduation of borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to private commercial credit
SUBCHAPTER III—EMERGENCY LOANS (sections 1961 to 1971)
- § 1961 — Eligibility for loans
- § 1962 — Loan determination factors; written credit declinations
- § 1963 — Purpose and extent of loans
- § 1964 — Terms of loans
- § 1965 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–334, title I, § 120 , Aug. 4, 1978 , 92 Stat. 427
- § 1966 — Emergency Credit Revolving Fund utilization
- § 1967 — Addition to Emergency Credit Revolving Fund of sums from liquidation of loans; authorization of appropriations
- § 1968 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 626 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1092
- § 1969 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–24, § 1 , Apr. 20, 1973 , 87 Stat. 24
- § 1970 — Eligibility for assistance based on production loss
- § 1971 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XIII, § 1308(d) , Dec. 23, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1523
SUBCHAPTER IV—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 1981 to 2008x)
- § 1981 — Farmers Home Administration
- § 1981a — Loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures
- § 1981b — Farm loan interest rates
- § 1981c — Oil and gas royalty payments on loans
- § 1981d — Notice of loan service programs
- § 1981e — Planting and production history guidelines
- § 1981f — Underwriting forms and standards
- § 1982 — Relief for mobilized military reservists from certain agricultural loan obligations
- § 1983 — Special conditions and limitations on loans
- § 1983a — Prompt approval of loans and loan guarantees
- § 1983b — Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program
- § 1983c — Provision of information to borrowers
- § 1983d — Farmer loan pilot projects
- § 1984 — Taxation
- § 1985 — Security servicing
- § 1986 — Conflicts of interests
- § 1987 — Debt adjustment and credit counseling; “summary period” defined; loan summary statements
- § 1988 — Appropriations
- § 1989 — Rules and regulations
- § 1990 — Transfer of lands to Secretary
- § 1990a — Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt
- § 1991 — Definitions
- § 1992 — Loan limitations
- § 1993 — Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit
- § 1994 — Maximum amounts for loans authorized; long-term cost projections
- § 1995 — Participation and financial and technical assistance by other Federal departments, etc., to program participants
- § 1996 — Loans to resident aliens
- § 1997 — Conservation easements
- § 1998 — Guaranteed farm loan programs
- § 1999 — Interest rate reduction program
- § 2000 — Homestead protection
- § 2001 — Debt restructuring and loan servicing
- § 2001a — Debt restructuring and loan servicing for community facility loans
- § 2002 — Transfer of inventory lands
- § 2003 — Target participation rates
- § 2004 — Expedited clearing of title to inventory property
- § 2005 — Payment of losses on guaranteed loans
- § 2006 — Waiver of mediation rights by borrowers
- § 2006a — Borrower training
- § 2006b — Loan assessments
- § 2006c — Supervised credit
- § 2006d — Market placement
- § 2006e — Prohibition on use of loans for certain purposes
- § 2006f — Rural development certified lenders program
- § 2007 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 701 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1108
- § 2008 — Rural development and farm loan program activities
- § 2008a — Equitable relief
- § 2008b — Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers
- § 2008c — Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training
- § 2008d — Recordkeeping of loans by borrower’s gender
- § 2008e — Prohibition under rural development programs
- § 2008f — Crop insurance requirement
- § 2008g — Payment of interest as condition of loan servicing for borrowers
- § 2008h — Loan and loan servicing limitations
- § 2008i — Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance
- § 2008j — Transferred
- § 2008k — Making and servicing of loans by personnel of State, county, or area committees
- § 2008l — Eligibility of employees of State, county, or area committee for loans and loan guarantees
- § 2008m — National Rural Development Partnership
- § 2008n — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(C) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4775
- § 2008o — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(D) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4775
- § 2008p — Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters
- § 2008q — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(E) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4775
- § 2008q–1 — Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force
- § 2008r — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(F) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4776
- § 2008s — Rural microentrepreneur assistance program
- § 2008t — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(G) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4776
- § 2008u — Health care services
- § 2008v — Strategic economic and community development
- § 2008w — Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program
- § 2008x — Reporting
SUBCHAPTER V—RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM (sections 2009 to 2009n)
- § 2009 — Definitions
- § 2009a — Establishment
- § 2009b — National objectives
- § 2009c — Strategic plans
- § 2009d — Rural Development Trust Fund
- § 2009e — Transfers of funds
- § 2009f — Grants to States
- § 2009g — Guarantee and commitment to guarantee loans
- § 2009h — Local involvement
- § 2009i — Interstate collaboration
- § 2009j — Annual report
- § 2009k — Rural development interagency working group
- § 2009l — Duties of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices
- § 2009m — Electronic transfer
- § 2009n — Rural Community Development Initiative
SUBCHAPTER VI—DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY (sections 2009aa to 2009aa–13)
- § 2009aa — Definitions
- § 2009aa–1 — Delta Regional Authority
- § 2009aa–2 — Economic and community development grants
- § 2009aa–3 — Supplements to Federal grant programs
- § 2009aa–4 — Local development districts; certification and administrative expenses
- § 2009aa–5 — Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed counties
- § 2009aa–6 — Development planning process
- § 2009aa–7 — Program development criteria
- § 2009aa–8 — Approval of development plans and projects
- § 2009aa–9 — Consent of States
- § 2009aa–10 — Records
- § 2009aa–11 — Annual report
- § 2009aa–12 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 2009aa–13 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2253(b) , Jan. 4, 2025 , 138 Stat. 3213
SUBCHAPTER VII—NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL AUTHORITY (sections 2009bb to 2009bb–13)
- § 2009bb — Definitions
- § 2009bb–1 — Northern Great Plains Regional Authority
- § 2009bb–1a — Interstate cooperation for economic opportunity and efficiency
- § 2009bb–2 — Economic and community development grants
- § 2009bb–3 — Supplements to Federal grant programs
- § 2009bb–4 — Multistate and local development districts and organizations and Northern Great Plains Inc.
- § 2009bb–5 — Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed counties
- § 2009bb–6 — Development planning process
- § 2009bb–7 — Program development criteria
- § 2009bb–8 — Approval of development plans and projects
- § 2009bb–9 — Consent of States
- § 2009bb–10 — Records
- § 2009bb–11 — Annual report
- § 2009bb–12 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 2009bb–13 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2254(b) , Jan. 4, 2025 , 138 Stat. 3213
SUBCHAPTER VIII—RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM (sections 2009cc to 2009cc–18)
- § 2009cc — Definitions
- § 2009cc–1 — Purposes
- § 2009cc–2 — Establishment
- § 2009cc–3 — Selection of rural business investment companies
- § 2009cc–4 — Debentures
- § 2009cc–5 — Issuance and guarantee of trust certificates
- § 2009cc–6 — Fees
- § 2009cc–7 — Operational assistance grants
- § 2009cc–8 — Rural business investment companies
- § 2009cc–9 — Financial institution investments
- § 2009cc–10 — Reporting requirements
- § 2009cc–11 — Examinations
- § 2009cc–12 — Injunctions and other orders
- § 2009cc–13 — Additional penalties for noncompliance
- § 2009cc–14 — Unlawful acts and omissions; breach of fiduciary duty
- § 2009cc–15 — Removal or suspension of directors or officers
- § 2009cc–16 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, § 6027(e) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1183 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VI, § 6027(e), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1944
- § 2009cc–17 — Regulations
- § 2009cc–18 — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER IX—RURAL COLLABORATIVE INVESTMENT PROGRAM (section 2009dd)
SUBCHAPTER X—SEARCH GRANTS FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES (section 2009ee)
CHAPTER 51—SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 2011 to 2036d)
- § 2011 — Congressional declaration of policy
- § 2012 — Definitions
- § 2012a — Publicly operated community health centers
- § 2013 — Establishment of supplemental nutrition assistance program
- § 2014 — Eligible households
- § 2014a — Notice of change in State of residence of certified household
- § 2015 — Eligibility disqualifications
- § 2016 — Issuance and use of program benefits
- § 2016a — EBT benefit fraud prevention
- § 2017 — Value of allotment
- § 2018 — Approval of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns
- § 2019 — Redemption of program benefits
- § 2020 — Administration
- § 2021 — Civil penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns
- § 2022 — Disposition of claims
- § 2023 — Administrative and judicial review; restoration of rights
- § 2024 — Violations and enforcement
- § 2025 — Administrative cost-sharing and quality control
- § 2026 — Research, demonstration, and evaluations
- § 2026a — Healthy fluid milk incentives projects
- § 2027 — Appropriations and allotments
- § 2028 — Consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa
- § 2029 — Workfare
- § 2030 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4115(b)(14) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1108 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title IV, § 4115(b)(14), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1870
- § 2031 — Minnesota Family Investment Project
- § 2032 — Automated data processing and information retrieval systems
- § 2033 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title IV, § 4124(b) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 326
- § 2034 — Assistance for community food projects
- § 2035 — Simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program
- § 2036 — Availability of commodities for emergency food assistance program
- § 2036a — Nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program
- § 2036b — Retail food store and recipient trafficking
- § 2036c — Annual State report on verification of SNAP participation
- § 2036d — Pilot projects to encourage the use of public-private partnerships committed to addressing food insecurity
CHAPTER 52—FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (section 2041)
CHAPTER 53—COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 2101 to 2122)
- § 2101 — Congressional declaration of policy
- § 2102 — Orders of Secretary to cotton handlers
- § 2103 — Notice and hearing upon proposed orders
- § 2104 — Finding and issuance of orders
- § 2105 — Permissive terms and conditions in orders
- § 2106 — Required terms and conditions in orders
- § 2107 — Referenda
- § 2108 — Suspension and termination of orders
- § 2109 — Provisions applicable to amendments
- § 2110 — Refund of producer assessments
- § 2111 — Administrative review of orders; petition; hearing; judicial review
- § 2112 — Enforcement of orders; penalty for willful violation
- § 2113 — Certification of cotton producer organizations
- § 2114 — Rules and regulations
- § 2115 — Investigations by Secretary; subpenas; oaths and affirmations; judicial aid
- § 2116 — Definitions
- § 2117 — Separability
- § 2118 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 2119 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–366, § 1 , July 14, 1976 , 90 Stat. 991
- § 2120 — Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with State and other agencies
- § 2121 — Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results; cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies
- § 2122 — Authorization of appropriations for cotton ginning studies
CHAPTER 54—TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS (sections 2131 to 2160)
- § 2131 — Congressional statement of policy
- § 2132 — Definitions
- § 2133 — Licensing of dealers and exhibitors
- § 2134 — Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required
- § 2135 — Time period for disposal of dogs or cats by dealers or exhibitors
- § 2136 — Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors
- § 2137 — Purchase of dogs or cats by research facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors
- § 2138 — Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors
- § 2139 — Principal-agent relationship established
- § 2140 — Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers
- § 2141 — Marking and identification of animals
- § 2142 — Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales
- § 2143 — Standards and certification process for humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals
- § 2144 — Humane standards for animals by United States Government facilities
- § 2145 — Consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governmental bodies by Secretary of Agriculture
- § 2146 — Administration and enforcement by Secretary
- § 2146a — Searchable database requirements
- § 2147 — Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies
- § 2148 — Importation of live dogs
- § 2149 — Violations by licensees
- § 2150 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–279, § 14 , Apr. 22, 1976 , 90 Stat. 421
- § 2151 — Rules and regulations
- § 2152 — Separability
- § 2153 — Fees and authorization of appropriations
- § 2154 — Effective dates
- § 2155 — Omitted
- § 2156 — Animal fighting venture prohibition
- § 2157 — Release of trade secrets
- § 2158 — Protection of pets
- § 2159 — Authority to apply for injunctions
- § 2160 — Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption
CHAPTER 55—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (sections 2201 to 2279l)
- § 2201 — Establishment of Department
- § 2202 — Executive Department; Secretary
- § 2203 — Seal
- § 2204 — General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development
- § 2204–1 — Delegation of regulatory functions of Secretary of Agriculture; definitions
- § 2204–2 — Delegation of regulatory functions to designated employees; status of employees; number; revocation of delegation
- § 2204–3 — Authority of designated employees; retroactive revocation of delegation
- § 2204–4 — Delegation of functions under other laws as unaffected
- § 2204–5 — Authorization of appropriations for cooperative research projects
- § 2204a — Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities
- § 2204b — Rural development policy
- § 2204b–1 — Rural development
- § 2204b–2 — Temporary prioritization of rural health assistance
- § 2204b–3 — Council on Rural Community Innovation and Economic Development
- § 2204b–4 — Institute for Rural Partnerships
- § 2204c — Water management for rural areas
- § 2204d — Encouragement of private contracting
- § 2204e — Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- § 2204f — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6403(a) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 429
- § 2204g — Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture
- § 2204h — Local food production and program evaluation
- § 2204i — Reports on land access and farmland ownership data collection
- § 2204j — National agriculture imagery program
- § 2205 — Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary
- § 2206 — Custody of property and records
- § 2206a — Conveyance of excess Federal personal property
- § 2206b — Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas
- § 2207 — Reports
- § 2207a — Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure
- § 2207b — Program metrics
- § 2207c — Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations and of college extension work; publication and distribution
- § 2207d — Reports on disbursement of funds for agricultural research and extension at 1862 and 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
- § 2208 — Expenditure of appropriations; accounting
- § 2208a — Loan levels provided to Department of Agriculture
- § 2209 — Additional statement of expenditures
- § 2209a — Advances to chiefs of field parties
- § 2209b — Availability of appropriations
- § 2209c — Use of funds for one-year contracts to be performed in two fiscal years
- § 2209d — Statement of percentage and dollar amount of Federal funding
- § 2209e — Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants
- § 2209f — Restriction on commodity purchase program payments
- § 2209g — Availability of funds for uniforms or allowances
- § 2209h — Reimbursement of Office of the General Counsel
- § 2209i — Funding for preparation of final agency decisions regarding discrimination complaints
- § 2209j — Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud
- § 2209k — Prohibition on payments to fossil fuel refiners and importers
- § 2210 — Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; appointment
- § 2211 — Powers and duties of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- § 2211a — Omitted
- § 2211b — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II , §§ 218(e)(2)–(6), 231(f)(1), Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3213 , 3219
- § 2213 — Omitted
- § 2214 — General Counsel; appointment
- § 2215 — Chief clerk
- § 2216 — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 221(a) , June 6, 1972 , 86 Stat. 205
- § 2217 — Oaths, affirmations, and affidavits taken by officers, agents, or employees of Department; use and effect
- § 2217a — Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
- § 2218 — Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits
- § 2219 — Salaries; how paid
- § 2219a — Overtime and holiday pay
- § 2220 — Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees
- § 2221 — Details of persons from or to office of Secretary
- § 2222 — Details of law clerks
- § 2223 — Details of employees from and to library and bureaus and offices
- § 2224 — Details of employees from and to Division of Accounts and Disbursements and bureaus and offices; traveling expenses
- § 2224a — Utilization of employees of agencies for part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies; exclusion of overtime resulting from natural disasters from staff year ceilings
- § 2225 — Employment of temporary personnel
- § 2225a — Contracts for consulting services
- § 2225b — Personal service contracts for veterinarians
- § 2225c — Employment contracts for services abroad
- § 2225d — Availability of Department of Agriculture funds for temporary employment
- § 2226 — Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals
- § 2227 — Traveling expenses
- § 2228 — Emergency subsistence for employees
- § 2229 — Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees
- § 2230 — Employees in Alaska; subsistence, equipment, and supplies
- § 2231 — Official expenses of employees stationed abroad
- § 2231a — Reimbursement of employees for costs of State licenses and certification fees
- § 2231b — First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
- § 2232 — Stenographic reporting service
- § 2233 — Funds available for expenses of advisory committees
- § 2234 — Purchases for bureaus from appropriations for contingent expenses
- § 2235 — Working capital fund established; use of central services by bureaus, etc., of the Department
- § 2235a — Deposit and retention of credit card refunds or rebates
- § 2236 — Working capital fund for Agricultural Research Center; establishment
- § 2237 — Use of field work funds for employment of men with equipment, etc.
- § 2238 — Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition
- § 2239 — Funds for printing, binding, and scientific and technical article reprint purchases
- § 2240 — Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops
- § 2241 — Sale or exchange of animals or animal products
- § 2241a — Exchange or sale authority
- § 2241b — Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution
- § 2242 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1606(b)(1) , (2), Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3715
- § 2242a — User fees for reports, publications, and software
- § 2242b — Translation of publications into foreign languages
- § 2243 — Sale of photographic prints and maps
- § 2244 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1606(b)(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3715
- § 2245 — Sale of prints and lantern slides
- § 2246 — Loan, rental, or sale of films
- § 2247 — Sale of samples of pure sugars
- § 2247a — Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical forms, etc.
- § 2248 — Statistics relating to turpentine and rosin
- § 2249 — Amount and character of cooperation
- § 2250 — Construction and repair of buildings and public improvements
- § 2250a — Erection of buildings and other structures on non-Federal lands; duration of use of such lands; removal of structures after termination of use; availability of funds for expenses of acquiring long-term leases or other agreements
- § 2250b — Nonrecurring expenses fund
- § 2251 — Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for expenses of maintaining registers of indebtedness and making set-offs
- § 2252 — Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for costs of procuring agricultural commodities for nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments
- § 2253 — Adjustment by Secretary of titles to lands acquired by Government and subject to his control
- § 2254 — Operation, maintenance and purchase of aircraft by Agricultural Research Service; construction and repair of buildings
- § 2254a — Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products
- § 2254b — Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products; exception
- § 2254c — Research
- § 2255 — Membership in International Wheat Advisory Committee, International Sugar Council, etc.
- § 2255a — Financial assistance to national and international conferences
- § 2255b — Department of Agriculture conference transparency
- § 2256 — Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement
- § 2257 — Interchangeability of funds for miscellaneous expenses and general expenses
- § 2258 — Purchase of newspapers
- § 2259 — Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence
- § 2260 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(3) , (4), May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 507
- § 2261 — Credit of donations and proceeds from exhibitions to appropriations concerned with foreign market development programs
- § 2262 — Employee liability insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries
- § 2262a — Overseas tort claims
- § 2263 — Transfer of funds
- § 2264 — National Agricultural Library; acceptance of gifts, bequests, or devises; conditional gifts
- § 2265 — Deposit of money accepted for benefit of National Agricultural Library; disbursement
- § 2266 — Congressional reaffirmation of policy to foster and encourage family farms
- § 2266a — Century Farms program
- § 2266b — Eligibility for operators on heirs property land to obtain a farm number
- § 2267 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–387, title I, § 101(b)(1) , Aug. 11, 1988 , 102 Stat. 931
- § 2268 — Public lands; relinquishment
- § 2268a — Acquisition of land; options
- § 2269 — Gifts of property; acceptance and administration by Secretary of Agriculture; Federal tax law consideration; separate fund in Treasury; regulations
- § 2270 — Authority of Office of Inspector General
- § 2270a — Office of Inspector General; transfer of forfeiture funds for law enforcement activities
- § 2270b — Department of Agriculture Inspector General investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths
- § 2270c — Submission of results
- § 2271 — Marketing education programs for small and medium size family farm operations
- § 2271a — Advanced marketing training for farmers and ranchers
- § 2272 — Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs
- § 2272a — Funds for incidental expenses and promotional items relating to volunteers
- § 2273 — Local search and rescue operations
- § 2274 — Firearm authority of employees engaged in animal quarantine enforcement
- § 2274a — Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations
- § 2275 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1572(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 2276 — Confidentiality of information
- § 2277 — Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad
- § 2278 — Consistency with international obligations of United States
- § 2279 — Farming opportunities training and outreach
- § 2279–1 — Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
- § 2279–2 — Report of civil rights complaints, resolutions, and actions
- § 2279a — Fair and equitable treatment of socially disadvantaged producers
- § 2279b — Department of Agriculture educational, training, and professional development activities
- § 2279c — Student internship programs
- § 2279d — Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- § 2279e — Civil penalty
- § 2279f — Subpoena authority
- § 2279g — Marketing services; cooperative agreements
- § 2279h — Cross-servicing activities of National Finance Center
- § 2279i — Cooperation with State and other agencies; expenditures
- § 2279j — Conversion authority
- § 2279k — Authorization of protection operations for the Secretary of Agriculture and others
- § 2279l — National Detector Dog Training Center
CHAPTER 55A—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEES (sections 2281 to 2287)
CHAPTER 56—UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AFFECTING PRODUCERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (sections 2301 to 2306)
CHAPTER 57—PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION (sections 2321 to 2583)
SUBCHAPTER I—PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE (sections 2321 to 2372)
Part A—Organization and Publications (sections 2321 to 2331)
- § 2321 — Establishment
- § 2322 — Seal
- § 2323 — Organization
- § 2324 — Restrictions on employees as to interest in plant variety protection
- § 2325 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–574, § 2 , Dec. 22, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3350
- § 2326 — Regulations
- § 2327 — Plant Variety Protection Board
- § 2328 — Library
- § 2329 — Register of protected plant varieties
- § 2330 — Publications
- § 2331 — Copies for public libraries
Part B—Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office (sections 2351 to 2357)
- § 2351 — Day for taking action falling on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday
- § 2352 — Form of papers filed
- § 2353 — Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases
- § 2354 — Subpoenas; witnesses
- § 2355 — Effect of defective execution
- § 2356 — Regulations for practice before the Office
- § 2357 — Unauthorized practice
Part C—Plant Variety Protection Fees (sections 2371 to 2372)
SUBCHAPTER II—PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION (sections 2401 to 2504)
Part D—Protectability of Plant Varieties (sections 2401 to 2404)
Part E—Applications; Form; Who May File; Relating Back; Confidentiality (sections 2421 to 2427)
Part F—Examinations; Response Time; Initial Appeals (sections 2441 to 2443)
Part G—Appeals to Courts and Other Review (sections 2461 to 2463)
Part H—Certificates of Plant Variety Protection (sections 2481 to 2486)
Part I—Reexamination After Issue, and Contested Proceedings (sections 2501 to 2504)
SUBCHAPTER III—PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION AND RIGHTS (sections 2531 to 2583)
Part J—Ownership and Assignment (sections 2531 to 2532)
Part K—Infringement of Plant Variety Protection (sections 2541 to 2545)
Part L—Remedies for Infringement of Plant Variety Protection, and Other Actions (sections 2561 to 2570)
- § 2561 — Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection
- § 2562 — Presumption of validity; defenses
- § 2563 — Injunction
- § 2564 — Damages
- § 2565 — Attorney fees
- § 2566 — Time limitation on damages
- § 2567 — Limitation of damages; marking and notice
- § 2568 — False marking; cease and desist orders
- § 2569 — Nonresident proprietors; service and notice
- § 2570 — Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of plant variety protection
Part M—Intent and Severability (sections 2581 to 2583)
CHAPTER 58—POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 2611 to 2627)
- § 2611 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 2612 — Definitions
- § 2613 — Authority for issuance and amendment of plan
- § 2614 — Notice and hearings
- § 2615 — Finding and issuance of plan
- § 2616 — Regulations
- § 2617 — Required terms and conditions of plans
- § 2618 — Permissive terms and conditions of plans
- § 2619 — Assessments
- § 2620 — Procedural rights of persons subject to plan
- § 2621 — Enforcement
- § 2622 — Investigations
- § 2623 — Referendum
- § 2624 — Suspension or termination of plans
- § 2625 — Amendment procedure
- § 2626 — Separability
- § 2627 — Authorization
CHAPTER 59—RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (sections 2651 to 2671)
SUBCHAPTER I—RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION (sections 2651 to 2655)
SUBCHAPTER II—RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (sections 2661 to 2671)
- § 2661 — Statement of purposes and goals
- § 2662 — Programs authorized
- § 2662a — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 706 , title VIII, § 867, Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1112 , 1174
- § 2663 — Funding
- § 2664 — Cooperating colleges and universities
- § 2665 — Withholding funds
- § 2666 — Definitions
- § 2667 — Regulations
- § 2668 — Omitted
- § 2669 — Pilot projects for production and marketing of industrial hydrocarbons and alcohols from agricultural commodities and forest products
- § 2670 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(b) , Dec. 22, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1326
- § 2671 — Establishment of technical assistance program
CHAPTER 60—EGG RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 2701 to 2718)
- § 2701 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 2702 — Definitions
- § 2703 — Orders of Secretary to egg producers, etc.
- § 2704 — Notice and hearing upon proposed orders
- § 2705 — Findings and issuance of orders
- § 2706 — Permissive terms and conditions in orders
- § 2707 — Required terms and conditions in orders
- § 2708 — Referendum among egg producers
- § 2709 — Termination or suspension of orders
- § 2710 — Applicability of provisions to amendments to orders
- § 2711 — Exempted egg producers and breeding hen flocks; conditions and procedures
- § 2712 — Refund of assessment from Egg Board
- § 2713 — Administrative review of orders; petition; hearing; judicial review
- § 2714 — Civil enforcement proceedings
- § 2715 — Certification of organizations; required contents of report as criteria
- § 2716 — Regulations
- § 2717 — Investigations by Secretary; oaths and affirmations; subpenas; judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process
- § 2718 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 61—NOXIOUS WEEDS (sections 2801 to 2814)
CHAPTER 62—BEEF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION (sections 2901 to 2912)
- § 2901 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 2902 — Definitions
- § 2903 — Issuance of orders
- § 2904 — Required terms in orders
- § 2905 — Certification of organizations to nominate
- § 2906 — Requirement of referendum
- § 2907 — Refunds
- § 2908 — Enforcement
- § 2909 — Investigations by Secretary; oaths and affirmations; subpenas; judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process
- § 2910 — Preemption of other Federal and State programs; applicability of provisions to amendments to orders
- § 2911 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 2912 — Omitted
CHAPTER 63—FARMER–TO–CONSUMER DIRECT MARKETING (sections 3001 to 3007)
CHAPTER 64—AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING (sections 3101 to 3371)
SUBCHAPTER I—FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND DEFINITIONS (sections 3101 to 3105)
- § 3101 — Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education
- § 3102 — Additional purposes of agricultural research and extension
- § 3103 — Definitions
- § 3104 — Agriculture research; declaration of policy; duties of Secretary of Agriculture; use of existing facilities
- § 3105 — Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund
SUBCHAPTER II—COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING (sections 3121 to 3130)
- § 3121 — Responsibilities of Secretary and Department of Agriculture
- § 3122 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 852(a) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1171
- § 3123 — National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
- § 3123a — Specialty crop committee
- § 3123b — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7105 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4783
- § 3124 — Existing research programs
- § 3124a — Federal-State partnership and coordination
- § 3125 — Annual report of Secretary of Agriculture to President and Congress
- § 3125a — National Agricultural Library
- § 3125a–1 — Agricultural and food law research, legal tools, and information
- § 3125b — National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse
- § 3125c — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 859(a) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1173
- § 3126 — Libraries and information network
- § 3127 — Support for Advisory Board
- § 3128 — General provisions
- § 3129 — Accountability
- § 3129a — Exemption from chapter 10 of title 5 for competitive research, extension, and education programs
- § 3130 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 858 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1173
SUBCHAPTER III—AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (sections 3151 to 3159)
- § 3151 — Grants to enhance research capacity in schools of veterinary medicine
- § 3151a — Veterinary medicine loan repayment
- § 3151b — Veterinary services grant program
- § 3152 — Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education
- § 3153 — National Agricultural Science Award
- § 3154 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7110(a) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1218 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7110(a), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1980
- § 3155 — Agricultural and food policy research centers
- § 3156 — Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions
- § 3157 — Competitive, special, and facilities research grants
- § 3158 — Next generation agriculture technology challenge
- § 3159 — Land-grant designation
SUBCHAPTER IV—NATIONAL FOOD AND HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAM (sections 3171 to 3179)
- § 3171 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 3172 — Duties of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 3173 — Research by Department of Agriculture
- § 3174 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII , §§ 7108, 7109, Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 870
- § 3175 — Nutrition education program
- § 3175a — Nutrition and consumer education; Congressional findings
- § 3175b — Expansion of effective food, nutrition, and consumer education services
- § 3175c — Program of food, nutrition, and consumer education by State cooperative extension services
- § 3175d — Administration of program of food, nutrition, and consumer education by State cooperative extension services
- § 3175e — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3176 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1424(a) , Dec. 22, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1308
- § 3177 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XIV, § 1413 , Dec. 23, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1549
- § 3178 — Nutritional status monitoring
- § 3178a — Nutrition monitoring
- § 3179 — Research on strategies to promote the selection and consumption of healthy foods
SUBCHAPTER V—ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH (sections 3191 to 3202)
- § 3191 — Purposes and findings relating to animal health and disease research
- § 3192 — Definitions
- § 3193 — Authorization to Secretary of Agriculture
- § 3194 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 854 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1172
- § 3195 — Continuing animal health and disease, food security, and stewardship research, education, and extension programs
- § 3196 — Research on national and regional animal health or disease problems
- § 3197 — Availability of appropriated funds
- § 3198 — Withholding of appropriated funds
- § 3199 — Requirements for use of funds
- § 3200 — Matching funds
- § 3201 — Funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to other provisions of law
- § 3202 — Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
SUBCHAPTER VI—1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGE FUNDING (sections 3221 to 3224)
- § 3221 — Extension at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
- § 3222 — Agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
- § 3222a — Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions
- § 3222b — Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
- § 3222b–1 — Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the District of Columbia land-grant university
- § 3222b–2 — Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment and support tropical and subtropical agricultural research at insular area land-grant colleges and universities
- § 3222c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7114 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 875
- § 3222d — Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities at eligible institutions
- § 3222e — New beginning for tribal students
- § 3223 — Grants for acquisition and improvement of research facilities and equipment
- § 3224 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 873 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1175 ; Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 606(g) , June 23, 1998 , 112 Stat. 604
SUBCHAPTER VII—PROGRAMS FOR HISPANIC, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS (sections 3241 to 3243)
SUBCHAPTER VIII—INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING (sections 3291 to 3295)
- § 3291 — International agricultural research, extension, and teaching
- § 3292 — Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching
- § 3292a — United States-Mexico joint agricultural research
- § 3292b — Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs
- § 3293 — Agricultural fellowship program for middle income countries, emerging democracies, and emerging markets
- § 3294 — Center For North American Studies
- § 3295 — International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program
SUBCHAPTER IX—STUDIES (section 3301)
SUBCHAPTER X—FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 3310 to 3319k)
- § 3310 — Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs
- § 3310a — Research equipment grants
- § 3311 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3312 — Authorization of appropriations for extension education
- § 3313 — Payment of funds
- § 3314 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–185, title I, § 103(f)(3)(C) , June 23, 1998 , 112 Stat. 528
- § 3315 — Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements
- § 3315a — Availability of competitive grant funds
- § 3316 — Rules and regulations
- § 3317 — Program evaluation studies
- § 3318 — Contract, grant, and cooperative agreement authorities
- § 3318a — Cooperative research projects; agreements with and receipt of funds from State and other agencies
- § 3319 — Restriction on treatment of indirect costs and tuition remission
- § 3319a — Cost-reimbursable agreements
- § 3319b — Joint requests for proposals
- § 3319c — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1601(f)(1)(F) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3704
- § 3319d — Supplemental and alternative crops
- § 3319e — New Era Rural Technology Program
- § 3319f — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12301(a)(1) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4950
- § 3319g — Fees
- § 3319h — Funds for research facilities
- § 3319i — Capacity building grants for NLGCA Institutions
- § 3319j — Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program
- § 3319k — Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot
SUBCHAPTER XI—AQUACULTURE (sections 3321 to 3324)
SUBCHAPTER XII—RANGELAND RESEARCH (sections 3331 to 3336)
SUBCHAPTER XIII—BIOSECURITY (sections 3351 to 3354)
SUBCHAPTER XIV—INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INSULAR AREAS (sections 3361 to 3363)
SUBCHAPTER XV—GENERAL PROVISIONS (section 3371)
CHAPTER 65—WHEAT AND WHEAT FOODS RESEARCH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION (sections 3401 to 3417)
- § 3401 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 3402 — Definitions
- § 3403 — Issuance of orders
- § 3404 — Permissive terms and conditions of orders
- § 3405 — Wheat Industry Council
- § 3406 — Exemption for retail bakers
- § 3407 — Referendum
- § 3408 — Refund of processed wheat assessment
- § 3409 — Petition and review
- § 3410 — Enforcement of orders and regulations
- § 3411 — Suspension and termination of orders
- § 3412 — Investigations; power to subpena and take oaths and affirmations; aid of courts
- § 3413 — Certification of organizations
- § 3414 — Other programs relating to wheat or wheat food research or nutrition education
- § 3415 — Regulations
- § 3416 — Amendments to orders
- § 3417 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 66—AGRICULTURAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE (sections 3501 to 3508)
CHAPTER 67—IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL SUGAR AGREEMENT, 1977 (sections 3601 to 3606)
- § 3601 — Definitions
- § 3602 — Implementation of Agreement
- § 3603 — Delegation of powers and duties
- § 3604 — Criminal offenses
- § 3605 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. G , subdiv. B, title XXII, § 2219(a)(5), Oct. 21, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2681–817
- § 3606 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title I, § 101(g) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3281
CHAPTER 68—AGRICULTURAL SUBTERMINAL FACILITIES (sections 3701 to 3703)
CHAPTER 69—SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION (sections 3801 to 3813)
- § 3801 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 3802 — Definitions
- § 3803 — Prohibition of certain garbage feeding; exemption
- § 3804 — Permits to operate garbage treatment facility
- § 3805 — Civil penalties
- § 3806 — Criminal penalties
- § 3807 — General enforcement provisions
- § 3808 — Cooperation with States
- § 3809 — Primary enforcement responsibility
- § 3810 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 914(b)(1) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1186
- § 3811 — Issuance of regulations; maintenance of records
- § 3812 — Authority in addition to other laws; effect on State laws
- § 3813 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 70—ANIMAL CANCER RESEARCH (sections 3901 to 3904)
CHAPTER 71—AGRICULTURAL TRADE SUSPENSION ADJUSTMENT (sections 4001 to 4005)
- § 4001 — Trade suspension reserves
- § 4002 — Alcohol processor grain reserve program
- § 4003 — Study of potential for expansion of United States agricultural export markets; report to President and Congress
- § 4004 — Food bank special nutrition projects
- § 4004a — Applicability of supplemental nutrition assistance requirements
- § 4005 — “Fuel conversion price” defined
CHAPTER 72—NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COST OF PRODUCTION STANDARDS REVIEW BOARD (section 4101)
CHAPTER 73—FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY (sections 4201 to 4209)
- § 4201 — General provisions
- § 4202 — Identifying effects of Federal programs on conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses
- § 4203 — Existing policies and procedures; review, etc.
- § 4204 — Technical assistance
- § 4205 — Farmland resource information
- § 4206 — Grants, contracts, etc., authority
- § 4207 — Reporting requirement
- § 4208 — Limitations
- § 4209 — Prohibition on maintenance of actions
CHAPTER 74—FLORAL RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 4301 to 4319)
- § 4301 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 4302 — Definitions
- § 4303 — Floral research and promotion orders
- § 4304 — Notice and hearing
- § 4305 — Finding and issuance of orders
- § 4306 — Required terms in orders
- § 4307 — Permissive terms in orders
- § 4308 — Referendum; necessity, etc.
- § 4309 — Suspension and termination of orders
- § 4310 — Amendments to orders
- § 4311 — Exemption from assessments
- § 4312 — Refund of assessments
- § 4313 — Administrative and judicial review; procedures applicable
- § 4314 — Enforcement of provisions
- § 4315 — Certification of organizations; applicable criteria and considerations
- § 4316 — Regulations
- § 4317 — Investigations; subpena powers, etc.; enforcement
- § 4318 — Separability
- § 4319 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 75—INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS (sections 4401 to 4406)
CHAPTER 76—DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 4501 to 4553)
SUBCHAPTER I—DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM (sections 4501 to 4514)
- § 4501 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 4502 — Definitions
- § 4503 — Issuance of orders
- § 4504 — Required terms in orders
- § 4505 — Certification of organizations
- § 4506 — Requirement of referendum
- § 4507 — Suspension and termination of orders
- § 4508 — Cooperative association representation
- § 4509 — Petition and review
- § 4510 — Enforcement
- § 4511 — Investigations; power to subpena and take oaths and affirmations; aid of courts
- § 4512 — Administrative provisions
- § 4513 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 4514 — Dairy reports
SUBCHAPTER II—DAIRY RESEARCH PROGRAM (sections 4531 to 4538)
- § 4531 — Definitions
- § 4532 — Establishment of National Dairy Research Endowment Institute
- § 4533 — Issuance of order
- § 4534 — Required terms of order; agreements under order; records
- § 4535 — Petition and review; enforcement; investigations
- § 4536 — Dairy Research Trust Fund
- § 4537 — Termination of order, Institute, and Fund
- § 4538 — Additional authority
SUBCHAPTER III—INDEMNITY PAYMENTS TO DAIRY FARMERS (sections 4551 to 4553)
- § 4551 — Indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products; milk removed for its residue of chemical or toxic substances; nuclear radiation or fallout contaminants; other legal recourse
- § 4552 — Authorization of appropriations for dairy farmer indemnities
- § 4553 — Expiration of dairy farmer indemnity program
CHAPTER 77—HONEY RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 4601 to 4613)
- § 4601 — Findings and purposes
- § 4602 — Definitions
- § 4603 — Honey research, promotion, and consumer information order
- § 4604 — Notice and hearing
- § 4605 — Findings and issuance of order
- § 4606 — Required terms of order
- § 4607 — Permissive terms and provisions
- § 4608 — Collection of assessments; refunds
- § 4609 — Petition and review
- § 4610 — Enforcement
- § 4610a — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 4611 — Requirements of referendum
- § 4612 — Termination or suspension
- § 4613 — Implementation of amendments made by Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
CHAPTER 78—AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH (section 4701)
CHAPTER 79—PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 4801 to 4819)
- § 4801 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 4802 — Definitions
- § 4803 — Pork and pork product orders
- § 4804 — Notice and hearing
- § 4805 — Findings and issuance of orders
- § 4806 — National Pork Producers Delegate Body
- § 4807 — Selection of Delegate Body
- § 4808 — National Pork Board
- § 4809 — Assessments
- § 4810 — Permissive provisions
- § 4811 — Referendum
- § 4812 — Suspension and termination of orders
- § 4813 — Refunds
- § 4814 — Petition and review
- § 4815 — Enforcement
- § 4816 — Investigations
- § 4817 — Preemption
- § 4818 — Administrative provision
- § 4819 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 80—WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 4901 to 4916)
- § 4901 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 4902 — Definitions
- § 4903 — Issuance of plans
- § 4904 — Notice and hearings
- § 4905 — Regulations
- § 4906 — Required terms in plans
- § 4907 — Permissive terms in plans
- § 4908 — Assessment procedures
- § 4909 — Petition and review
- § 4910 — Enforcement
- § 4911 — Investigation and power to subpoena
- § 4912 — Requirement of referendum
- § 4913 — Suspension or termination of plans
- § 4914 — Amendment procedure
- § 4915 — Separability
- § 4916 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 81—NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY (section 5001)
CHAPTER 82—STATE AGRICULTURAL LOAN MEDIATION PROGRAMS (sections 5101 to 5106)
CHAPTER 83—AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE (sections 5201 to 5235)
SUBCHAPTER I—FINDINGS, POLICY, AND PURPOSE (sections 5201 to 5203)
SUBCHAPTER II—AGRICULTURAL TRADE INITIATIVES (sections 5211 to 5235)
Part A—General Provisions (sections 5211 to 5215)
Part B—Foreign Agricultural Service (sections 5231 to 5235)
CHAPTER 84—NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH (sections 5301 to 5342)
SUBCHAPTER I—NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH (sections 5311 to 5316)
- § 5311 — Establishment of coordinated program
- § 5311a — Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities
- § 5312 — Functions of Secretaries
- § 5313 — Development of comprehensive plan for National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
- § 5314 — Implementation of comprehensive plan
- § 5315 — Scientific research and development in support of coordinated program and comprehensive plan
- § 5316 — Annual budget submission
SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING ADVISORY COUNCIL (sections 5331 to 5332)
SUBCHAPTER III—DIETARY GUIDANCE (sections 5341 to 5342)
CHAPTER 85—ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS (sections 5401 to 5405)
CHAPTER 86—WATER QUALITY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COORDINATION (sections 5501 to 5506)
CHAPTER 87—EXPORT PROMOTION (sections 5601 to 5721)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 5601 to 5608)
- § 5601 — Purpose
- § 5602 — Definitions
- § 5603 — Agricultural export promotion strategy
- § 5603a — Global market strategy
- § 5604 — Preservation of traditional markets
- § 5605 — Independence of authorities
- § 5606 — Implementation of commitments under Uruguay Round Agreements
- § 5607 — Exporter assistance initiative
- § 5608 — Foreign trade missions
SUBCHAPTER II—AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROGRAMS (sections 5621 to 5641)
Part A—Programs (sections 5621 to 5625)
Part B—Implementation (section 5641)
SUBCHAPTER III—BARRIERS TO EXPORTS (sections 5651 to 5653)
SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 5661 to 5680)
Part A—Program Controls (sections 5661 to 5664)
Part B—Miscellaneous Provisions (sections 5671 to 5680)
- § 5671 — Agricultural embargo protection
- § 5672 — Development of plans to alleviate adverse impact of embargoes
- § 5673 — Contracting authority to expand agricultural export markets
- § 5674 — Trade consultations concerning imports
- § 5675 — Technical assistance in trade negotiations
- § 5676 — Limitation on use of certain export promotion programs
- § 5677 — Trade compensation and assistance programs
- § 5678 — Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural Export Excellence Award
- § 5679 — Biotechnology and agricultural trade program
- § 5680 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title III, § 3201(b)(4) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4617
SUBCHAPTER V—FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE (sections 5691 to 5695)
SUBCHAPTER VI—REPORTS (sections 5711 to 5713)
SUBCHAPTER VII—FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM (section 5721)
CHAPTER 88—RESEARCH (sections 5801 to 5943)
SUBCHAPTER I—SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (sections 5801 to 5832)
Part A—Best Utilization of Biological Applications (sections 5811 to 5814)
Part B—Integrated Management Systems (sections 5821 to 5822)
Part C—Sustainable Agriculture Technology Development and Transfer Program (sections 5831 to 5832)
SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAM (sections 5841 to 5844)
SUBCHAPTER III—NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM (sections 5851 to 5856)
SUBCHAPTER IV—RESEARCH REGARDING PRODUCTION, PREPARATION, PROCESSING, HANDLING, AND STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (section 5871)
SUBCHAPTER V—PLANT AND ANIMAL PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM (section 5881)
SUBCHAPTER VI—ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION (section 5901)
SUBCHAPTER VII—MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH PROVISIONS (sections 5921 to 5943)
- § 5921 — Biotechnology risk assessment research
- § 5921a — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7411 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1255 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7411, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2017
- § 5922 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10705(b) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 519
- § 5923 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7207 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 881
- § 5924 — Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative
- § 5925 — High-priority research and extension initiatives
- § 5925a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7210 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 885
- § 5925b — Organic agriculture research and extension initiative
- § 5925c — Organic production and market data initiatives
- § 5925d — International organic research collaboration
- § 5925e — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7212(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 886
- § 5925f — Farm business management
- § 5925g — Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative
- § 5926 — Centers of excellence
- § 5927 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 864 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1174
- § 5928 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–185, title III, § 302(c) , June 23, 1998 , 112 Stat. 563
- § 5929 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7215 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 887
- § 5930 — Reservation extension agents
- § 5931 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII , §§ 865, 866, Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1174
- § 5933 — Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities
- § 5934 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7211 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1242 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7211, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2003
- § 5935 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7407 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 898
- § 5936 — Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network
- § 5936a — Support for farm stress programs
- § 5937 — Natural products research program
- § 5938 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7518 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 904
- § 5939 — Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
- § 5940 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4829 ; Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122 , Oct. 1, 2020 , 134 Stat. 714 ; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782 , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 1230 .
- § 5941 — Purchase of cultures for soil and fertilizer investigations
- § 5942 — Wheat and feed grains research; regional and national research programs; utilization of services of Federal, State and private agencies; authorization of appropriations
- § 5943 — Rice research
CHAPTER 89—PECAN PROMOTION AND RESEARCH (sections 6001 to 6013)
- § 6001 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 6002 — Definitions
- § 6003 — Issuance of plans
- § 6004 — Regulations
- § 6005 — Required terms in plans
- § 6006 — Permissive terms in plans
- § 6007 — Assessments
- § 6008 — Petition and review
- § 6009 — Enforcement
- § 6010 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 6011 — Requirement of referendum
- § 6012 — Suspension or termination of plan
- § 6013 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 90—MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 6101 to 6112)
- § 6101 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 6102 — Definitions
- § 6103 — Issuance of orders
- § 6104 — Required terms in orders
- § 6105 — Referenda
- § 6106 — Petition and review
- § 6107 — Enforcement
- § 6108 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 6109 — Savings provision
- § 6110 — Suspension or termination of orders
- § 6111 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 6112 — Regulations
CHAPTER 91—LIME PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 6201 to 6212)
- § 6201 — Findings, purposes, and limitations
- § 6202 — Definitions
- § 6203 — Issuance of orders
- § 6204 — Required terms in orders
- § 6205 — Permissive terms in orders
- § 6206 — Petition and review
- § 6207 — Enforcement
- § 6208 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 6209 — Initial referendum
- § 6210 — Suspension and termination
- § 6211 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 6212 — Regulations
CHAPTER 92—SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 6301 to 6311)
- § 6301 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 6302 — Definitions
- § 6303 — Issuance and amendment of orders
- § 6304 — Required terms in orders
- § 6305 — Referenda
- § 6306 — Petition and review
- § 6307 — Enforcement
- § 6308 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 6309 — Administrative provisions
- § 6310 — Suspension or termination of orders
- § 6311 — Authorization of appropriations; regulations
CHAPTER 93—PROCESSOR-FUNDED MILK PROMOTION PROGRAM (sections 6401 to 6417)
- § 6401 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 6402 — Definitions
- § 6403 — Authority to issue orders
- § 6404 — Notice and comment
- § 6405 — Findings and issuance of orders
- § 6406 — Regulations
- § 6407 — Required terms in orders
- § 6408 — Permissive terms
- § 6409 — Assessments
- § 6410 — Petition and review
- § 6411 — Enforcement
- § 6412 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 6413 — Requirement of initial referendum
- § 6414 — Suspension or termination of orders
- § 6415 — Amendments
- § 6416 — Independent evaluation of programs
- § 6417 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 94—ORGANIC CERTIFICATION (sections 6501 to 6524)
- § 6501 — Purposes
- § 6502 — Definitions
- § 6503 — National organic production program
- § 6504 — National standards for organic production
- § 6505 — Compliance requirements
- § 6506 — General requirements
- § 6507 — State organic certification program
- § 6508 — Prohibited crop production practices and materials
- § 6509 — Animal production practices and materials
- § 6510 — Handling
- § 6511 — Additional guidelines
- § 6512 — Other production and handling practices
- § 6513 — Organic plan
- § 6514 — Accreditation program
- § 6515 — Requirements of certifying agents
- § 6516 — Peer review of certifying agents
- § 6517 — National List
- § 6518 — National Organic Standards Board
- § 6519 — Recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement
- § 6520 — Administrative appeal
- § 6521 — Administration
- § 6521a — Organic agricultural product imports interagency working group
- § 6522 — Funding
- § 6523 — National organic certification cost-share program
- § 6524 — Organically produced food
CHAPTER 95—RURAL REVITALIZATION THROUGH FORESTRY (sections 6601 to 6617)
SUBCHAPTER I—FORESTRY RURAL REVITALIZATION (section 6601)
SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL FOREST-DEPENDENT RURAL COMMUNITIES (sections 6611 to 6617)
- § 6611 — Findings and purposes
- § 6612 — Definitions
- § 6613 — Rural natural resources and economic diversification action teams
- § 6614 — Action plan implementation
- § 6615 — Training and education
- § 6616 — Loans to economically disadvantaged rural communities
- § 6617 — Authorization of appropriations and spending authority
CHAPTER 96—GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (sections 6701 to 6712)
- § 6701 — Global Climate Change Program
- § 6702 — Study of global climate change, agriculture, and forestry
- § 6703 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 868 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1175
- § 6704 — Office of International Forestry
- § 6705 — Line item
- § 6706 — Institutes of Tropical Forestry
- § 6707 — Urban forestry demonstration projects
- § 6708 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8301(a) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4840
- § 6709 — Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth
- § 6710 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 6711 — Carbon cycle research
- § 6712 — Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program
CHAPTER 97—FRESH CUT FLOWERS AND FRESH CUT GREENS PROMOTION AND INFORMATION (sections 6801 to 6814)
- § 6801 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 6802 — Definitions
- § 6803 — Issuance of orders
- § 6804 — Required terms in orders
- § 6805 — Exclusion; determinations
- § 6806 — Referenda
- § 6807 — Petition and review
- § 6808 — Enforcement
- § 6809 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 6810 — Confidentiality
- § 6811 — Authority for Secretary to suspend or terminate order
- § 6812 — Construction
- § 6813 — Regulations
- § 6814 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 98—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION (sections 6901 to 7035)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES (sections 6911 to 6925)
- § 6911 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12414(a)(1) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4981
- § 6912 — Authority of Secretary to delegate transferred functions
- § 6913 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12414(a)(2) , (3), Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4981
- § 6915 — Combination of field offices
- § 6916 — Improvement of information sharing
- § 6917 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12414(a)(4) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4981
- § 6918 — Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
- § 6919 — Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison
- § 6920 — Office of Energy Policy and New Uses
- § 6921 — Office of Tribal Relations
- § 6922 — Office of Homeland Security
- § 6923 — Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
- § 6924 — Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison
- § 6925 — Food Access Liaison
SUBCHAPTER II—FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION (sections 6931 to 6936)
- § 6931 — Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation
- § 6932 — Farm Service Agency
- § 6932a — Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency
- § 6933 — Office of Risk Management
- § 6934 — Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement
- § 6934a — Beginning farmer and rancher coordination
- § 6934b — Agricultural Youth Organization Coordinator
- § 6935 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12414(b) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4981
- § 6936 — Natural Resources Conservation Service
SUBCHAPTER III—RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (sections 6941 to 6946)
- § 6941 — Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
- § 6941a — Coordinator for Chronically Underserved Rural Areas
- § 6942 — Rural Utilities Service
- § 6943 — Rural Housing and Community Development Service
- § 6944 — Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service
- § 6945 — Rural Development Disaster Assistance Fund
- § 6946 — Rural Health Liaison
SUBCHAPTER IV—FOOD, NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES (sections 6951 to 6953)
SUBCHAPTER V—NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (sections 6961 to 6963)
SUBCHAPTER VI—RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS (sections 6971 to 6972)
SUBCHAPTER VII—FOOD SAFETY (sections 6981 to 6982)
SUBCHAPTER VIII—NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION (sections 6991 to 7002)
- § 6991 — Definitions
- § 6992 — National Appeals Division and Director
- § 6993 — Transfer of functions
- § 6994 — Notice and opportunity for hearing
- § 6995 — Informal hearings
- § 6996 — Right of participants to Division hearing
- § 6997 — Division hearings
- § 6998 — Director review of determinations of hearing officers
- § 6999 — Judicial review
- § 7000 — Implementation of final determinations of Division
- § 7001 — Conforming amendments relating to National Appeals Division
- § 7002 — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER VIII–A—MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS (section 7005)
SUBCHAPTER VIII–B—TRADE AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS (section 7007)
SUBCHAPTER IX—MISCELLANEOUS REORGANIZATION PROVISIONS (sections 7011 to 7014)
SUBCHAPTER X—FREEDOM TO E-FILE (sections 7031 to 7035)
CHAPTER 99—SHEEP PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION (sections 7101 to 7111)
- § 7101 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 7102 — Definitions
- § 7103 — Issuance and amendment of orders
- § 7104 — Required terms in orders
- § 7105 — Referenda
- § 7106 — Petition and review
- § 7107 — Enforcement
- § 7108 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 7109 — Administrative provisions
- § 7110 — Regulations
- § 7111 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 100—AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION (sections 7201 to 7334)
SUBCHAPTER I—SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS (sections 7201 to 7202)
SUBCHAPTER II—PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS (sections 7211 to 7218)
- § 7211 — Authorization for use of production flexibility contracts
- § 7212 — Elements of contracts
- § 7213 — Amounts available for contract payments
- § 7214 — Determination of contract payments under contracts
- § 7215 — Applicability of payment limitations
- § 7216 — Violations of contract
- § 7217 — Transfer or change of interest in lands subject to contract
- § 7218 — Planting flexibility
SUBCHAPTER III—NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS (sections 7231 to 7237)
- § 7231 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
- § 7232 — Loan rates for marketing assistance loans
- § 7233 — Term of loans
- § 7234 — Repayment of loans
- § 7235 — Loan deficiency payments
- § 7236 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
- § 7236a — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton
- § 7237 — Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton and other fibers
SUBCHAPTER IV—OTHER COMMODITIES (sections 7251 to 7272)
Part A—Dairy (sections 7251 to 7259)
- § 7251 — Milk price support program
- § 7252 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–76, title VII, § 772(b) , Nov. 28, 2001 , 115 Stat. 745
- § 7253 — Consolidation and reform of Federal milk marketing orders
- § 7254 — Effect on fluid milk standards in State of California
- § 7255 — Milk manufacturing marketing adjustment
- § 7256 — Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
- § 7257 — Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of one or more export trading companies
- § 7258 — Standby authority to indicate entity best suited to provide international market development and export services
- § 7259 — Study and report regarding potential impact of Uruguay Round on prices, income, and government purchases
Part B—Sugar (sections 7271 to 7272)
SUBCHAPTER V—ADMINISTRATION (sections 7281 to 7287)
- § 7281 — Administration
- § 7282 — Adjustments of loans
- § 7283 — Commodity Credit Corporation interest rate
- § 7284 — Personal liability of producers for deficiencies
- § 7285 — Commodity Credit Corporation sales price restrictions
- § 7286 — Commodity certificates
- § 7287 — Commodity Credit Corporation storage payments
SUBCHAPTER VI—PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT AUTHORITY (sections 7301 to 7302)
SUBCHAPTER VII—COMMISSION ON 21 st CENTURY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE (sections 7311 to 7318)
SUBCHAPTER VIII—MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITY PROVISIONS (sections 7331 to 7334)
CHAPTER 101—AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION (sections 7401 to 7491)
SUBCHAPTER I—COMMODITY PROMOTION AND EVALUATION (section 7401)
SUBCHAPTER II—ISSUANCE OF ORDERS FOR PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION ACTIVITIES REGARDING AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 7411 to 7425)
- § 7411 — Findings and purpose
- § 7412 — Definitions
- § 7413 — Issuance of orders
- § 7414 — Required terms in orders
- § 7415 — Permissive terms in orders
- § 7416 — Assessments
- § 7416a — Confirmation of authority of Secretary of Agriculture to collect State commodity assessments
- § 7417 — Referenda
- § 7418 — Petition and review of orders
- § 7419 — Enforcement
- § 7420 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 7421 — Suspension or termination
- § 7422 — Amendments to orders
- § 7423 — Effect on other laws
- § 7424 — Regulations
- § 7425 — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER III—CANOLA AND RAPESEED (sections 7441 to 7452)
- § 7441 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 7442 — Definitions
- § 7443 — Issuance and amendment of orders
- § 7444 — Required terms in orders
- § 7445 — Assessments
- § 7446 — Referenda
- § 7447 — Petition and review
- § 7448 — Enforcement
- § 7449 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 7450 — Suspension or termination
- § 7451 — Regulations
- § 7452 — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER IV—KIWIFRUIT (sections 7461 to 7473)
- § 7461 — Findings and purposes
- § 7462 — Definitions
- § 7463 — Issuance of orders
- § 7464 — National Kiwifruit Board
- § 7465 — Required terms in order
- § 7466 — Permissive terms in order
- § 7467 — Petition and review
- § 7468 — Enforcement
- § 7469 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 7470 — Referenda
- § 7471 — Suspension or termination
- § 7472 — Regulations
- § 7473 — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER V—POPCORN (sections 7481 to 7491)
- § 7481 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 7482 — Definitions
- § 7483 — Issuance of orders
- § 7484 — Required terms in orders
- § 7485 — Referenda
- § 7486 — Petition and review
- § 7487 — Enforcement
- § 7488 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 7489 — Relation to other programs
- § 7490 — Regulations
- § 7491 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 102—EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE (sections 7501 to 7518)
- § 7501 — Definitions
- § 7502 — Availability of CCC commodities
- § 7503 — State plan
- § 7504 — Initial processing costs
- § 7505 — Federal and State responsibilities
- § 7506 — Assurances; anticipated use
- § 7507 — State and local supplementation of commodities
- § 7508 — Authorization and appropriations
- § 7509 — Relationship to other programs
- § 7510 — Commodities not income
- § 7511 — Prohibition against certain State charges
- § 7511a — Emergency food program infrastructure grants
- § 7512 — Regulations
- § 7513 — Finality of determinations
- § 7514 — Incorporation of additional commodities
- § 7515 — Allotment and delivery of commodities
- § 7516 — Settlement and adjustment of claims
- § 7517 — The Gus Schumacher nutrition incentive program
- § 7518 — Micro-grants for food security
CHAPTER 103—AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM (sections 7601 to 7671)
SUBCHAPTER I—PRIORITIES, SCOPE, REVIEW, AND COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION (sections 7611 to 7614c)
- § 7611 — Standards for Federal funding of agricultural research, extension, and education
- § 7612 — Priority setting process
- § 7613 — Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education funded by the Department
- § 7614 — Definitions
- § 7614a — Roadmap
- § 7614b — Review of plan of work requirements
- § 7614c — Budget submission and funding
SUBCHAPTER II—NEW AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES (sections 7621 to 7633)
- § 7621 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7406(b)(1) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1251 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7406(b)(1), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2013
- § 7622 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7302 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1242 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7302, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2003
- § 7623 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7303 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1242 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7303, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2003
- § 7624 — Biobased products
- § 7625 — National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program
- § 7626 — Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program
- § 7627 — Coordinated program of research, extension, and education to improve viability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, and poultry operations
- § 7628 — Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica
- § 7629 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7304 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 888
- § 7630 — Grants for youth organizations
- § 7631 — Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing countries
- § 7632 — Specialty crop research initiative
- § 7633 — Food and agriculture service learning program
SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 7641 to 7671)
Part A—Miscellaneous (sections 7641 to 7643)
Part B—General (sections 7651 to 7657)
- § 7651 — Nutrient composition data
- § 7652 — Role of Secretary regarding food and agricultural sciences research and extension
- § 7653 — Office of Pest Management Policy
- § 7654 — Food Safety Research Information Office
- § 7655 — Safe food handling education
- § 7655a — Food safety education initiatives
- § 7655b — Forestry products advanced utilization research
- § 7655c — Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction
- § 7655d — Wood innovation grant program
- § 7656 — Designation of Crisis Management Team within Department
- § 7657 — Senior Scientific Research Service
Part C—Studies (section 7671)
CHAPTER 104—PLANT PROTECTION (sections 7701 to 7786)
SUBCHAPTER I—PLANT PROTECTION (sections 7711 to 7721)
- § 7711 — Regulation of movement of plant pests
- § 7712 — Regulation of movement of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, noxious weeds, articles, and means of conveyance
- § 7712a — Reduction in backlog of agricultural export petitions
- § 7713 — Notification and holding requirements upon arrival
- § 7714 — General remedial measures for new plant pests and noxious weeds
- § 7715 — Declaration of extraordinary emergency and resulting authorities
- § 7716 — Recovery of compensation for unauthorized activities
- § 7717 — Control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets
- § 7718 — Certification for exports
- § 7719 — Methyl bromide
- § 7720 — National plan for control and management of Sudden Oak Death
- § 7721 — Plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention
SUBCHAPTER II—INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT (sections 7731 to 7736)
SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 7751 to 7761)
- § 7751 — Cooperation
- § 7752 — Buildings, land, people, claims, and agreements
- § 7753 — Reimbursable agreements
- § 7754 — Regulations and orders
- § 7755 — Protection for mail handlers
- § 7756 — Preemption
- § 7757 — Severability
- § 7758 — Repeal of superseded laws
- § 7759 — Fees for inspection of plants for exporting or transiting
- § 7760 — State terminal inspection; transmission of mailed packages for State inspection; nonmailable matter; punishment for violations; rules and regulations by United States Postal Service
- § 7761 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10007(c) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 947
SUBCHAPTER IV—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS (sections 7771 to 7772)
SUBCHAPTER V—NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AND ERADICATION (sections 7781 to 7786)
CHAPTER 105—HASS AVOCADO PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION (sections 7801 to 7813)
- § 7801 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 7802 — Definitions
- § 7803 — Issuance of orders
- § 7804 — Required terms in orders
- § 7805 — Referenda
- § 7806 — Petition and review
- § 7807 — Enforcement
- § 7808 — Investigations and power to subpoena
- § 7809 — Confidentiality
- § 7810 — Authority for Secretary to suspend or terminate order
- § 7811 — Rules of construction
- § 7812 — Regulations
- § 7813 — Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 106—COMMODITY PROGRAMS (sections 7901 to 8002)
SUBCHAPTER I—DIRECT PAYMENTS AND COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS (sections 7911 to 7918)
- § 7911 — Establishment of base acres and payment acres for a farm
- § 7912 — Establishment of payment yield
- § 7913 — Availability of direct payments
- § 7914 — Availability of counter-cyclical payments
- § 7915 — Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments
- § 7916 — Planting flexibility
- § 7917 — Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts
- § 7918 — Period of effectiveness
SUBCHAPTER II—MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS (sections 7931 to 7939)
- § 7931 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities
- § 7932 — Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
- § 7933 — Term of loans
- § 7934 — Repayment of loans
- § 7935 — Loan deficiency payments
- § 7936 — Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage
- § 7937 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
- § 7938 — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton
- § 7939 — Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton
SUBCHAPTER III—PEANUTS (sections 7951 to 7960)
- § 7951 — Definitions
- § 7952 — Establishment of payment yield and base acres for peanuts for a farm
- § 7953 — Availability of direct payments for peanuts
- § 7954 — Availability of counter-cyclical payments for peanuts
- § 7955 — Producer agreement required as condition on provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments
- § 7956 — Planting flexibility
- § 7957 — Marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts
- § 7958 — Miscellaneous provisions
- § 7959 — Termination of marketing quota programs for peanuts and compensation to peanut quota holders for loss of quota asset value
- § 7960 — Repeal of superseded price support authority and effect of repeal
SUBCHAPTER IV—SUGAR (section 7971)
SUBCHAPTER V—DAIRY (sections 7981 to 7984)
SUBCHAPTER VI—ADMINISTRATION (sections 7991 to 8002)
- § 7991 — Administration generally
- § 7992 — Suspension of permanent price support authority
- § 7993 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1623(a) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1025 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title I, § 1623(a), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1753
- § 7994 — Study
- § 7995 — Assignment of payments
- § 7996 — Equitable relief from ineligibility for loans, payments, or other benefits
- § 7997 — Tracking of benefits
- § 7998 — Estimates of net farm income
- § 7999 — Availability of incentive payments for certain producers
- § 8000 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1623(b) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1025 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title I, § 1623(b), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1753
- § 8001 — Producer retention of erroneously paid loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains
- § 8002 — Implementation funding and information management
CHAPTER 107—RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 8101 to 8115)
- § 8101 — Definitions
- § 8102 — Biobased markets program
- § 8103 — Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance
- § 8104 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title IX, § 9004 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4885
- § 8105 — Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels
- § 8106 — Biodiesel fuel education program
- § 8107 — Rural Energy for America Program
- § 8107a — Rural energy savings program
- § 8108 — Biomass research and development
- § 8109 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title IX, § 9008 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4886
- § 8110 — Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers
- § 8111 — Biomass Crop Assistance Program
- § 8112 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title IX, § 9011 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 938
- § 8113 — Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program
- § 8114 — Sun grant program
- § 8115 — Carbon utilization and biogas education program
CHAPTER 108—TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 8201 to 8205)
CHAPTER 109—ANIMAL HEALTH PROTECTION (sections 8301 to 8322)
- § 8301 — Findings
- § 8302 — Definitions
- § 8303 — Restriction on importation or entry
- § 8304 — Exportation
- § 8305 — Interstate movement
- § 8306 — Seizure, quarantine, and disposal
- § 8307 — Inspections, seizures, and warrants
- § 8308 — Detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests
- § 8308a — Animal disease prevention and management
- § 8309 — Veterinary accreditation program
- § 8310 — Cooperation
- § 8311 — Reimbursable agreements
- § 8312 — Administration and claims
- § 8313 — Penalties
- § 8314 — Enforcement
- § 8315 — Regulations and orders
- § 8316 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 8317 — Effect on regulations
- § 8318 — Veterinary training
- § 8319 — Surveillance of zoonotic diseases
- § 8320 — Expansion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service activities
- § 8321 — Pest and Disease Response Fund
- § 8322 — National aquatic animal health plan
CHAPTER 109A—CONTROL OF WILD ANIMALS (sections 8351 to 8356)
- § 8351 — Predatory and other wild animals
- § 8352 — Authorization of expenditures for the eradication and control of predatory and other wild animals
- § 8353 — Control of nuisance mammals and birds and those constituting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases; exception
- § 8354 — Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease aircraft
- § 8355 — Losses of livestock due to depredation by federally protected species
- § 8356 — Depredation permits for black vultures and common ravens; black vulture livestock protection program
CHAPTER 110—ENHANCING CONTROLS ON DANGEROUS BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (sections 8401 to 8411)
SUBCHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (section 8401)
SUBCHAPTER II—INTERAGENCY COORDINATION REGARDING OVERLAP AGENTS AND TOXINS (section 8411)
CHAPTER 111—BROWN TREE SNAKE CONTROL AND ERADICATION (sections 8501 to 8507)
- § 8501 — Definitions
- § 8502 — Sense of Congress regarding need for improved and better coordinated Federal policy for brown tree snake introduction, control, and eradication
- § 8503 — Brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication
- § 8504 — Establishment of quarantine protocols to control the introduction and spread of the brown tree snake
- § 8505 — Treatment of brown tree snakes as nonmailable matter
- § 8506 — Role of brown tree snake Technical Working Group
- § 8507 — Miscellaneous matters
CHAPTER 112—BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (section 8601)
CHAPTER 113—AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS (sections 8701 to 8793)
SUBCHAPTER I—DIRECT PAYMENTS AND COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS (sections 8711 to 8719)
- § 8711 — Base acres
- § 8712 — Payment yields
- § 8713 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1101 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8714 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1102(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8715 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1103(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8716 — Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments
- § 8717 — Planting flexibility
- § 8718 — Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice
- § 8719 — Period of effectiveness
SUBCHAPTER II—MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS (sections 8731 to 8740)
- § 8731 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities
- § 8732 — Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
- § 8733 — Term of loans
- § 8734 — Repayment of loans
- § 8735 — Loan deficiency payments
- § 8736 — Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage
- § 8737 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
- § 8738 — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton
- § 8739 — Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton
- § 8740 — Adjustments of loans
SUBCHAPTER III—PEANUTS (sections 8751 to 8758)
- § 8751 — Definitions
- § 8752 — Base acres for peanuts for a farm
- § 8753 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1101 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8754 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1102(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8755 — Producer agreement required as condition on provision of payments
- § 8756 — Planting flexibility
- § 8757 — Marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts
- § 8758 — Adjustments of loans
SUBCHAPTER IV—DAIRY (sections 8771 to 8773)
SUBCHAPTER V—ADMINISTRATION (sections 8781 to 8793)
- § 8781 — Administration generally
- § 8782 — Suspension of permanent price support authority
- § 8783 — Availability of quality incentive payments for covered oilseed producers
- § 8784 — Assignment of payments
- § 8785 — Tracking of benefits
- § 8786 — Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs
- § 8787 — Hard white wheat development program
- § 8788 — Durum wheat quality program
- § 8789 — Storage facility loans
- § 8790 — Signature authority
- § 8791 — Information gathering
- § 8792 — Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
- § 8793 — Implementation
CHAPTER 114—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY (sections 8901 to 8922)
SUBCHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY (sections 8911 to 8914)
SUBCHAPTER II—OTHER PROVISIONS (sections 8921 to 8922)
CHAPTER 115—AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS (sections 9001 to 9097)
SUBCHAPTER I—COMMODITY POLICY (sections 9011 to 9019)
SUBCHAPTER II—MARKETING LOANS (sections 9031 to 9040)
- § 9031 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities
- § 9032 — Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
- § 9033 — Term of loans
- § 9034 — Repayment of loans
- § 9035 — Loan deficiency payments
- § 9036 — Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage
- § 9037 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
- § 9038 — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton
- § 9039 — Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton
- § 9040 — Adjustments of loans
SUBCHAPTER III—DAIRY (sections 9051 to 9071a)
Part A—Dairy Margin Coverage (sections 9051 to 9060)
- § 9051 — Definitions
- § 9052 — Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy production margins
- § 9053 — Dairy margin coverage
- § 9054 — Participation of dairy operations in dairy margin coverage
- § 9055 — Production history of participating dairy operations
- § 9056 — Dairy margin coverage payments
- § 9057 — Premiums for dairy margin coverage
- § 9058 — Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums
- § 9059 — Duration
- § 9060 — Administration and enforcement