7 U.S.C. § 1401 to 1407 (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 1401 to 1407. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section 1401, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 401, 52 Stat. 70, authorized an appropriation of $1,800,000 to accomplish the purposes declared in former provisions of this subchapter and provided for payments by Secretary of Treasury upon order of Secretary of Agriculture.
Section 1402, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 402, 52 Stat. 70, provided for deposit of appropriation to credit of the Secretary of Agriculture for disbursement for purposes stated in former provisions of this subchapter.
Section 1403, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 403, 52 Stat. 70; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 13, 52 Stat. 204, provided allotment of funds to manager of cotton pool for purchase of pool participation trust certificates, to be tendered by lawful holder and owner thereof on or before May 1, 1938, at rate of $1 per five-hundred-pound bale, payment of costs and expenses incident to such purchases and covering into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts balance remaining at expiration of purchase period.
Section 1404, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 404, 52 Stat. 71; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 14, 52 Stat. 204, extended the time limit for purchase of outstanding pool participation certificates to and including July 31, 1938, authorized issuance of rules and regulations and prohibited purchases from other than record holders on or before May 1, 1938.
Section 1404a, acts June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 747; Apr. 5, 1939, ch. 44, 53 Stat. 572, extended the time limit for purchase of certificates to and including Sept. 30, 1939 and made the date of May 1, 1938 inapplicable.
Section 1404b, act June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 747, provided for issuance of regulations for payments on participation trust certificates in case of death, incompetence or disappearance of payee.
Section 1405, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 405, 52 Stat. 71, authorized continuance of 1933 cotton producers pool as long as necessary to effectuate purposes of former provisions of this subchapter and use of funds for payment of expenses.
Section 1406, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 406, 52 Stat. 71, prohibited purchase of certificates after expiration of time limit.
Section 1407, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title IV, § 407, 52 Stat. 71; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 15, 52 Stat. 204, provided for payment by assignee of certificate transferred subsequent to May 1, 1937, limited to the purchase price paid by the assignee, with interest at rate of four per centum from date of purchase, not exceeding an amount of $1 per bale, payment to be based upon affidavit of assignee.
heading: Inapplicability of Subchapter
text: Subchapter, with the exception of former sections 1404a and 1404b, inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(4) of this title.
Subchapter, with the exception of former sections 1404a and 1404b, inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(I) of this title.
heading: Settlement of Certain Claims and Accounts
text: Act June 5, 1942, ch. 349, §§ 2, 3, 56 Stat. 324, authorized Comptroller General to relieve disbursing and certifying officers from liability for payments made under former provisions of this subchapter upon certificate of Secretary of Agriculture that such payments were made in good faith, and also provided that no action should be taken to recover such excess payments, if the Secretary of Agriculture should further certify that, in view of the good faith of the parties or other circumstances of the case, such attempt to recover them would be inadvisable or inequitable.