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7 U.S.C. § 1291 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1291. Adjustments in freight rates
(a) Complaints by Secretary of Agriculture; notice of hearings
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make complaint to the Surface Transportation Board with respect to rates, charges, tariffs, and practices relating to the transportation of farm products, and to prosecute the same before the Board. Before hearing or disposing of any complaint (filed by any person other than the Secretary) with respect to rates, charges, tariffs, and practices relating to the transportation of farm products, the Board shall cause the Secretary to be notified, and, upon application by the Secretary, shall permit the Secretary to appear and be heard.
(b) Secretary as party to proceedings
If such rate, charge, tariff, or practice complained of is one affecting the public interest, upon application by the Secretary, the Board shall make the Secretary a party to the proceeding. In such case the Secretary shall have the rights of a party before the Board and the rights of a party to invoke and pursue original and appellate judicial proceedings involving the Board’s determination. The liability of the Secretary in any such case shall extend only to liability for court costs.
(c) Utilization of records, services, etc., of Department of Agriculture
For the purposes of this section, the Surface Transportation Board is authorized to avail itself of the cooperation, records, services, and facilities of the Department of Agriculture.
(d) Cooperation with complaining farm associations
The Secretary is authorized to cooperate with and assist cooperative associations of farmers making complaint to the Surface Transportation Board with respect to rates, charges, tariffs, and practices relating to the transportation of farm products.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title II, § 201, 52 Stat. 36; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 311, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 948.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1995—Pub. L. 104–88 substituted “Surface Transportation Board” for “Interstate Commerce Commission” in subsecs. (a), (c), and (d), “Board” for “Commission” wherever appearing in subsecs. (a) and (b), and “Board’s” for “Commission’s” in subsec. (b).
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of Title 49, Transportation.
7 U.S.C. § 1293 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1293. Transferred
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title II, § 204, 52 Stat. 38, which provided for annual report of Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, was transferred to section 713c–1 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
7 U.S.C. § 1301a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1301a. References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after January 1, 1950
All references in other laws to—
(1) parity,
(2) parity prices,
(3) prices comparable to parity prices, or
(4) prices to be determined in the same manner as provided by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.] prior to its amendment by this Act for the determination of parity prices,
with respect to prices for agricultural commodities and products thereof, shall hereafter be deemed to refer to parity prices as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 301(a)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [7 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)], as amended by this Act.
(July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title III, § 302(f), 62 Stat. 1258.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in par. (4), is act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 31, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1281 of this title and Tables.
This Act, referred to in par. (4) and concluding provisions, is act July 3, 1948, ch. 827, 62 Stat. 1247, known as the Agricultural Act of 1948, titles II and III of which became effective Jan. 1, 1950. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1948 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1948, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective Jan. 1, 1950, see section 303 of act July 3, 1948, set out as an Effective Date of 1948 Amendment note under section 1301 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1301b (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1301b. Repealed. Pub. L. 85–835, title I, § 108, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 993
text: Section, act Aug. 29, 1949, ch. 518, § 3(a), 63 Stat. 676, prescribed standard cotton grade for parity and price support purposes.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 85–835, title I, § 108, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 993, provided in part that: “This section [amending section 1423 of this title and repealing this section] shall become effective with the 1961 crop.”
7 U.S.C. § 1303 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1303. Parity payments
If and when appropriations are made therefor, the Secretary is authorized and directed to make payments to producers of corn, wheat, cotton, or rice, on their normal production of such commodities in amounts which, together with the proceeds thereof, will provide a return to such producers which is as nearly equal to parity price as the funds so made available will permit. All funds available for such payments with respect to these commodities shall unless otherwise provided by law, be apportioned to these commodities in proportion to the amount by which each fails to reach the parity income. Such payments shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other payments authorized by law.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 303, 52 Stat. 45; Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(g), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2004—Pub. L. 108–357 substituted “or rice,” for “rice, or tobacco,”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 108–357 applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date note under section 518 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Amendment by sections 611 to 614 of Pub. L. 108–357 not to affect the liability of any person under any provision of law so amended with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of tobacco, see section 614 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 515 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1306 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1306. Projected yields; determination; base period
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the determination of farm yields the Secretary may use projected yields in lieu of normal yields. In the determination of such yields the Secretary shall take into account the actual yield proved by the producer for the base period used in determining the projected yield, and the projected yield shall not be less than such actual yield proved by the producer.
(Pub. L. 89–321, title VII, § 708, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1211; Pub. L. 91–524, title IV, § 405(b), as added Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(12)(a), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 229.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Amendments
text: 1973—Pub. L. 91–524, § 405(b), as added by Pub. L. 93–86, temporarily inserted “(except that in the case of wheat, if the yield is abnormally low in any one of the calendar years of the base period because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, the Secretary shall take into account the actual yield proved by the producer in the other four years of such base period)” after “determining the projected yield”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1973 Amendment note below.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective and Termination Dates of 1973 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 91–524, title IV, § 405(b), as added by Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(12)(a), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 229, provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 91–524 is effective with respect to the 1974 through 1977 crops.
7 U.S.C. § 1308–4 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1308–4. Education program
(a) In general
The Secretary shall carry out a payment provisions education program for appropriate personnel of the Department of Agriculture and members and other personnel of county and State committees established under section 590h(b) of title 16, for the purpose of fostering more effective and uniform application of the payment limitations and restrictions established under sections 1308 through 1308–3 of this title.
(b) Training
The education program shall provide training to the personnel in the fair, accurate, and uniform application to individual farming operations of the provisions of law and regulation relating to the payment provisions of sections 1308 through 1308–3 of this title.
(c) Administration
The State office of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall make the initial determination concerning the application of payment limitations and restrictions established under sections 1308 through 1308–3 of this title to farm operations consisting of more than 5 persons, subject to review by the Secretary.
(d) Commodity Credit Corporation
The Secretary shall carry out the program provided under this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title X, § 1001E, formerly § 1001D, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XI, § 1111(g), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3499; renumbered § 1001E, Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1604(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 215.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 1001E of Pub. L. 99–198 was renumbered section 1001F and is classified to section 1308–5 of this title.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective beginning with 1991 crop of an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see section 1171 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section 1421 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1308–5 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1308–5. Treatment of multiyear program contract payments
(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event of a transfer of ownership of land (or an ownership interest in land) by way of devise or descent, the Secretary of Agriculture may, if the new owner succeeds to the prior owner’s contract entered into under title XII,1 make payments to the new owner under such contract without regard to the amount of payments received by the new owner under any contract entered into under title XII 1 executed prior to such devise or descent.
(b) Limitation
Payments made pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount to which the previous owner was entitled to receive under the terms of the contract at the time of the death of the prior owner.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title X, § 1001F, formerly § 1001E, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XI, § 1111(h), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3499; renumbered § 1001F, Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1604(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 215.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Title XII, referred to in subsec. (a), is title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1504, which is classified principally to chapter 58 (§ 3801 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of title XII to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective beginning with 1991 crop of an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see section 1171 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section 1421 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1310 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1310. American agriculture protection program
(a) Determination of short supply; suspension of commercial export sales; parity price
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the President or any other member of the executive branch of the Federal Government causes to be suspended, based upon a determination of short supply, the commercial export sales of any commodity, as defined in subsection (c) of this section, to any country or area with which the United States otherwise continues commercial trade, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, on the day the suspension is initiated, set the loan level for such commodity under the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.], if a loan program is in effect for the commodity, at 90 per centum of the parity price for the commodity, as such parity price is determined on the day the suspension is initiated.
(b) Duration of loan level
Any loan level established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall remain in effect as long as the suspension of commercial export sales described in subsection (a) remains in effect.
(c) “Commodity” defined
For purposes of this section, the term “commodity” shall include any of the following: wheat, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, oats, rye, barley, rice, flaxseed, and cotton.
(Pub. L. 95–113, title X, § 1002, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 950.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35A (§ 1421 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1310a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1310a. Normal supply of commodity for 1986 through 1995 crops
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the supply of wheat, corn, upland cotton, or rice for the marketing year for any of the 1986 through 1995 crops of such commodity is not likely to be excessive and that program measures to reduce or control the planted acreage of the crop are not necessary, such a decision shall constitute a determination that the total supply of the commodity does not exceed the normal supply and no determination to the contrary shall be made by the Secretary with respect to such commodity for such marketing year.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title X, § 1019, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1459; Pub. L. 101–624, title XI, § 1142, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3515.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 1310a, Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1107, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1266, provided for a normal supply of commodities for the 1982 through 1985 crops.
heading: Amendments
text: 1990—Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “1995” for “1990”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 101–624 effective beginning with 1991 crop of an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see section 1171 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1311...1314–1 (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 1311 to 1314–1. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522
text: Section 1311, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 311, 52 Stat. 45, set forth legislative findings.
text: Section 1312, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 312, 52 Stat. 46; Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 54, 52 Stat. 120; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 562, 563, 53 Stat. 1261; June 13, 1940, ch. 360, §§ 2, 3, 54 Stat. 392; Nov. 22, 1940, ch. 914, §§ 2, 5, 54 Stat. 1209, 1210; Feb. 28, 1942, ch. 123, 56 Stat. 121; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title II, § 208, 62 Stat. 1257; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 639, 69 Stat. 557; June 22, 1956, ch. 427, 70 Stat. 330; Pub. L. 99–272, title I, § 1104(a), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 89, related to national tobacco marketing quotas.
text: Section 1313, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 313, 52 Stat. 47; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 5, 52 Stat. 202; May 31, 1938, ch. 292, § 2, 52 Stat. 586; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 564, 53 Stat. 1261; June 13, 1940, ch. 360, § 4, 54 Stat. 392; Feb. 6, 1942, ch. 44, § 1, 56 Stat. 51; Apr. 29, 1943, ch. 80, 57 Stat. 69; Oct. 17, 1951, ch. 511, 65 Stat. 422; Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 21, §§ 3, 4, 69 Stat. 24; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 789, 69 Stat. 670; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 799, 69 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 85–489, § 1, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 291; Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 378(d), as added Pub. L. 85–835, title V, § 501, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 995; Pub. L. 89–12, § 2, Apr. 16, 1965, 79 Stat. 72; Pub. L. 90–106, Oct. 12, 1967, 81 Stat. 275, related to apportionment of national marketing quotas.
text: Section 1314, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 314, 52 Stat. 48; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 565, 53 Stat. 1262; June 13, 1940, ch. 360, § 5, 54 Stat. 393; Feb. 19, 1946, ch. 31, § 2, 60 Stat. 21; June 22, 1954, ch. 339, 68 Stat. 270; Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 21, § 5, 69 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 97–218, title I, § 103, title II, § 206(a), July 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 201, 206, related to penalties for marketing of tobacco which is in excess of quotas or not eligible for price supports.
text: Section 1314–1, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 314A, as added Pub. L. 97–218, title III, § 306, July 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 215, related to limitation on sale of tobacco floor sweepings.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date note under section 518 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal not to affect the liability of any person under this subpart with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of tobacco, see section 614 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 515 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1315 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1315. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(o), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523
text: Section, acts July 12, 1952, ch. 709, 66 Stat. 597; Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 21, § 2, 69 Stat. 24, related to additional Burley tobacco acreage allotments.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date note under section 518 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal not to affect the liability of any person under this section with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of tobacco, see section 614 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 515 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1316 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1316. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(p), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523
text: Section, Pub. L. 89–321, title VII, § 703, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1210; Pub. L. 91–284, § 6, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 314; Pub. L. 97–218, title II, § 205(b), July 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 206, related to transfer of allotments subsequent to 1965.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date note under section 518 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal not to affect the liability of any person under this section with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of tobacco, see section 614 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 515 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1322a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1322a. Repealed. July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title II, § 203(b), 62 Stat. 1256
text: Section, act July 26, 1939, ch. 378, 53 Stat. 1125, related to time for proclamation of referendum.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Jan. 1, 1950, see section 303 of act July 3, 1948, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 1326 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 1326. Adjustment of farm marketing quotas
(a) Whenever in any county or other area the Secretary finds that the actual production of corn plus the amount of corn stored under seal in such county or other area is less than the normal production of the marketing percentage of the farm acreage allotments in such county or other area, the Secretary shall terminate farm marketing quotas for corn in such county or other area.
(b) Whenever, upon any farm, the actual production of the acreage of corn is less than the normal production of the marketing percentage of the farm acreage allotment, there may be marketed, without penalty, from such farm an amount of corn from the corn stored under seal pursuant to section 1324 of this title which, together with the actual production of the then current crop, will equal the normal production of the marketing percentage of the farm acreage allotment.
(c) Whenever, in any marketing year, marketing quotas are not in effect with respect to the crop of corn produced in the calendar year in which such marketing year begins, all marketing quotas applicable to previous crops of corn shall be terminated.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 326, 52 Stat. 51.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 1324 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by act Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Inapplicability of Section
text: Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(1) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(1) of this title.
Section 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)(1) of this title.
Section 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)(A) of this title.
heading: Repeals
text: Act Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902, repealed this section insofar as it is applicable to corn. Section has been made applicable to wheat by sections 1330(6) and 1340(6) of this title.