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Public Law 87–127
To amend section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended.
Approved August 7, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 407 of
Commodity Credit Corp. Sale of feed in disaster areas.
the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting the period at the end of the fifth sentence and adding to such sentence the following: “and shall make feed owned or controlled by it available at any price not less than 75 per centum of the current support price for such feed (or a comparable price if there is no current support price) for assistance in the preservation and maintenance of foundation herds of cattle (including producing dairy cattle), sheep, and goats, and their offspring, in any area of the United States where, because of flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, disease, insect infestation, or other catastrophe in such areas, the Secretary determines that an emergency exists which warrants such assistance, such feed to be made available only to persons who do not have, and are unable to obtain through normal channels of trade without undue financial hardship, sufficient feed for such livestock.”
Approved August 7, 1961.