Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 35A — Price Support of Agricultural Commodities
§ 1447. Price support levels for other nonbasic agricultural commodities
Statutory text
The Secretary is authorized to make available through loans, purchases, or other operations price support to producers for any nonbasic agricultural commodity not designated in sections 1446, 1446a, and 1446d 1 of this title at a level not in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price for the commodity.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Agricultural Act of 1949
Pub. L. 81–792 · 63 Stat. 1051
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1447
Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title III, § 301, 63 Stat. 1053
Source evidence
Code source credit
Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title III, § 301, 63 Stat. 1053Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–113 title X § 1003(a) · 91 Stat. 913
Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1447
Pub. L. 95–113 temporarily inserted provisions authorizing Secretary to make price support available for the 1978 through 1981 crops of flaxseed, dry edible beans, gum naval stores, and, in the case of the 1979 through 1981 crops, sugar beets and sugar cane, and for other nonbasic undesignated commodities. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment note below
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 95–113 temporarily inserted provisions authorizing Secretary to make price support available for the 1978 through 1981 crops of flaxseed, dry edible beans, gum naval stores, and, in the case of the 1979 through 1981 crops, sugar beets and sugar cane, and for other nonbasic undesignated commodities. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment note below.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Effective only with respect to the 1978 through 1981 crops, section 301 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to make price support available under this title for the 1978 through 1981 crops of flaxseed, dry edible beans, gum naval stores, and in the case of the 1979 through 1981 crops, sugar beets and sugar cane, 7 USC 1446. and for any other non basic commodity not designated in title II, except that such authority shall terminate with respect to any commodity, other than those listed in this sentence, at the end of any crop year in which the net outlays for the commodity exceed $50 million.”.Effective date note
Pub. L. 95–113, title X, § 1003(a), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 950, provided that the amendment made by section 1003(a) is effective only with respect to the 1978 through 1981 crops.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 1446d of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code.
Amendments
1977—Pub. L. 95–113 temporarily inserted provisions authorizing Secretary to make price support available for the 1978 through 1981 crops of flaxseed, dry edible beans, gum naval stores, and, in the case of the 1979 through 1981 crops, sugar beets and sugar cane, and for other nonbasic undesignated commodities. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–113, title X, § 1003(a), , 91 Stat. 950, provided that the amendment made by section 1003(a) is effective only with respect to the 1978 through 1981 crops.
Inapplicability of Section
Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see section 9092(b)(9) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see section 8782(b)(9) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see section 7992(b)(9) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2002 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , and ending , see section 7301(b)(1)(I) of this title.
Elimination of Wool and Mohair Programs
Pub. L. 103–130, § 3(c), , 107 Stat. 1369, provided that: “Effective beginning , the Secretary of Agriculture may not provide loans or payments for wool or mohair by using the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or under the authority of any law.”
Other Price Support Programs in Effect on September 29, 1977
Pub. L. 95–113, title X, § 1003(b), , 91 Stat. 950, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] to the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be operative in any manner with respect to any price support program in effect on the date of enactment of this Act [].”
Credits
1949–1977 · 2 acts
- 1949Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title III, § 301, 63 Stat. 1053
- 1977Pub. L. 95–113, title X, § 1003(a), , 91 Stat. 950.
Show as published
(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title III, § 301, 63 Stat. 1053; Pub. L. 95–113, title X, § 1003(a), , 91 Stat. 950.)