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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 8A — Rubber and Other Critical Agricultural Materials

§ 178k. Disposition of byproducts and strategic and industrially important products

Statutory text

The Secretaries may dispose of any latex, resin, wax, pulp, and any other byproducts, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance, resulting from operations under this subchapter. Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes. All moneys received from dispositions under this section shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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.

  1. Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978

    Pub. L. 95–592 § 13 · 92 Stat. 2529

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 178k

    Pub. L. 95–592, § 13, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2533

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–592, § 13, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2533

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 13. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce 7 USC 178k. may dispose of any latex, resin, wax, pulp, and any other byproducts resulting from operations under this Act. All moneys received from dispositions under this section shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

  2. Pub. L. 98–284 § 12 · 98 Stat. 181

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 178k

      Pub. L. 98–284, substituted “The Secretaries” for “The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce”

    2. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 178k

      Pub. L. 98–284, inserted “, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance,” and “Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–284, substituted “The Secretaries” for “The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce”, and inserted “, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance,” and “Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 12. Section 13 of the Act is amended— (1) by striking out “The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Secretaries”; (2) by inserting after “byproducts” the following: “, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance,”; and (3) by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes.”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–284, substituted “The Secretaries” for “The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce”, and inserted “, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance,” and “Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes.”

Credits

1978–1984 · 2 acts
  1. 1978Pub. L. 95–592, § 13, , 92 Stat. 2533
  2. 1984Pub. L. 98–284, § 12, , 98 Stat. 184.
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(Pub. L. 95–592, § 13, , 92 Stat. 2533; Pub. L. 98–284, § 12, , 98 Stat. 184.)

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