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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 46 — Surplus Disposal of Agricultural Commodities

§ 1855. Supplemental appropriations to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products

Statutory text

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending , the sum of $500,000,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to further carry out the provisions of section 612c of this title, subject to all provisions of law relating to the expenditure of funds appropriated by such section, except that up to 50 per centum of such $500,000,000 may be devoted during any fiscal year to any one agricultural commodity or the products thereof.

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. (May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, § 205, 70 Stat. 200.) · 70 Stat. 200

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1855

    (May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, § 205, 70 Stat. 200.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, § 205, 70 Stat. 200.)

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Credits

(May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, § 205, 70 Stat. 200.)

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