Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 102 — Emergency Food Assistance
§ 7506. Assurances; anticipated use
Statutory text
The Secretary shall take such precautions as the Secretary deems necessary to assure that any eligible recipient agency receiving commodities under this chapter will provide such commodities to persons served by the eligible recipient agency and will not diminish its normal expenditures for food by reason of the receipt of such commodities. The Secretary shall also take such precautions as the Secretary deems necessary to assure that commodities made available under this chapter will not displace commercial sales of such commodities or the products thereof. The Secretary shall not make commodities available for donation in any quantity or manner that the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, determines may, substitute for the same or any other agricultural produce that would otherwise be purchased in the market.
Commodities provided under this chapter shall be distributed only in quantities that can be consumed without waste. No eligible recipient agency may receive commodities under this chapter in excess of anticipated use, based on inventory records and controls, or in excess of its ability to accept and store such commodities.
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.
Pub. L. 98–8 title II § 203C · 97 Stat. 13
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 7506
Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 203C, as added Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(5), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 203C, as added Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(5), Sept. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 610Food Security Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–198 title XV § 1566 · 99 Stat. 1354
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 7506(a)
Pub. L. 99–198 inserted at end “The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–198 inserted at end “The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1566. report on commodity displacement Section 203C(a) of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “The Secretary shall submit to congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”.Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–66 title I § 1011(k) · 109 Stat. 707
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 7506(a)
Pub. L. 104–66 struck out at end “The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out at end “The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(k) Report on Effect of EFAP Displacement on Commercial Sales.— Section 203C(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking the last sentence.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1985–1995 · 2 rounds
1995
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out at end “The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”
1985
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–198 inserted at end “The Secretary shall submit to Congress each year a report as to whether and to what extent such displacements or substitutions are occurring.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 98–92, § 2, , 97 Stat. 608, provided in part that this section is effective .
Credits
1983–1995 · 3 acts
- 1983Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 203C, as added Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(5), , 97 Stat. 610
- 1985amended Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1566, , 99 Stat. 1591
- 1995Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1011(k), , 109 Stat. 710.
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(Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 203C, as added Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(5), , 97 Stat. 610; amended Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1566, , 99 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1011(k), , 109 Stat. 710.)