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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 102 — Emergency Food Assistance

§ 7509. Relationship to other programs

Statutory text

(a)

Section 2013(b) of this title shall not apply with respect to the distribution of commodities under this chapter.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided in section 7504 of this title, none of the commodities distributed under this chapter shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in commercial channels in any form.

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. Pub. L. 98–8 title II § 205 · 97 Stat. 13

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 7509

    Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 205, Mar. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 36

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 205, Mar. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 36

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 205. Section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 shall not 7 USC 612c note. 7 USC 2013. apply with respect to the distribution of commodities under this Act.

  2. Pub. L. 98–92 § 2(7) · 97 Stat. 608

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 7509

      Pub. L. 98–92 substituted “Relationship to other programs” for “Relationships to food stamps” in section catchline

    2. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 7509

      Pub. L. 98–92 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    3. Added · 7 U.S.C. § 7509

      Pub. L. 98–92 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–92 substituted “Relationship to other programs” for “Relationships to food stamps” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (7) in section 205— (A) amending the heading to read as follows: (B) inserting “(a)” after the section designation; and (C) adding, at the end thereof, a new subsection “(b)” as follows: “(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 203A of this Act, none Ante, p. 609. of the commodities distributed under this Act shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in commercial channels in any form.”;

  3. Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–246 § 4002(b)(1)(B) · 122 Stat. 1651

    Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 7509(a)

    Pub. L. 110–246, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2013(b) of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2013(b) of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) by striking “Food Stamp Act of 1977” each place it appears and inserting “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008”;

    Effective date note
    Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2008, see section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1161 of Title 2, The Congress.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments1983–2008 · 2 rounds

2008

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2013(b) of this title.

1983

Pub. L. 98–92 substituted “Relationship to other programs” for “Relationships to food stamps” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective , the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

Amendment by section 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective , see section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1161 of Title 2, The Congress.

Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

Pub. L. 98–92, § 2, , 97 Stat. 608, provided in part that the amendment made by section 2 is effective .

Credits

1983–2008 · 4 acts
  1. 1983Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 205, , 97 Stat. 36
  2. 1983Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(7), , 97 Stat. 611
  3. 2008Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), , 122 Stat. 1096, 1097
  4. 2008Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), , 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858.
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(Pub. L. 98–8, title II, § 205, , 97 Stat. 36; Pub. L. 98–92, § 2(7), , 97 Stat. 611; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), , 122 Stat. 1096, 1097; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (2)(I), , 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858.)

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