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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§9308 Rule of construction

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 100— - GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY › § 9308

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal departments and agencies keep their power to run certain food and nutrition programs. They must run those programs the same way they already do, including the rules about buying and shipping food aid. This covers programs like Food for Peace, Food for Progress, Section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the McGovern‑Dole program, the Local and Regional Procurement program, the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, and other USDA food and nutrition security and emergency and non‑emergency food assistance programs.

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Title 22, §9308

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Nothing in the Global Food Security Strategy or this chapter or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to supersede or otherwise affect the authority of the relevant Federal departments and agencies to carry out programs specified in subsection (b), in the manner provided, and subject to the terms and conditions, of those programs, including, but not limited to, the terms, conditions, and requirements relating to the procurement and transportation of food assistance furnished pursuant to such programs.
(b)The programs referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1)The Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.).
(2)The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o).
(3)section 416(b) of the Agriculture 11 So in original. Probably should be “Agricultural”. Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431).22 So in original. Probably should be “1431(b)).”
(4)McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1).
(5)Local and Regional Procurement Program (7 U.S.C. 1726c).
(6)Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1).
(7)Any other food and nutrition security and emergency and non-emergency food assistance program of the Department of Agriculture.

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The

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made by this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), are the

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made by Pub. L. 114–195, section 7(c) of which amended section 2292 and 2292a of this title. The Food for Peace Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, which is classified generally to chapter 41 (§ 1691 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1691 of Title 7 and Tables. The Food for Progress Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1110, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1472, which is classified to section 1736o of Title 7, Agriculture. The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(6), is title III of Pub. L. 96–494, as added by Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 225(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 959, which is classified to section 1736f–1 of Title 7, Agriculture.

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22 U.S.C. § 9308

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73