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§1379g Authority to facilitate transition

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES › Part Part D— - Wheat Marketing Allocation › § 1379g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may take steps to make switching from the old wheat program to the new one easier. He can, for example, remove marketing limits for wheat or wheat food products that are already in trade on the program’s start date or sell certificates to people who own that wheat or those products. Any certificates would be issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation. If the per-bushel face value of domestic marketing certificates changes a lot from one marketing year to the next, the Secretary can also sell certificates to wheat processors under terms he sets. He may also ease the move from the certificate program to a no-certificate program by exempting wheat or food products in trade on July 1, 1973, or by selling certificates for them. Certificates cannot be required for wheat processed after June 30, 1973.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1379g

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to take such action as he determines to be necessary to facilitate the transition from the program currently in effect to the program provided for in this part. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, such authority shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to exempt all or a portion of the wheat or food products made therefrom in the channels of trade on the effective date of the program under this part from the marketing restrictions in subsection (b) of section 1379d of this title, or to sell certificates to persons owning such wheat or food products at such prices as the Secretary may determine. Any such certificate shall be issued by Commodity Credit Corporation.
(b)Whenever the face value per bushel of domestic marketing certificates for a marketing year is substantially different from the face value of domestic marketing certificates for the preceding marketing year, the Secretary is authorized to take such action as he determines necessary to facilitate the transition between marketing years. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, such authority shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to sell certificates to persons engaged in the processing of wheat into food products covering such quantities of wheat, at such prices, and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may by regulation provide. Any such certificate shall be issued by Commodity Credit Corporation.
(c)The Secretary is authorized to take such action as he determines to be necessary to facilitate the transition from the certificate program provided for under section 1379d of this title to a program under which no certificates are required. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such authority shall include, but shall not be limited to the authority to exempt all or a portion of wheat or food products made therefrom in the channels of trade on July 1, 1973, from the marketing restrictions in subsection (b) of section 1379d of this title, or to sell certificates to persons owning such wheat or food products made therefrom at such price and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine. Any such certificate shall be issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Nothing herein shall authorize the Secretary to require certificates on wheat processed after June 30, 1973.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This part, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), commences with section 1379a of this title.

Amendments

1973—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–524, § 403(b), as added by Pub. L. 93–86, added subsec. (c). 1965—Pub. L. 89–321 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Inapplicability of Section Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(3) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning
June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(3) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning
May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(3) of this title. Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(H) of this title. Section inapplicable to wheat processors or exporters during period
June 1, 1991, through
May 31, 1996, see section 302 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as a note under section 1379d of this title. Section inapplicable to wheat processors or exporters during period
June 1, 1986, through
May 31, 1991, see section 309 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 1379d of this title. Section inapplicable to wheat processors or exporters during period
June 1, 1982, through
May 31, 1986, see section 302 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 1379d of this title. Section inapplicable to wheat processors or exporters during period
July 1, 1973, through
May 31, 1982, see section 403 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as a note under section 1379d of this title. Section inapplicable to wheat processed or exported during period
July 1, 1973, through
June 30, 1978, see section 403(b) of Pub. L. 91–524, as added by section 1(10) of Pub. L. 93–86, set out as a note under section 1379d of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1379g

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73