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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1446a Dairy products; availability through Commodity Credit Corporation

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 35A— - PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 1446a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to let the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of the Army (when acting for the military departments under the Department of Defense’s Single Service Purchase Assignment for Subsistence), or their authorized representatives, take dairy products (including milk) that the CCC acquired under price‑support programs from the warehouses where they are stored. They can do this only after certifying that normal market purchases were made and that the products are needed to provide butter, cheese, and other dairy in hospital rations and military rations (Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard), in Department of Defense hospitals, and for cadets and midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. This authority runs until December 31, 1995. The dairy must be provided free, but the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must pay the CCC for packaging costs. Each Secretary must report every six months to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of Agriculture the amount of dairy used. The CCC’s duty to supply dairy is limited to products it got through price‑support operations and that were not already disposed of under provisions (1) and (2) of section 1431 of this title.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1446a

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As a means of increasing the utilization of dairy products (including for purposes of this section, milk) upon the certification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or by the Secretary of the Army, acting for the military departments under the Department of Defense’s Single Service Purchase Assignment for Subsistence, or their duly authorized representatives that the usual quantities of dairy products have been purchased in the normal channels of trade—
(a)The Commodity Credit Corporation until December 31, 1995, shall make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs at warehouses where dairy products are stored, such dairy products acquired under price-support programs as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that he requires in order to provide butter and cheese and other dairy products as a part of the ration in hospitals under his jurisdiction. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall report every six months to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of Agriculture the amount of dairy products used under this subsection.
(b)The Commodity Credit Corporation until December 31, 1995, shall make available to the Secretary of the Army, at warehouses where dairy products are stored, such dairy products acquired under price-support programs as the Secretary of the Army or his duly authorized representative certifies can be utilized in order to provide additional butter and cheese and other dairy products as a part of the ration (1) of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard, (2) in hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, and (3) of cadets and midshipmen at, and other personnel assigned to, the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The Secretary of the Army shall report every six months to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of Agriculture the amount of dairy products used under this subsection.
(c)Dairy products made available under this section shall be made available without charge, except that the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pay the Commodity Credit Corporation the costs of packaging incurred in making such products so available.
(d)The obligation of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make dairy products available pursuant to the above shall be limited to dairy products acquired by the Corporation through price-support operations and not disposed of under provisions (1) and (2) of section 1431 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Provisions (1) and (2) of section 1431 of this title, referred to in subsec. (d), were redesignated as subsec. (a)(1) and (2) of section 1431 of this title by Pub. L. 98–258, title V, § 502(1), Apr. 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 137.

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437, § 4(b)(1), substituted “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House” for “Committees on Agriculture of the Senate and House”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–437, § 4(b)(2), substituted “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House” for “Committees on Agriculture of the Senate and the House”. 1991—Pub. L. 102–54 and Pub. L. 102–237, § 113(9)(A), amended introductory provisions identically, substituting “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–237, § 113(9)(B), substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator” before “certifies” and “shall report”. Pub. L. 102–54 and Pub. L. 102–237, § 113(9)(A), amended subsec. (a) identically, substituting “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs” before “at warehouses”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–54 and Pub. L. 102–237, § 113(9)(A), amended subsec. (c) identically, substituting “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”. 1990—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “1995” for “1990”. 1985—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “1990” for “1985”. 1981—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “1985” for “1981”. 1977—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95–113 substituted “1981” for “1977”. 1973—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 93–86 substituted “1977” for “1973”. 1970—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 91–524 substituted “1973” for “1970”. 1967—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 90–140 substituted “1970” for “1967”. 1964—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 88–529 substituted “1967” for “1964”. 1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–495 changed requirement of a monthly report to one every six months. 1961—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 87–128 substituted “1964” for “1961”. 1958—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 85–835 substituted “1961” for “1958” and provided for receipt of surplus dairy products by Coast Guard and United States Merchant Marine Academy. 1956—Subsecs. (a), (b). Act Apr. 2, 1956, substituted “1958” for “1956”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–624 effective beginning with 1991 crop of an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see section 1171 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 4301 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1977 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as a note under section 1307 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1446a

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73