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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1727c Direct uses or sales of commodities

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - FOOD FOR PEACE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III–A— - FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT › § 1727c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agricultural commodities given to a least developed country may be used there for direct feeding programs, including activities that meet special health needs of children and mothers and that follow section 2151b(c)(2) of title 22 (the Child Survival Fund), or to build emergency food reserves. The commodities may also be sold in that country by its government or by the Administrator or their designees, and the money from the sale must be used under this subchapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1727c

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Agricultural commodities provided to a least developed country under this section— (1)
(2)may be sold in such country by the government of the country or the Administrator (or their designees) as provided in the agreement, and the proceeds of such sale used in accordance with this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 304 of act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, 68 Stat. 459, enacted section 1693 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–808, § 2(D), Nov. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 1535.

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–624 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions relating to furnishing of credit by Commodity Credit Corporation to participating country for purchase of commodities, payment by recipient government, waiver of requirements to meet humanitarian or developmental objectives, and payment of freight charges of relatively least developed countries. 1978—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–424 added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–624 effective Jan. 1, 1991, see section 1513 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as a note under section 1691 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–424 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 of Pub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 215 of Pub. L. 95–88, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1977 Amendment note under section 1702 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1727c

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73