Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§178k Disposition of byproducts and strategic and industrially important products
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 8A— - RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS › § 178k
Summary
Secretaries may sell or transfer latex, resin, wax, pulp, and other non‑rubber crop byproducts (including to federal agencies for testing); all proceeds must go into the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §178k
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretaries may dispose of any latex, resin, wax, pulp, and any other byproducts, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance, resulting from operations under this subchapter. Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes. All moneys received from dispositions under this section shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–284, substituted “The Secretaries” for “The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce”, and inserted “, as well as products, other than rubber, developed from agricultural crops which are of strategic and industrial importance,” and “Dispositions under this section may include sales of the materials involved to other Federal departments and agencies for testing purposes.”
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 178k
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73