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§8782 Suspension of permanent price support authority

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 113— - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ADMINISTRATION › § 8782

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Summary

Suspends several permanent price‑support rules so they do not apply to the 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar. The same rules also do not apply to milk from the law’s enactment date through December 31, 2012. From the 1938 Act, the suspension covers parts of title III (including parts II–V of subtitle B, the upland cotton rule, subtitle D of title III) and title IV. From the 1949 Act, the suspension covers several numbered sections (101, 103(a), 105, 107, 110, 112, 115, 201), most of Title IV except sections 404, 412, and 416, and all of Titles III, V, and VI. A 1941 joint resolution about corn and wheat marketing quotas is also suspended for wheat planted for harvest in the calendar years 2008 through 2012.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §8782

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(a)The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.] shall not be applicable to the 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2012:
(1)Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C. 1326 et seq.) [7 U.S.C. 1321 et seq., 1331 et seq., 1341 et seq., 1351].
(2)In the case of upland cotton, section 377 (7 U.S.C. 1377).
(3)Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et seq.).
(4)Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
(b)The following provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.] shall not be applicable to the 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and through December 31, 2012:
(1)section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441).
(2)section 103(a) (7 U.S.C. 1444(a)).
(3)section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b).
(4)section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a).
(5)section 110 (7 U.S.C. 1445e).
(6)section 112 (7 U.S.C. 1445g).
(7)section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k).
(8)section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446).
(9)Title III (7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.).
(10)Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), other than section 404, 412, and 416 (7 U.S.C. 1424, 1429, and 1431).
(11)Title V (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.).
(12)Title VI (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).
(c)The joint resolution entitled “A joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended”, approved May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and 1340), shall not be applicable to the crops of wheat planted for harvest in the calendar years 2008 through 2012.

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References in Text

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 31, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1281 et seq.) of this title. Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III of the Act are classified generally to subparts II (§ 1321 et seq.), III (§ 1331 et seq.), IV (§ 1341 et seq.), and V (§ 1351, which was omitted from the Code), respectively, of part B of subchapter II of chapter 35 of this title. Subtitle D of title III of the Act is classified generally to part D (§ 1379a et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 35 of this title. Title IV of the Act was classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1401 et seq.) of chapter 35 of this title, and was omitted from the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1281 of this title and Tables. The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008. The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, which is classified principally to chapter 35A (§ 1421 et seq.) of this title. Title III of the Act is classified generally to sections 1447 to 1449 of this title. Title IV of the Act is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 1421 et seq.) of chapter 35A of this title. Title V of the Act, which was classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 1461 et seq.) of chapter 35A of this title, was omitted from the Code. Title VI of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 1471 et seq.) of chapter 35A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables. The joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in subsec. (c), is act May 26, 1941, ch. 133, 55 Stat. 203, which enacted section 1330 and 1340 of this title. section 1330 was subsequently omitted from the Code. Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

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Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 8782

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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