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Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102

§713c Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation; Continuance of Existence; Purchase and Distribution of Surplus Agricultural Commodities

Title 15 › CHAPTER 15 — ECONOMIC RECOVERY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERALLY › § 713c

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can transfer the money made available under clause (2) of section 612c of title 7 to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, which will keep operating as a U.S. agency under the Secretary until June 30, 1945. Those transferred funds, and other Corporation money, may be used without following the usual public‑spending rules to buy, exchange, process, move, store, inspect, distribute, or dispose of agricultural products and to pay related costs and commissions. The money can also pay administrative costs (rent, printing, staff), with employees hired under the same rules used by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Commodities bought may be donated for relief and for nonprofit summer camps for children.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §713c

Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In carrying out the provisions of clause (2) of section 612c of title 7, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, which Corporation is continued, until June 30, 1945, as an agency of the United States under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, such funds, appropriated by said section, as may be necessary for the purpose of effectuating clause (2) of said section: Provided, That such transferred funds, together with other funds of the Corporation, may be used for purchasing, exchanging, processing, distributing, disposing, transporting, storing, and handling of agricultural commodities and products thereof and inspection costs, commissions, and other incidental costs and expenses, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds and for administrative expenses, including rent, printing and binding, and the employment of persons and means, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, such employment of persons to be in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. In carrying out clause (2) of said section, the funds appropriated by said section may be used for the purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, of agricultural commodities and products thereof, and such commodities, as well as agricultural commodities and products thereof purchased under the preceding paragraph of this section, may be donated for relief purposes and for use in nonprofit summer camps for children.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1958—Pub. L. 85–483 permitted donation of commodities for use in nonprofit summer camps for children. 1942—Act
June 27, 1942, provided for the continuance of the Corporation from
June 30, 1942, to
June 30, 1945. It read as follows: “The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation is hereby continued as an agency of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, until
June 30, 1945.” 1938—Act Feb. 16, 1938, substituted “until
June 30, 1942” for “until
June 30, 1939”.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

of Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, see

Transfer of Functions

note set out under section 712a of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 713c

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102