Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§1727c Direct Uses or Sales of Commodities
Title 7 › Chapter 41— FOOD FOR PEACE › Subchapter III–A— FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT › § 1727c
Summary
Agricultural goods sent to a least developed country can be used there to feed people directly. That includes feeding programs that also address special health needs of children and mothers, as described in the Child Survival Fund, or to create emergency food reserves. Those goods can also be sold in the country by its government or by the Administrator (or someone they appoint) if the agreement allows. Money from the sale must be spent under the rules of this subchapter.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1727c
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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.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 1727c
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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