Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§1859 Donation to Penal and Correctional Institutions
Title 7 › CHAPTER 46 — SURPLUS DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 1859
Summary
Despite other limits, the Commodity Credit Corporation may, on application under Secretary rules, donate commodities from price-support operations to federal prisons and state juvenile institutions, except where food is provided for a fee, contract, or concession.
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Title 7, §1859
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Notwithstanding any other limitations as to the disposal of surplus commodities acquired through price support operations, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized on such terms and under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem in the public interest, and upon application, to donate food commodities acquired through price support operations to Federal penal and correctional institutions, and to State correctional institutions for minors, other than those in which food service is provided for inmates on a fee, contract, or concession basis.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Authorization for Commodity Credit Corporation To Purchase and Donate Flour and Cornmeal Pub. L. 85–683, Aug. 19, 1958, 72 Stat. 635, as authorizing Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase and donate flour and cornmeal when it has wheat or corn available for donation pursuant to this section, see note set out under section 1431 of this title.
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7 U.S.C. § 1859
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102