Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§612c–1 Authorization for Appropriations to Increase Domestic Consumption of Surplus Farm Commodities

Title 7 › Chapter 26— AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT › Subchapter III— COMMODITY BENEFITS › § 612c–1

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress may approve, starting December 30, 1963, up to $25,000,000 each year to boost domestic use of farm commodities the Secretary of Agriculture finds in surplus, without limiting existing law; $11,000,000 must remain available until spent for survey-identified research facilities.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §612c–1

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On and after December 30, 1963, such sums (not in excess of $25,000,000 in any one year) as may be approved by the Congress shall be available for the purpose of increasing domestic consumption of any farm commodity or farm commodities determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be in surplus supply, such authorization not to restrict authority in existing law, of which amount $11,000,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and equipping of research facilities determined to be needed as a result of a special survey.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 612c–1

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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