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7 U.S. Code § 7502. Availability of CCC commodities
(a) In generalNotwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to complement the domestic nutrition programs, make maximum use of the Nation’s agricultural abundance, and expand and improve the domestic distribution of price-supported commodities, commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation that the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) determines, in his discretion, are in excess of quantities needed to—
(1)
carry out other domestic donation programs,
(2)
meet other domestic obligations (including quantities needed to carry out a payment-in-kind acreage diversion program),
(3)
meet international market development and food aid commitments, and
(4)
carry out the farm price and income stabilization purposes of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.], the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.], and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act [15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.],