§ 713c-2. — Purchase and distribution of surplus fishery products.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC713c-2]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15--ECONOMIC RECOVERY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
Sec. 713c-2. Purchase and distribution of surplus fishery
products
Any part of the funds not to exceed $1,500,000 per year, created
under and to carry out the provisions of section 612c of title 7, may
also be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of
diverting surplus fishery products (including fish, shellfish, mollusks,
and crustacea) from the normal channels of trade and commerce by
acquiring them and providing for their distribution through Federal,
State, and private relief channels: Provided, That none of the funds
made available to the Secretary of Agriculture under this section and
section 713c-3 of this title shall be used to purchase any of the
commodities designated in this section and section 713c-3 of this title
which may have been produced in any foreign country. The provisions of
law relating to the acquisition of materials or supplies for the United
States shall not apply to the acquisition of commodities under this
section and section 713c-3 of this title.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 696, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1411; 1940 Reorg. Plan No.
III, Sec. 5, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1946 Reorg.
Plan No. 3, Sec. 501, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
The first part of this section originally read: ``Any part of the
funds not to exceed $1,500,000 per year, transferred by the Secretary of
Agriculture to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation created under
and to carry out the provisions of section 612c of title 7 may also be
used by such Corporation'', etc., and the reference in the proviso to
the Secretary of Agriculture originally read: ``Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation''. See Transfer of Functions note below.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of
Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18
F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
For transfer of functions of Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporation, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 712a
of this title.
Similar Provisions
Earlier provisions on this subject were contained in act Mar. 5,
1937, ch. 29, 50 Stat. 27, and in Joint Res. Apr. 12, 1937, ch. 73, 50
Stat. 61. The former forbade acquisition of commodities thereunder after
90 days after its enactment, but permitted distribution of commodities
after such period. The latter made funds available to be used in
accordance with the provisions of the former.
Joint Res. Apr. 12, 1937, ch. 73, 50 Stat. 61, provided as follows:
``That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds available to the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation may be used by such Corporation for the
purpose of diverting surplus fish (including shellfish) and the products
thereof from the normal channels of trade and commerce by the
acquisition and distribution thereof in accordance with the provisions
of the Act entitled `An Act to authorize the purchase and distribution
of products of the fishing industry', approved March 5, 1937.''
Act Mar. 5, 1937, ch. 29, 50 Stat. 27, provided as follows: ``That
there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,000,000 for the purpose of
enabling the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation to divert surplus
fish (including shellfish) and the products thereof from the normal
channels of trade and commerce by acquiring them and providing for their
distribution through Federal, State, and private relief agencies. No
commodities shall be acquired under this Act after ninety days after the
date of its enactment: Provided, however, That distribution thereof may
extend beyond said period. The provisions of law relating to the
acquisition of materials or supplies for the United States shall not
apply to the acquisition of commodities under this Act.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 713c-3 of this title.
