§ 713c. — Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation; continuance of existence; purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural commodities.
[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]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15--ECONOMIC RECOVERY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
Sec. 713c. Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation; continuance
of existence; purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural
commodities
In carrying out the provisions of clause (2) of section 612c of
title 7, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation, which Corporation is continued, until
June 30, 1945, as an agency of the United States under the direction of
the Secretary of Agriculture, such funds, appropriated by said section,
as may be necessary for the purpose of effectuating clause (2) of said
section: Provided, That such transferred funds, together with other
funds of the Corporation, may be used for purchasing, exchanging,
processing, distributing, disposing, transporting, storing, and handling
of agricultural commodities and products thereof and inspection costs,
commissions, and other incidental costs and expenses, without regard to
the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds
and for administrative expenses, including rent, printing and binding,
and the employment of persons and means, in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, such employment of persons to be in accordance with the
provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons by the
Agricultural Adjustment Administration. In carrying out clause (2) of
said section, the funds appropriated by said section may be used for the
purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the
expenditure of public funds, of agricultural commodities and products
thereof, and such commodities, as well as agricultural commodities and
products thereof purchased under the preceding paragraph of this
section, may be donated for relief purposes and for use in nonprofit
summer camps for children.
(June 28, 1937, ch. 385, 50 Stat. 323; Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title II,
Sec. 204, 52 Stat. 38; June 27, 1942, ch. 454, 56 Stat. 461; Pub. L. 85-
483, Sec. 2, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 287.)
Amendments
1958--Pub. L. 85-483 permitted donation of commodities for use in
nonprofit summer camps for children.
1942--Act June 27, 1942, provided for the continuance of the
Corporation from June 30, 1942, to June 30, 1945. It read as follows:
``The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation is hereby continued as an
agency of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of
Agriculture, until June 30, 1945.''
1938--Act Feb. 16, 1938, substituted ``until June 30, 1942'' for
``until June 30, 1939''.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporation, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 712a
of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 1755.
