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7 U.S.C. 1445a: Wheat price support levels; "cooperator" defined

Created in 1962 by Public Law 87-703. Changed by 7 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 7301, 7 U.S.C. 7992, 7 U.S.C. 8782, 7 U.S.C. 9092.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1973

    • Pub. L. 93–86, §1(8)(A), temporarily amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting "$1.37 per bushel" for "$1.25 per bushel". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1970 and 1973 Amendment notes below. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 93–86, §1(8)(B), temporarily substituted "payments" for "certificates". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1970 and 1973 Amendment notes below. · (b)
    • Pub. L. 93–228 substituted "(or of cotton, corn, grain sorghums, or barley planted in lieu of wheat)" for "(or other nonconserving crop planted instead of wheat)", in two places. · (c)
    • Pub. L. 93–125 substituted "prevented from planting any portion" for "prevented from planting, any portion". · (c)
    • Pub. L. 93–86, §1(8)(C), (D), temporarily added subsec. (c). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1970 and 1973 Amendment notes below. · (c)

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–524 temporarily revised section into subsecs. (a) and (b) which provided for loans on wheat at such levels not in excess of the parity price as the Secretary determines appropriate, taking into consideration competitive world prices of wheat, the feeding value of wheat in relation to fee…

    1968

    • Pub. L. 90–559 provided for a one year extension through 1970. · (2)

    1965

    • Pub. L. 89–321 temporarily raised the wheat support level to 100 per centum of parity or as near to 100 per centum as the Secretary determines to be practicable, placed a floor of 100 per centum of parity for wheat accompanied by marketing certificates and $1.25 for wheat not so accompanied under t…

    1964

    • Pub. L. 88–297 substituted "domestic certificates" for "marketing certificates". · (1)
    • Pub. L. 88–297 added subsec. (2). Former subsec. (2) redesignated (3). · (2)
    • Pub. L. 88–297 redesignated former subsec. (2) as (3), struck out introductory clause "if marketing quotas are in effect for wheat", and inserted "not in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price therefor." Former subsec. (3) redesignated (4). · (3)
    • Pub. L. 88–297 redesignated former subsec. (3) as (4). Former subsec. (4) redesignated (5). · (4)
    • Pub. L. 88–297 redesignated former subsec. (4) as (5) and inserted introductory phrase "Effective with respect to crops planted for harvest in the calendar year 1966 and any subsequent year,". Former subsec. (5) redesignated (6). · (5)
    • Pub. L. 88–297 redesignated former subsec. (5) as (6), struck out introductory clause "if marketing quotas are in effect for the crop of wheat", struck out from cl. (i)(A) "or any other commodity" after "wheat", substituted in cl. (i)(B) "the farm acreage allotment for wheat on any oth… · (6)

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