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7 U.S.C. 1726c: Local and regional food aid procurement projects

Created in 2008 by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246). Changed by 2 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 22 U.S.C. 9308.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture (1).

This Congress

  • S. 5526 Agricultural Act of 2026 · reported by committee · would change (e)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–334 inserted "to the Secretary" after "appropriated" and substituted "2019 through 2023" for "2014 through 2018". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)

2014

  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(1)(A), (B), substituted "Field-based projects" for "Study; field-based projects" in heading, struck out par. (2) designation and heading, redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) of former par. (2) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1) which … (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(1)(C), substituted "paragraph (2)" for "subparagraph (B)". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(1)(D), substituted "paragraph (1)" for "subparagraph (A)". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(2), substituted "subsection (b)" for "subsection (b)(2)". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(3), (4), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which related to regulations and guidelines. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(5)(A), struck out subpar. (A) designation and heading, redesignated cls. (i) and (ii) of former subpar. (A) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, substituted "subparagraph (A)" for "clause (i)" in subpar. (B), and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendm… (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(5)(B), struck out par. (4). Text read as follows: "The Secretary shall not award a grant to any eligible organization under paragraph (1) until the date on which the Secretary promulgates regulations or issues guidelines under subsection (d)(1)". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(6), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (d). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §3207(3), struck out subsecs. (f) and (g) which related, respectively, to independent evaluations of field-based projects and report to Congress and to Commodity Credit Corporation funding and funding amounts for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (f), (g)

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