US Code
SUBCHAPTER III— COMMODITY BENEFITS
§ 612c–4. Purchase of specialty crops

(a) General purchase authorityOf the funds made available under section 612c of this title, for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not less than $200,000,000 each fiscal year to purchase fruits, vegetables, and other specialty food crops.
(b) Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutionsThe Secretary of Agriculture shall purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions in accordance with section 1755(a) of title 42 using, of the amount specified in subsection (a), not less than $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023.
(c) DefinitionsIn this section, the terms “fruits”, “vegetables”, and “other specialty food crops” shall have the meaning given the terms by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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US Code

Title 7— AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 26— AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT

SUBCHAPTER III— COMMODITY BENEFITS

§ 608. Powers of Secretary

§ 608–1. Omitted

§ 608a. Enforcement of chapter

§ 608a–1. Repealed. , title V, § 510,

§ 608b. Marketing agreements; exemption from anti-trust laws; inspection requirements for handlers not subject to agreements

§ 608c. Orders

§ 608c–1. Repealed. ,

§ 608d. Books and records

§ 608e. Repealed. , title III, § 302(d),

§ 608e–1. Import prohibitions on specified foreign produce

§ 608f. Repealed. , ,

§ 609. Processing tax; methods of computation; rate; what constitutes processing; publicity as to tax to avoid profiteering

§ 610. Administration

§ 611. “Basic agricultural commodity” defined; exclusion of commodities

§ 612. Appropriation; use of revenues; administrative expenses

§§ 612a, 612b. Omitted

§ 612c. Appropriation to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products

§ 612c–1. Authorization for appropriations to increase domestic consumption of surplus farm commodities

§ 612c–2. Technical support to exporters and importers of United States agricultural products; scope of support provided by Department of Agriculture

§ 612c–3. Repealed. , ,

§ 612c–4. Purchase of specialty crops

§ 612c–5. Section 612c funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs

§ 612c–6. Domestic food assistance programs

§ 613. Termination date; investigations and reports

§ 613a. Repealed. , title V, § 510,

§ 614. Separability

§ 615. Refunds of tax; exemptions from tax; compensating tax; compensating tax on foreign goods; covering into Treasury

§ 616. Stock on hand when tax takes effect or terminates

§ 617. Refund on goods exported; bond to suspend tax on commodity intended for export

§ 618. Existing contracts; imposition of tax on vendee; collection

§ 619. Collection of tax; provisions of internal revenue laws applicable; returns

§ 619a. Cotton tax, time for payment

§ 620. Falsely ascribing deductions or charges to taxes; penalty

§ 621. Machinery belting processed from cotton; exemption from tax

§ 622. Omitted

§ 623. Actions relating to tax; legalization of prior taxes

§ 624. Limitation on imports; authority of President

§ 625. Repealed. , ,

§ 626. Import inventory

§ 627. Dairy forward pricing pilot program