7 USC 1641 - Availability of wheat for export; utilization of funds and facilities; prices; authorization of appropriations

1 See References in Text note below.

of title 22 and

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 1510 of title 22, referred to in text, was repealed by act Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 542(a), 68 Stat. 861.

Amendments

1962—Puspan. L. 87–632 extended authority of President to act under wheat agreements revising and renewing the Agreement of 1949 for periods through July 31, 1965, included within the net costs connected with the International Wheat Agreement of 1962, those with respect to commercial purchases from the United States by member and provisional member importing countries, including transactions entered into prior to deposit of instruments of acceptance or accession, if the loading period is not earlier than the date the agreement enters force.

1959—Puspan. L. 86–336 authorized this chapter to be used to implement the 1959 agreement and provided that net costs in connection with the 1959 agreement include those with respect to all transactions which qualify as commercial purchases from the United States by importing member countries.

1956—Act Aug. 3, 1956, permitted this chapter to be used to implement the new agreement ratified on July 11, 1956.

1953—Act Aug. 1, 1953, permitted this chapter to be used to implement the new agreement ratified on July 14, 1953.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Act Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 772, § 1, 63 Stat. 945, provided that:

“This Act [enacting this chapter] shall be known as the ‘International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949’.”

Transfer of Functions

Economic Cooperation Administration abolished by act Oct. 10, 1951, ch. 479, 65 Stat. 373. Its functions are exercised by Agency for International Development. See section 2381 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

References to International Wheat Agreement of 1949

Act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 911, § 2, 70 Stat. 966, provided that:

“Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement of 1949 shall be deemed to include the Agreement (International Wheat Agreement, 1956) revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1959.”

Act Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 306, § 2, 67 Stat. 358, provided that:

“Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement of 1949 shall be deemed to include the agreement revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement.”

Executive Documents

Exceptions From Transfer of Functions

Functions of Corporations of Department of Agriculture, boards of directors and officers of such corporations; Advisory Board of Commodity Credit Corporation; and Farm Credit Administration or any agency, officer, or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of said Administration excepted from functions of officers, agencies, and employees transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, effective June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.