7 U.S.C. § 1702
Agreements regarding eligible countries and private entities
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 1702, Agreements regarding eligible countries and private entities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/429701
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In selecting agreements to be entered into under this subchapter, the Secretary shall give priority to agreements providing for the export of agricultural commodities to developing countries that—
An agreement entered into under this subchapter with a private entity shall require such security, or such other provisions as the Secretary determines necessary, to provide reasonable and adequate assurance of repayment of the financing extended to the private entity.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Food Stamp Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
- Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008