7 U.S.C. § 1859
Donation to penal and correctional institutions
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 1859, Donation to penal and correctional institutions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/429850
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Notwithstanding any other limitations as to the disposal of surplus commodities acquired through price support operations, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized on such terms and under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem in the public interest, and upon application, to donate food commodities acquired through price support operations to Federal penal and correctional institutions, and to State correctional institutions for minors, other than those in which food service is provided for inmates on a fee, contract, or concession basis.
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