Federal · Title 7 — Agriculture

7 U.S.C. § 7286: Commodity certificates

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acquire and use commodities that have been pledged to the Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for loans made by the Corporation; use other commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation; and redeem negotiable marketing certificates for cash under terms and conditions established by the Secretary. by delivery of the commodity at a warehouse or other similar facility; by the transfer of negotiable warehouse receipts; by the issuance of negotiable certificates, which the Commodity Credit Corporation shall exchange for a commodity owned or controlled by the Corporation in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Corporation; or by such other methods as the Commodity Credit Corporation determines appropriate to promote the efficient, equitable, and expeditious receipt of the in-kind payments so that a person receiving the payments receives the same total return as if the payments had been made in cash. At the option of a producer, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make negotiable certificates authorized under subsection (b)(3) available to the producer, in the form of program payments or by sale, in a manner that the Corporation determines will encourage the orderly marketing of commodities pledged as collateral for loans made to producers under subchapter III of this chapter, title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 [ 7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.], title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 [ 7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.], and Subtitle 1 B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [ 7 U.S.C. 9031 et seq.]. A negotiable certificate issued in accordance with this subsection may be transferred to another person in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Beginning with the 2015 crop marketing year, the Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) under the same terms and conditions as were in effect for the 2008 crop year for loans made to producers under subtitle B [ 7 U.S.C. 8731 et seq.] of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.).

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