Federal

Title 7 — Agriculture

2,926 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 7301 — Suspension and repeal of permanent price support authority
• § 7302 — Effect of chapter
• § 7311 — Establishment
• § 7312 — Composition
• § 7313 — Comprehensive review of past and future of production agriculture
• § 7314 — Reports
• § 7315 — Powers
• § 7316 — Commission procedures
• § 7317 — Personnel matters
• § 7318 — Termination of Commission
• § 7331 — Options pilot program
• § 7332 — Risk management education
• § 7333 — Administration and operation of noninsured crop assistance program
• § 7334 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2814 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4602
• § 74 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
• § 7401 — Commodity promotion and evaluation
• § 7411 — Findings and purpose
• § 7412 — Definitions
• § 7413 — Issuance of orders
• § 7414 — Required terms in orders
• § 7415 — Permissive terms in orders
• § 7416 — Assessments
• § 7416a — Confirmation of authority of Secretary of Agriculture to collect State commodity assessments
• § 7417 — Referenda
• § 7418 — Petition and review of orders
• § 7419 — Enforcement
• § 7420 — Investigations and power to subpoena
• § 7421 — Suspension or termination
• § 7422 — Amendments to orders
• § 7423 — Effect on other laws
• § 7424 — Regulations
• § 7425 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7441 — Findings and declaration of policy
• § 7442 — Definitions
• § 7443 — Issuance and amendment of orders
• § 7444 — Required terms in orders
• § 7445 — Assessments
• § 7446 — Referenda
• § 7447 — Petition and review
• § 7448 — Enforcement
• § 7449 — Investigations and power to subpoena
• § 7450 — Suspension or termination
• § 7451 — Regulations
• § 7452 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7461 — Findings and purposes
• § 7462 — Definitions
• § 7463 — Issuance of orders
• § 7464 — National Kiwifruit Board
• § 7465 — Required terms in order
• § 7466 — Permissive terms in order
• § 7467 — Petition and review
• § 7468 — Enforcement
• § 7469 — Investigations and power to subpoena
• § 7470 — Referenda
• § 7471 — Suspension or termination
• § 7472 — Regulations
• § 7473 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7481 — Findings and declaration of policy
• § 7482 — Definitions
• § 7483 — Issuance of orders
• § 7484 — Required terms in orders
• § 7485 — Referenda
• § 7486 — Petition and review
• § 7487 — Enforcement
• § 7488 — Investigations and power to subpoena
• § 7489 — Relation to other programs
• § 7490 — Regulations
• § 7491 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 75 — Definitions
• § 7501 — Definitions
• § 7502 — Availability of CCC commodities
• § 7503 — State plan
• § 7504 — Initial processing costs
• § 7505 — Federal and State responsibilities
• § 7506 — Assurances; anticipated use
• § 7507 — State and local supplementation of commodities
• § 7508 — Authorization and appropriations
• § 7509 — Relationship to other programs
• § 751 to 766 — Repealed. Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42 , 49 Stat. 1106
• § 7510 — Commodities not income
• § 7511 — Prohibition against certain State charges
• § 7511a — Emergency food program infrastructure grants
• § 7512 — Regulations
• § 7513 — Finality of determinations
• § 7514 — Incorporation of additional commodities
• § 7515 — Allotment and delivery of commodities
• § 7516 — Settlement and adjustment of claims
• § 7517 — The Gus Schumacher nutrition incentive program
• § 7518 — Micro-grants for food security
• § 75a — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 293(a)(2) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3237
• § 75b — Omitted
• § 76 — Standards and procedures; establishment, amendment, and revocation
• § 7601 — Definitions
• § 7611 — Standards for Federal funding of agricultural research, extension, and education
• § 7612 — Priority setting process
• § 7613 — Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education funded by the Department
• § 7614 — Definitions
• § 7614a — Roadmap
• § 7614b — Review of plan of work requirements
• § 7614c — Budget submission and funding
• § 7621 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7406(b)(1) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1251 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7406(b)(1), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2013
• § 7622 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7302 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1242 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7302, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2003
• § 7623 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7303 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1242 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title VII, § 7303, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2003
• § 7624 — Biobased products
• § 7625 — National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program
• § 7626 — Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program
• § 7627 — Coordinated program of research, extension, and education to improve viability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, and poultry operations
• § 7628 — Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica
• § 7629 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7304 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 888
• § 7630 — Grants for youth organizations
• § 7631 — Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing countries
• § 7632 — Specialty crop research initiative
• § 7633 — Food and agriculture service learning program
• § 7641 — Patent Culture Collection fees
• § 7642 — Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program
• § 7643 — Distribution of farmers’ bulletins
• § 7651 — Nutrient composition data
• § 7652 — Role of Secretary regarding food and agricultural sciences research and extension
• § 7653 — Office of Pest Management Policy
• § 7654 — Food Safety Research Information Office
• § 7655 — Safe food handling education
• § 7655a — Food safety education initiatives
• § 7655b — Forestry products advanced utilization research
• § 7655c — Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction
• § 7655d — Wood innovation grant program
• § 7656 — Designation of Crisis Management Team within Department
• § 7657 — Senior Scientific Research Service
• § 7671, 7672 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7311 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 893
• § 77 — Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary
• § 7701 — Findings
• § 7702 — Definitions
• § 7711 — Regulation of movement of plant pests
• § 7712 — Regulation of movement of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, noxious weeds, articles, and means of conveyance
• § 7712a — Reduction in backlog of agricultural export petitions
• § 7713 — Notification and holding requirements upon arrival
• § 7714 — General remedial measures for new plant pests and noxious weeds
• § 7715 — Declaration of extraordinary emergency and resulting authorities
• § 7716 — Recovery of compensation for unauthorized activities
• § 7717 — Control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets
• § 7718 — Certification for exports
• § 7719 — Methyl bromide
• § 7720 — National plan for control and management of Sudden Oak Death
• § 7721 — Plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention
• § 7731 — Inspections, seizures, and warrants
• § 7732 — Collection of information
• § 7733 — Subpoena authority
• § 7734 — Penalties for violation
• § 7735 — Enforcement actions of Attorney General
• § 7736 — Court jurisdiction
• § 7751 — Cooperation
• § 7752 — Buildings, land, people, claims, and agreements
• § 7753 — Reimbursable agreements
• § 7754 — Regulations and orders
• § 7755 — Protection for mail handlers
• § 7756 — Preemption
• § 7757 — Severability
• § 7758 — Repeal of superseded laws
• § 7759 — Fees for inspection of plants for exporting or transiting
• § 7760 — State terminal inspection; transmission of mailed packages for State inspection; nonmailable matter; punishment for violations; rules and regulations by United States Postal Service
• § 7761 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title X, § 10007(c) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 947
• § 7771 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7772 — Transfer authority
• § 7781 — Definitions
• § 7782 — Establishment of program
• § 7783 — Grants to weed management entities
• § 7784 — Agreements
• § 7785 — Relationship to other programs
• § 7786 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 78 — Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States
• § 7801 — Findings and declaration of policy
• § 7802 — Definitions
• § 7803 — Issuance of orders
• § 7804 — Required terms in orders
• § 7805 — Referenda
• § 7806 — Petition and review
• § 7807 — Enforcement
• § 7808 — Investigations and power to subpoena
• § 7809 — Confidentiality
• § 7810 — Authority for Secretary to suspend or terminate order
• § 7811 — Rules of construction
• § 7812 — Regulations
• § 7813 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 79 — Official inspection
• § 7901 — Definitions
• § 7911 — Establishment of base acres and payment acres for a farm
• § 7912 — Establishment of payment yield
• § 7913 — Availability of direct payments
• § 7914 — Availability of counter-cyclical payments
• § 7915 — Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments
• § 7916 — Planting flexibility
• § 7917 — Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts
• § 7918 — Period of effectiveness
• § 7931 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities
• § 7932 — Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
• § 7933 — Term of loans
• § 7934 — Repayment of loans
• § 7935 — Loan deficiency payments
• § 7936 — Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage
• § 7937 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
• § 7938 — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton