Federal
Title 7 — Agriculture
2,926 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 7939 — Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton
- § 7951 — Definitions
- § 7952 — Establishment of payment yield and base acres for peanuts for a farm
- § 7953 — Availability of direct payments for peanuts
- § 7954 — Availability of counter-cyclical payments for peanuts
- § 7955 — Producer agreement required as condition on provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments
- § 7956 — Planting flexibility
- § 7957 — Marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts
- § 7958 — Miscellaneous provisions
- § 7959 — Termination of marketing quota programs for peanuts and compensation to peanut quota holders for loss of quota asset value
- § 7960 — Repeal of superseded price support authority and effect of repeal
- § 7971 — Storage facility loans
- § 7981 — Milk price support program
- § 7982 — National dairy market loss payments
- § 7983 — Study of national dairy policy
- § 7984 — Studies of effects of changes in approach to national dairy policy and fluid milk identity standards
- § 7991 — Administration generally
- § 7992 — Suspension of permanent price support authority
- § 7993 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1623(a) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1025 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title I, § 1623(a), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1753
- § 7994 — Study
- § 7995 — Assignment of payments
- § 7996 — Equitable relief from ineligibility for loans, payments, or other benefits
- § 7997 — Tracking of benefits
- § 7998 — Estimates of net farm income
- § 7999 — Availability of incentive payments for certain producers
- § 79a — Weighing authority
- § 79b — Testing of equipment
- § 79c — Omitted
- § 79d — Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs
- § 7a — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 734(a) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1718
- § 7a–1 — Derivatives clearing organizations
- § 7a–2 — Common provisions applicable to registered entities
- § 7a–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 734(a) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1718
- § 7b — Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity
- § 7b–1 — Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets
- § 7b–2 — Privacy
- § 7b–3 — Swap execution facilities
- § 8 — Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals
- § 80 to 83 — Omitted
- § 8000 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1623(b) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1025 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title I, § 1623(b), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1753
- § 8001 — Producer retention of erroneously paid loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains
- § 8002 — Implementation funding and information management
- § 801 to 833 — Repealed. Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42 , 49 Stat. 1106
- § 8101 — Definitions
- § 8102 — Biobased markets program
- § 8103 — Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance
- § 8104 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title IX, § 9004 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4885
- § 8105 — Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels
- § 8106 — Biodiesel fuel education program
- § 8107 — Rural Energy for America Program
- § 8107a — Rural energy savings program
- § 8108 — Biomass research and development
- § 8109 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title IX, § 9008 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4886
- § 8110 — Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers
- § 8111 — Biomass Crop Assistance Program
- § 8112 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title IX, § 9011 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 938
- § 8113 — Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program
- § 8114 — Sun grant program
- § 8115 — Carbon utilization and biogas education program
- § 8201 — Definitions
- § 8202 — Eligibility
- § 8203 — Assistance
- § 8204 — Limitations on assistance
- § 8205 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 8301 — Findings
- § 8302 — Definitions
- § 8303 — Restriction on importation or entry
- § 8304 — Exportation
- § 8305 — Interstate movement
- § 8306 — Seizure, quarantine, and disposal
- § 8307 — Inspections, seizures, and warrants
- § 8308 — Detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests
- § 8308a — Animal disease prevention and management
- § 8309 — Veterinary accreditation program
- § 8310 — Cooperation
- § 8311 — Reimbursable agreements
- § 8312 — Administration and claims
- § 8313 — Penalties
- § 8314 — Enforcement
- § 8315 — Regulations and orders
- § 8316 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 8317 — Effect on regulations
- § 8318 — Veterinary training
- § 8319 — Surveillance of zoonotic diseases
- § 8320 — Expansion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service activities
- § 8321 — Pest and Disease Response Fund
- § 8322 — National aquatic animal health plan
- § 8351 — Predatory and other wild animals
- § 8352 — Authorization of expenditures for the eradication and control of predatory and other wild animals
- § 8353 — Control of nuisance mammals and birds and those constituting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases; exception
- § 8354 — Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease aircraft
- § 8355 — Losses of livestock due to depredation by federally protected species
- § 8356 — Depredation permits for black vultures and common ravens; black vulture livestock protection program
- § 84 — Licensing of inspectors
- § 8401 — Regulation of certain biological agents and toxins
- § 8411 — Interagency coordination
- § 85 — Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses; hearing; grounds; temporary suspension
- § 8501 — Definitions
- § 8502 — Sense of Congress regarding need for improved and better coordinated Federal policy for brown tree snake introduction, control, and eradication
- § 8503 — Brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication
- § 8504 — Establishment of quarantine protocols to control the introduction and spread of the brown tree snake
- § 8505 — Treatment of brown tree snakes as nonmailable matter
- § 8506 — Role of brown tree snake Technical Working Group
- § 8507 — Miscellaneous matters
- § 851 — Declaration of policy
- § 852 — Marketing agreements with handlers; exemption from antitrust laws
- § 853 — Terms and conditions of marketing agreements
- § 854 — Order regulating handlers; issuance and terms
- § 855 — Applicability of other laws
- § 86 — Refusal of inspection and weighing services; civil penalties
- § 8601 to 8609 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title IX, § 9001(b) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1333 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title IX, § 9001(b), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2095
- § 87 — Conflicts of interest
- § 8701 — Definition of Secretary
- § 8702 — Definitions
- § 8711 — Base acres
- § 8712 — Payment yields
- § 8713 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1101 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8714 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1102(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8715 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1103(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8716 — Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments
- § 8717 — Planting flexibility
- § 8718 — Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice
- § 8719 — Period of effectiveness
- § 8731 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities
- § 8732 — Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
- § 8733 — Term of loans
- § 8734 — Repayment of loans
- § 8735 — Loan deficiency payments
- § 8736 — Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage
- § 8737 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
- § 8738 — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton
- § 8739 — Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton
- § 8740 — Adjustments of loans
- § 8751 — Definitions
- § 8752 — Base acres for peanuts for a farm
- § 8753 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1101 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8754 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1102(a) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 658
- § 8755 — Producer agreement required as condition on provision of payments
- § 8756 — Planting flexibility
- § 8757 — Marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts
- § 8758 — Adjustments of loans
- § 8771 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1421 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 694
- § 8772 — Dairy forward pricing program
- § 8773 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1422(b)(1) , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 695
- § 8781 — Administration generally
- § 8782 — Suspension of permanent price support authority
- § 8783 — Availability of quality incentive payments for covered oilseed producers
- § 8784 — Assignment of payments
- § 8785 — Tracking of benefits
- § 8786 — Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs
- § 8787 — Hard white wheat development program
- § 8788 — Durum wheat quality program
- § 8789 — Storage facility loans
- § 8790 — Signature authority
- § 8791 — Information gathering
- § 8792 — Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
- § 8793 — Implementation
- § 87a — Records
- § 87b — Prohibited acts
- § 87c — Criminal penalties
- § 87d — Responsibility for acts of others
- § 87e — General authorities
- § 87e–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 110(b) , Nov. 9, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2061
- § 87f — Enforcement provisions
- § 87f–1 — Registration requirements
- § 87f–2 — Reporting requirements
- § 87g — Relation to State and local laws; separability
- § 87h — Funding
- § 87i — Omitted
- § 87j — Advisory committee
- § 87k — Standardizing commercial inspections
- § 8901 — Definitions
- § 8911 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12201 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4944
- § 8912 — Agricultural biosecurity communication center
- § 8913 — Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparedness, and response
- § 8914 — Agriculture and food defense
- § 8921 — Research and development of agricultural countermeasures
- § 8922 — Agricultural biosecurity grant program
- § 9 — Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information
- § 9001 — Definition of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 901 — Short title
- § 9011 — Definitions
- § 9012 — Base acres
- § 9013 — Payment yields
- § 9014 — Payment acres
- § 9015 — Producer election
- § 9016 — Price loss coverage
- § 9017 — Agriculture risk coverage
- § 9018 — Producer agreements
- § 9019 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1108 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4508
- § 902 — General authority of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 903 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 9031 — Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities
- § 9032 — Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
- § 9033 — Term of loans
- § 9034 — Repayment of loans
- § 9035 — Loan deficiency payments
- § 9036 — Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage
- § 9037 — Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton
- § 9038 — Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton