so participating is not unreasonable in light of the nature of such camp and the characteristics of the children in attendance. (7 U.S.C. 612c note.)

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COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

SEC. 5.30 (a) In carrying out the supplemental feeding program (hereinafter referred to as the "commodity supplemental food program) to which reference is made in section 4 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall pay to each State or local agency administering any such program, for each of the fiscal years 1978 through 1981, an amount equal to its administrative costs not in excess of an amount equal to 15 per centum of the total amount of the value of commodities made available to the State or local agency for such program in such fiscal year.

(b) During the first three months of any commodity supplemental food program, or until such program reaches its projected caseload level, whichever comes first, the Secretary shall pay those administrative costs necessary to commence the program successfully: Provided, That in no event shall administrative costs paid by the Secretary for any fiscal year exceed the limitation established in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Administrative costs for the purposes of the commodity supplemental food program shall include, but not be limited to, expenses for information and referral, operation, monitoring, nutrition education, start-up costs, and general administration, including staff, warehouse and transportation personnel, insurance, and administration of the State or local office.

(d) During each fiscal year the commodity supplemental food program is in operation, the types and varieties of commodities and their proportional amounts shall be determined by the Secretary, but, if the Secretary proposes to make any significant changes in the types, varieties, or proportional amounts from those that were available or were planned at the beginning of the fiscal year (or as were available during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, whichever is greater) the Secretary shall report such changes before implementafion to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representaives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of The Senate.

(e) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to issue such reguations as may be necessary to carry out the commodity supplemental Food program. (7 U.S.C. 612c note.)

Provisions dealing with supplemental security income enacted by P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 249, Aug. 10, 1973, were repealed by Sec. 1302 of P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 979, Sep. 9, 1977. For similar provisions see page 236A.

*This section added by sec. 1304 (b) of P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 980, Sept. 29, 1977.

VOLUNTEERS

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973

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SEC. 404. (g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law cept as may be provided expressly in limitation of this subsectio payments to volunteers under this Act shall not in any way redu or eliminate the level of or eligibility for assistance or services a such volunteers may be receiving under any governmental progra (42 U.S.C. 5044 (g).)

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able any farm commodity or product thereof owned or controlled by it for use in relieving distress (1) in any area in the United States including the Virgin Islands declared by the President to be an acute distress area because of unemployment or other economic cause if the President finds that such use will not displace or interfere with normal marketing of agricultural commodities and (2) in connection with any major disaster determined by the President to warrant assistance by the Federal Government under Public Law 875, Eightyfirst Congress, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855) and shall make feed owned or controlled by it available at any price not less than 75 per centum of the current 5 basic county loan rate (or a comparable price if there is no current basic county loan rate) for assistance in the preservation and maintenance of foundation herds of cattle (including producing dairy cattle), sheep, and goats, and their offspring, in any area of the United States including the Virgin Islands where. because of flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, disease, insect infestation, or other catastrophe in such areas, the Secretary determines that an emergency exists which warrants such assistance, such feed to be made available only to persons who do not have, and are unable to obtain through normal channels of trade without undue financial hardship, sufficient feed for such livestock: Provided, That the Secretary may provide for the furnishing of feed or mixed feed, in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, to such persons by feed dealers under an arrangement whereby the feed grains (or other feed being sold by the Corporation) in the feed so furnished would be replaced with feed owned or controlled by the Corporation and sold to such persons at a price determined as provided above. Except on a reimbursable basis, the Corporation shall not bear any costs in connection with making such commodity available beyond the cost of the commodities to the Corporation in store and the handling and transportation costs in making delivery of the commodity to designated agencies at one or more central location in each State or other area. 6*** (7 U.S.C. 1427.)

ACT OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1959, AS AMENDED

To authorize the sale at current support prices of agricultural commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide feed for livestock in areas determined to be emergency areas, and for other purposes.

including the Virgin Islands" added by P.L. 88-585, 78 Stat. 927, Sept. 11, 1964. See Act of Sept. 21, 1959, P.L. 86-299, 73 Stat. 574 (p. 246). Public Law, 875. 81st Congress, should be read as the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, P.L. 93-288, 88 Stat. 143. May 22, 1974, as provided in that Act and in the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, P.L. 91606. 81 Stat. 1759, Dec. 31, 1970, which repealed P.L. 81-875. The language appearing after (42 U.S.C. 1855)" and before the colon was added by P.L. 87-127, 75 Stat. 293. Aug. 7, 1961. P.L. 88-585, 78 Stat. 927, Sept. 11, 1964, changed the minimum price and added the proviso.

The minimum price provision was substituted for previous words by Sec. 409 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, P.L. 91-524, 84 Stat. 1367, Nov. 30, 1970, effective for the 1971-1973 crops. Sec. 1(16) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 230, Aug. 10, 1973, made it effective through the 1977 crops. Sec. 108 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 927, Sept. 29, 1977, further extended the provision through the 1981 crops. The previous wording, which will become effective again with respect to the 1982 and subsequent crops, reads as follows: "current basic county support rate for such feed including the value of any applicable price support payment in kind (or a comparable price if there is no current County support rate)".

The two preceding sentences were added by Sec. 301 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. P.L. 480, 83rd Cong., 68 Stat. 458, July 10, 1954. The words "or other area" were added by the Act of Sept. 11, 1964, P.L. 88-585, 79 Stat. 927.

P.L. 86-299, 73 Stat. 574.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell, at not less than the current basic county support rate including the value of any applicable price support payment in kind (or a comparable price if there is no current basic county support rate), any wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, or grain sorghums (hereafter referred to as feed grains), owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, to provide feed for livestock in any area determined by him to be an emergency area under section 2.

SEC. 2. The Secretary may, after certification by the Governor of the State in which such area is situated of the need therefor, designate any area as an emergency area for the purposes of this Act if he determines that, as a result of flood, drought, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or other catastrophe including disease or insect infestation, there is a shortage of feed for livestock in such area. "State" means any State in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

SEC. 3.10 The Secretary shall not sell feed grains under this Act to any person unless he is satisfied that such person does not have, and is unable to obtain through normal channels of trade without undue financial hardship, sufficient feed for livestock owned by him, and unless such person agrees to use the feed grains only for feed for such livestock. The Secretary may provide for the furnishing of feed grains or mixed feed, in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, to any such persons by a feed dealer under an arrangement whereby feed grains in the feed so furnished would be replaced with feed grains owned or controlled by the Corporation and sold to such person at a price determined as provided in

section 1.

SEC. 4. Any person who fails to carry out an agreement entered into under section 3 with respect to any feed grains purchased or fur: nished 11 under this Act, or who disposes of any such feed grains other than by feeding to livestock owned by him, shall be subject to a penalty equal to but not in excess of the market value of the feed grains involved, to be recovered by the Secretary in a civil suit brought for that purpose, and in addition shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year. (7 U.S.C. 1427, note.)

Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended-SEC. 421.12 Any person who disposes of any feed which has been made available to him under section 407 of this Act for use in relieving distress or for preservation and maintenance of foundation herds, other than as authorized by the Secretary, shall be subject to a penalty equal to the market value of the

8 The preceding phrase beginning with "at not less” was added by 78 Stat. 927, approved September 11, 1964.

The last sentences in sections 2 and 3 were added by 78 Stat. 927, approved September 11, 1964.

10 See footnote 11.

11 The words "or furnished" were added by 78 Stat. 927, approved September 11, 1964. 18 Added to the Act by the Act of September 11, 1964, 78 Stat. 927.

feed involved, to be recovered by the Secretary in a civil suit brought for that purpose, and in addition shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year. (7 U.S.C. 1433.)

AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1970

DISASTER RESERVE

SEC. 813.12 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall under the provisions of this Act establish, maintain, and dispose of a separate reserve of inventories of not to exceed 75 million bushels of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans for the purpose of alleviating distress caused by a natural disaster. Such reserve inventories shall include such quantities of grain that the Secretary deems needed to provide for the alleviation of distress as the result of a natural disaster.

(b) 12b The Secretary shall acquire such commodities through the price support program. However, if the Secretary determines that no wheat, feed grains, or soybeans are available through the price support program at locations where they may be economically utilized to alleviate distress caused by a natural disaster, the Secretary is authorized to purchase through the facilities of the Commodity Credit Corporation such wheat, feed grains, soybeans, hay, or other livestock forages as the Secretary deems necessary for disposition in accordance with the authority provided in subsection (d) of this section. The Secretary may acquire wheat, feed grains, soybeans, hay, or other livestock forages at such locations, at such times, and in such quantities as the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate and may pay such transportation and other costs as may be required to permit disposition of such wheat, feed grains, soybeans, hay, and other livestock forages under subsection (d) of this section.

(c) Except when a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the President or by concurrent resolution of Congress declaring that such reserves should be disposed of, the Secretary shall not offer any commodity in the reserve for sale or disposition.

(d) 12c The Secretary is also authorized to dispose of such commodities only for (1) use in relieving distress (A) in any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, (B) in connection with any major disaster or emergency determined by the President to warrant assistance by the Federal Government under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 143, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 5121), and (C) in connection with any emergency determined by the Secretary to warrant assistance under section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 1055, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1427), the Act of September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 574, as

12 Sec. 813 was added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 239, Aug. 10, 1973.

12 Subsection (b) was substantially revised by Sec. 1103 of Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 953, Sept. 29, 1977.

12c Subsection (d) was substantially revised by Sec. 1103 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 953, Sept. 29, 1977.