{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s7991","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7991.","heading":"Administration generally","text":"\u00a7\u202f7991.\nAdministration generally\n(a)\nUse of Commodity Credit Corporation\nThe Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this chapter.\n(b)\nDeterminations by Secretary\nA determination made by the Secretary under this chapter shall be final and conclusive.\n(c)\nRegulations\n(1)\nIn general\nNot later than 90 days after\nMay 13, 2002\n(2)\nProcedure\nThe promulgation of the regulations and administration of this chapter shall be made without regard to\u2014\n(A) chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly know\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cknown\u201d.\n(B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective\nJuly 24, 1971\n(C) the notice and comment provisions of\nsection 553 of title 5\n(3)\nCongressional review of agency rulemaking\nIn carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under\nsection 808 of title 5\n(d)\nTreatment of advance payment option\nThe protection that was afforded producers that had an option to elect to accelerate the receipt of any payment under a production flexibility contract payable under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as provided by section 525 of Public\n(1) the advance payment of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments under subchapter I and subchapter III;\n(2) the single payment of compensation for eligible peanut quota holders under\nsection 7960 of this title\n(3) the advance payment of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments under title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 [\n7 U.S.C. 8701\n(e)\nAdjustment authority related to Uruguay Round compliance\n(1)\nRequired determination; adjustment\nIf the Secretary determines that expenditures under subchapters I through V that are subject to the total allowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in\nsection 3501 of title 19\nMay 13, 2002\n(2)\nCongressional notification\nBefore making any adjustment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report describing the determination made under that paragraph and the extent of the adjustment to be made.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s7991.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7991."},{"t":"heading","text":"Administration generally"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Use of Commodity Credit Corporation"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this chapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Determinations by Secretary"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"A determination made by the Secretary under this chapter shall be final and conclusive.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Regulations"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Not later than 90 days after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"May 13, 2002","tail":", the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this chapter."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Procedure"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this chapter shall be made without regard to\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly know\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cknown\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cknown\u201d.","tail":" as the \u201cPaperwork Reduction Act\u201d);"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 24, 1971","tail":" (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" the notice and comment provisions of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 553 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s553","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Congressional review of agency rulemaking"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 808 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s808","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s7991/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Treatment of advance payment option"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The protection that was afforded producers that had an option to elect to accelerate the receipt of any payment under a production flexibility contract payable under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as provided by section 525 of Public\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"2"},{"t":"num","text":"2","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be followed by \u201cLaw\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. 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