---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1493.2"
title: "7"
number: "1493.2"
heading: "Purposes of programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1493.2"
---

# §1493.2. Purposes of programs.


CCC is authorized to issue Payment Guarantees:

- (a) To increase exports of U.S. Agricultural Commodities and expand access to trade finance;
- (b) To assist countries, particularly developing countries and emerging markets, in meeting their food and fiber needs;
- (c) To establish or improve facilities and infrastructure in emerging markets to expand exports of U.S. Agricultural Commodities; or
- (d) **For such other purposes as the Secretary of Agriculture determines appropriate.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 68595, Nov. 18, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 5602, 5622, 5661, 5662, 5663, 5664, 5676; 15 U.S.C. 714b(d), 714c(f).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 52876, Oct. 19, 1994, unless otherwise noted.