---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1446c"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1446c"
heading: "Domestic disposal programs for dairy products"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1446c"
units:
  - "Chapter 35A — Price Support of Agricultural Commodities"
  - "Subchapter III — Nonbasic Agricultural Commodities"
---

# §1446c. Domestic disposal programs for dairy products


In order to prevent the accumulation of excessive inventories of dairy products the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall undertake domestic disposal programs under authorities granted in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [[7 U.S.C. 1281](/usc/7/1281.md) et seq.] and the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1421](/usc/7/1421.md) et seq.], or as otherwise authorized by law.


## Source credit

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title II, § 204(c), 68 Stat. 900.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in text, is act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 31, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1281 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1281 of this title and Tables.

The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in text, is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, which is classified principally to chapter 35A (§ 1421 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1954, and not as part of the Agricultural Act of 1949 which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of the 1949 Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Report of Dairy Product Purchases

Pub. L. 101–624, title I, § 105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3379, provided that: “The Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to the public quarterly evaluations of the acquisition and disposal of Commodity Credit Corporation purchases of dairy products.”