---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1742"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1742"
heading: "Determination of commodity value for set-aside"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1742"
units:
  - "Chapter 42 — Agricultural Commodity Set-Aside"
---

# §1742. Determination of commodity value for set-aside


Quantities of commodities shall not be included in the commodity set-aside which have an aggregate value in excess of $2,500,000,000. The value of the commodities placed in the commodity set-aside, for the purpose of this section, shall be the Corporation’s investment in such commodities as of the date they are included in the commodity set-aside, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2).


## Source credit

(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title I, § 102, 68 Stat. 897.)