---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 5672"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "5672"
heading: "Development of plans to alleviate adverse impact of embargoes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/5672"
units:
  - "Chapter 87 — Export Promotion"
  - "Subchapter IV — General Provisions"
  - "Part B — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §5672. Development of plans to alleviate adverse impact of embargoes


To alleviate, to the maximum extent possible, the adverse impact on farmers, elevator operators, common carriers, and exporters of [agricultural commodities](/usc/7/5602.md?p=1) of the President or other member of the executive branch of the Federal Government causing the export of any [agricultural commodity](/usc/7/5602.md?p=1) to any country or area of the world to be suspended or restricted, the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) of Agriculture shall—

- (1) develop a comprehensive contingency plan that shall include—
  - (A) an assessment of existing farm programs with a view to determining whether such programs are sufficiently flexible to enable the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) to efficiently and effectively offset the adverse impact of such a suspension or restriction on farmers, elevator operators, common carriers, and exporters of commodities provided for under such programs;
  - (B) an evaluation of the kinds and availability of information needed to determine, on an emergency basis, the extent and severity of the impact of such a suspension or restriction on producers, elevator operators, common carriers, and exporters; and
  - (C) the development of criteria for determining the extent, if any, to which the impact of such a suspension or restriction should be offset in the case of each of the sectors referred to in [paragraph (1)(B)](#1-B);
- (2) for any suspension or restriction for which compensation is not provided under [section 5671 of this title](/usc/7/5671.md), prepare and submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress such recommendations for changes in existing agricultural programs, or for new programs, as the [Secretary](/usc/7/5602.md?p=3) considers necessary to handle effectively, efficiently, economically, and fairly the impact of any such suspension or restriction;
- (3) for any suspension or restriction for which compensation is provided under [section 5671 of this title](/usc/7/5671.md), prepare and submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress a plan for implementing and administering [section 5671 of this title](/usc/7/5671.md); and
- (4) require the Commodity Credit Corporation, prior to such Corporation purchasing any contracts for the purpose of offsetting the impact of a commodity suspension or restriction, to—
  - (A) prepare an economic justification for each commodity involved in the suspension or restriction to determine if such a purchase is necessary;
  - (B) estimate any suspension- or restriction-related benefits and detrimental effects to the exporters, and use both estimates in determining the extent, if any, Federal assistance is needed; and
  - (C) limit its purchases to only those types and grades of commodities suspended or restricted from shipment and make such purchases at prices at or near the current [market](/usc/7/198.md?p=1) prices.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–501, title IV, § 412, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3684.)