Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 1445f

International Emergency Food Reserve

The President is encouraged to enter into negotiations with other nations to develop an international system of food reserves to provide for humanitarian food relief needs and to establish and maintain a food reserve, as a contribution of the United States toward the development of such a system, to be made available in the event of food emergencies in foreign countries. The reserves shall be known as the International Emergency Food Reserve.

Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792Pub. L. 95–113, title XI, § 110291 Stat. 953(, title I, § 111, as added , , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113section 1307 of this titleSection effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under .