7 U.S.C. § 1385 - Finality of payments and loans; substitution of beneficiaries

• Cite as: 7 U.S.C. § 1385

The facts constituting the basis for any chapter 3B of title 16 payment, any payment under the wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, and rice programs authorized by chapter 35A of this title and this chapter, any loan, or price support operation, or the amount thereof, when officially determined in conformity with the applicable regulations prescribed by the Secretary or by the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall be final and conclusive and shall not be reviewable by any other officer or agency of the Government. In case any person who is entitled to any such payment dies, becomes incompetent, or disappears before receiving such payment, or is succeeded by another who renders or completes the required performance, the payment shall, without regard to any other provisions of law, be made as the Secretary of Agriculture may determine to be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances and provide by regulations. This section also shall be applicable to payments provided for under section 1348 of this title.

Cite as 7 U.S.C. § 1385

Source: Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, §385, 52 Stat. 68; July 2, 1940, ch. 521, §7, 54 Stat. 728; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title II, §207(e), 62 Stat. 1257; Pub. L. 87-703, title III, §322, Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 626; Pub. L. 88-297, title I, §102, Apr. 11, 1964, 78 Stat. 174; Pub. L. 91-524, title IV, §404(5), title VI, §605(3), Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1366, 1378; Pub. L. 94-214, title III, §302, Feb. 16, 1976, 90 Stat. 187; Pub. L. 95-113, title IV, §405, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 927; Pub. L. 97-98, title XI, §1102, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 99-198, title X, §1017(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1459.

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Chapter 3B [§590a et seq.] of title 16, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to the Soil Conservation Act, probably meaning the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.

Chapter 35A [§1421 et seq.] of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to the Agricultural Act of 1949.

AMENDMENTS

1985- Pub. L. 99-198 inserted "extra long staple cotton," after "upland cotton," in first sentence.

1981- Pub. L. 97-98 amended first sentence generally.

1977- Pub. L. 95-113 temporarily amended first sentence generally. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment note below.

1976- Pub. L. 94-214 temporarily inserted reference to payments under the rice program authorized by section 1441(g) of this title. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1976 Amendment note below.