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        <dc:title>Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, FY 2000</dc:title>
        <currentThroughPublicLaw>118–42</currentThroughPublicLaw>
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        <containsShortTitle>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000</containsShortTitle>
        <containsShortTitle>Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999</containsShortTitle>
        <containsShortTitle>Department of Agriculture Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2000</containsShortTitle>
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        <approvedDate>1999-10-22</approvedDate>
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        <property role="compShortTitle" style="-uslm-dtd:comp-short-title">Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, FY 2000</property>
        <editionNote style="-uslm-dtd:updated-through-note">[As Amended Through <currentThroughPublicLaw>P.L. 118–42</currentThroughPublicLaw>, Enacted <date date="2024-03-09">March 9, 2024</date>]</editionNote>
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<editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>INDIVIDUAL HARDSHIP CASES<b>]</b></editorialNote>
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            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="709">Sec. 709. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t7/s612c">7 U.S.C. 612c note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in connection with the Commodity Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.</content>
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