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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 7201"
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description: "Short title and purpose"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "100"
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION"
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section: "7201"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 7201 - Short title and purpose
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## Text
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(a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the “Agricultural Market Transition Act”.
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(b) Purpose It is the purpose of this chapter—
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(1) to authorize the use of binding production flexibility contracts between the United States and agricultural producers to support farming certainty and flexibility while ensuring continued compliance with farm conservation and wetland protection requirements;
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(2) to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available for certain crops;
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(3) to improve the operation of farm programs for milk, peanuts, and sugar; and
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(4) to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive review of past and future production agriculture in the United States.
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(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 101, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 896.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 104–127, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 896, which enacted this chapter and section 6933 of this title, amended sections 1308, 1308–1, 1308–3, 1358–1, 1358b, 1358c, 1359a, 1373, 1441, 1445j, 1508, 1516, 4504, 6401, 6402, 6413, 6414, and 6932 of this title and sections 713a–14, 714b, 714i, and 714k of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, repealed sections 1426, 1433f, 1441–2, 1444–2, 1444f, 1445b–3a, 1445c–3, 1445h, 1446e to 1446h, and 1519 of this title, enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1373, 1446e, 1446e–1, and 1508 of this title, and repealed provisions set out as a note under section 1421 of this title. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Short Title of 1998 AmendmentPub. L. 105–228, § 1, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1516, provided that: “This Act [amending section 7212 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act’.”
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Short TitlePub. L. 104–127, § 1(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 888, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996’.”
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SeverabilityPub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 928, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1197, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [see Short Title note above] or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.”
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