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Title 7—AGRICULTURE > CHAPTER 35—AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 > SUBCHAPTER II—LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES > Part A—Definitions, Loans, Parity Payments, and Consumer Safeguards

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The “parity price” for any agricultural commodity, as of any date, shall be determined by multiplying the adjusted base price of such commodity as of such date by the parity index as of such date.

( Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30 , title III, § 301, 52 Stat. 38 ; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107 , §§ 2–4, 52 Stat. 202 ; June 13, 1940, ch. 360, § 1 , 54 Stat. 392 ; July 2, 1940, ch. 521 , §§ 3–5, 54 Stat. 727 , 728; Nov. 22, 1940, ch. 914 , §§ 1, 3, 4, 54 Stat. 1209 , 1210; Nov. 25, 1940, ch. 917 , 54 Stat. 1211 ; Apr. 3, 1941, ch. 39 , §§ 2, 3, 55 Stat. 91 , 92; July 9, 1942, ch. 497, § 1(4) , (5), 56 Stat. 654 ; July 3, 1948, ch. 827 , title II, § 201(a), (b), (d), (e), 62 Stat. 1250 ; Aug. 29, 1949, ch. 518, § 2(a) , 63 Stat. 675 ; Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792 , title IV, §§ 409(a)–(d), 415(c)–(e), 418(b), (c), 63 Stat. 1056–1058 , 1062; July 8, 1952, ch. 587 , 66 Stat. 442 ; July 17, 1952, ch. 933, § 1 , 66 Stat. 758 ; July 14, 1953, ch. 194, § 6 , 67 Stat. 152 ; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041 , title III, §§ 301, 302, 68 Stat. 902 ; May 28, 1956, ch. 327 , title V, § 502, title VI, § 602, 70 Stat. 212 , 213; Pub. L. 85–92, § 1 , July 10, 1957 , 71 Stat. 284 ; Pub. L. 87–703, title III, § 320 , Sept. 27, 1962 , 76 Stat. 625 ; Pub. L. 88–297, title I, § 106(5) –(7), Apr. 11, 1964 , 78 Stat. 177 ; Pub. L. 89–321, title IV, § 403 , title V, §§ 509, 511(a), Nov. 3, 1965 , 79 Stat. 1197 , 1204, 1205; Pub. L. 91–524, title IV, § 405(b) , Nov. 30, 1970 , as added Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(12)(a) , Aug. 10, 1973 , 87 Stat. 229 ; Pub. L. 94–61, § 1 , July 25, 1975 , 89 Stat. 302 ; Pub. L. 97–218, title III, § 303(a) , July 20, 1982 , 96 Stat. 211 ; Pub. L. 99–198, title X, § 1020 , Dec. 23, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1459 ; Pub. L. 99–272, title I, § 1103(a) , Apr. 7, 1986 , 100 Stat. 85 ; Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1610 , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 218 ; Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(f) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522 .)

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