# 7 U.S.C. § 1303: Parity payments

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## Section

- **Citation:** 7 U.S.C. § 1303
- **Heading:** Parity payments
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** 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

## Text

If and when appropriations are made therefor, the Secretary is authorized and directed to make payments to producers of corn, wheat, cotton, or rice, on their normal production of such commodities in amounts which, together with the proceeds thereof, will provide a return to such producers which is as nearly equal to parity price as the funds so made available will permit. All funds available for such payments with respect to these commodities shall unless otherwise provided by law, be apportioned to these commodities in proportion to the amount by which each fails to reach the parity income. Such payments shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other payments authorized by law.

( Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30 , title III, § 303, 52 Stat. 45 ; Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(g) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522 .)

## Nearby sections

- [7 U.S.C. § 1301 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1301.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1301a References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after January 1, 1950](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1301a.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1301b Repealed. Pub. L. 85–835, title I, § 108 , Aug. 28, 1958 , 72 Stat. 993](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1301b.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1302 Repealed. Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792 , title IV, § 414, 63 Stat. 1057](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1302.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1303 Parity payments](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1303.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1304 Consumer safeguards](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1304.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1305 Transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases on public lands upon request of State agencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1305.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1306 Projected yields; determination; base period](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1306.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1307 Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1307.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308 Payment limitations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–1 Notification of interests; payments limited to active farmers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%931.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–2 Denial of program benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%932.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–3 Foreign persons made ineligible for program benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%933.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1308–3a Adjusted gross income limitation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1308%E2%80%933a.md)

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