Volume 113 · 1321
Public Law 106–96
To amend the Export Apple and Pear Act to limit the applicability of the Act to apples.
Approved November 12, 1999
Statutory text
An Act
To amend the Export Apple and Pear Act to limit the applicability of the Act to apples.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SCOPE OF EXPORT APPLE AND PEAR ACT.
Short Title.—
The Act of June 10, 1933 (7 U.S.C. 581 et seq.; commonly known as the Export Apple and Pear Act), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“Sec. 11.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Export Apple Act’.”.
Definition of Apples.—
Section 9 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 589) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
“(4) The term ‘apples’ means fresh whole apples, whether or not the apples have been in storage.”.
Elimination of References to Pears.—
Such Act is further amended—
by striking “and/or pears” each place it appears in the first section and sections 5 and 6; and
by striking “or pears” each place it appears in the first section and sections 2, 3, and 4.
Approved November 12, 1999.