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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 36 — Crop Insurance

§ 1518. “Agricultural commodity” defined

Statutory text

“Agricultural commodity”, as used in this subchapter, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native grass, hemp, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural commodity, excluding stored grain, determined by the Board, or any one or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 77–30 · 55 Stat. 53

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

    Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 518, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9, 55 Stat. 256

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 518, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9, 55 Stat. 256

  2. Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–365 title I § 111 · 94 Stat. 1312

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

      Pub. L. 96–365 extended definition of “agricultural commodity” to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, substituted “sugar cane” for “sugarcane”

    2. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

      Pub. L. 96–365 extended definition of “agricultural commodity” to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, inserted reference to subsec. (i) of section 1508 of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–365 extended definition of “agricultural commodity” to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, substituted “sugar cane” for “sugarcane”, and inserted reference to subsec. (i) of section 1508 of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 111. agricultural commodity Section 518 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended 7 USC 1518. to read as follows: “Sec. 518. ‘Agricultural commodity’, as used in this title, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet com, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native grass, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural commodity, excluding livestock and stored grain, determined by the Board under subsection (a) or (i) of section 508 of this title, or any one Ante, pp. 1314, 1317. or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.”.

  3. Pub. L. 102–237 title VI § 601(6) · 105 Stat. 1818

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

    Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (a) or (k)” for “subsection (a) or (i)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (a) or (k)” for “subsection (a) or (i)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) in section 518 (7 U.S.C. 1518) by striking “subsection (a) or (i)” and inserting “subsection (a) or (k)”.

  4. Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–354 title I § 119(f)(3) · 108 Stat. 3178

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

    Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “(m)” for “(k)” after “subsection (a) or”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “(m)” for “(k)” after “subsection (a) or”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 518 (7 U.S.C. 1518) is amended by striking “(k)” and inserting “(m)”.

  5. Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000

    Pub. L. 106–224 title I § 132(b) · 114 Stat. 358

    Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

    Pub. L. 106–224 struck out “livestock and” before “stored grain” and “under subsection (a) or (m) of section 1508 of this title” after “by the Board”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–224 struck out “livestock and” before “stored grain” and “under subsection (a) or (m) of section 1508 of this title” after “by the Board”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Conforming Amendments.— Section 518 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1518) is amended— (1) by striking “livestock and” after “commodity, excluding”; and (2) by striking “under subsection (a) or (m) of section 508 of this title”.

  6. Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–246 § 12033(c)(2)(B) · 122 Stat. 1651

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

    Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) by striking “this title” each place it appears and inserting “this subtitle”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

  7. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–334 title XI § 11119 · 132 Stat. 4490

    Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1518

    Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “hemp,” before “aquacultural species”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “hemp,” before “aquacultural species”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 11119. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.   Section 518 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1518) is amended by inserting “hemp,” before “aquacultural species”.

7 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Prior Provisions

A former section 1518, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 518, 52 Stat. 77, was transferred to section 1519 of this title at the time of the renumbering of such section 518 of act , as section 519 by act June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9, 55 Stat. 256.

Amendments1944–2018 · 8 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “hemp,” before “aquacultural species”.

2008

Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”.

2000

Pub. L. 106–224 struck out “livestock and” before “stored grain” and “under subsection (a) or (m) of section 1508 of this title” after “by the Board”.

1994

Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “(m)” for “(k)” after “subsection (a) or”.

1991

Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (a) or (k)” for “subsection (a) or (i)”.

1980

Pub. L. 96–365 extended definition of “agricultural commodity” to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, substituted “sugar cane” for “sugarcane”, and inserted reference to subsec. (i) of section 1508 of this title.

1949

Act , amended section to correct a clerical error in citation of “subsection (a) of section 1508”.

1944

Act , increased scope of definition of “agricultural commodity” from “wheat or cotton” to include all crops now set out.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective , the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 106–224 effective , see section 171(b)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 106–224, set out as a note under section 1501 of this title.

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–354 effective , and applicable to provision of crop insurance under Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) beginning with 1995 crop year, with such Act, as in effect on the day before , to continue to apply with respect to 1994 crop year, see section 120 of Pub. L. 103–354, set out as a note under section 1502 of this title.

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–365 effective , see section 112 of Pub. L. 96–365, set out as a note under section 1504 of this title.

Credits

1938–2018 · 10 acts
  1. 1938Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 518, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9, 55 Stat. 256
  2. 1944amended Dec. 23, 1944, ch. 713, § 4, 58 Stat. 919
  3. 1949Aug. 25, 1949, ch. 512, § 9, 63 Stat. 665
  4. 1980Pub. L. 96–365, title I, § 111, , 94 Stat. 1319
  5. 1991Pub. L. 102–237, title VI, § 601(6), , 105 Stat. 1878
  6. 1994Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 119(f)(3), , 108 Stat. 3208
  7. 2000Pub. L. 106–224, title I, § 132(b), , 114 Stat. 386
  8. 2008Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), , 122 Stat. 1405
  9. 2008Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), , 122 Stat. 1664, 2167
  10. 2018Pub. L. 115–334, title XI, § 11119, , 132 Stat. 4926.
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(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 518, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9, 55 Stat. 256; amended Dec. 23, 1944, ch. 713, § 4, 58 Stat. 919; Aug. 25, 1949, ch. 512, § 9, 63 Stat. 665; Pub. L. 96–365, title I, § 111, , 94 Stat. 1319; Pub. L. 102–237, title VI, § 601(6), , 105 Stat. 1878; Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 119(f)(3), , 108 Stat. 3208; Pub. L. 106–224, title I, § 132(b), , 114 Stat. 386; Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), , 122 Stat. 1405; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), , 122 Stat. 1664, 2167; Pub. L. 115–334, title XI, § 11119, , 132 Stat. 4926.)

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