Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 37 — Seeds
§ 1585. Certain seeds not adapted for general agricultural use
Statutory text
Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture, after a public hearing, determines that seed of alfalfa or red clover from any foreign country is not adapted for general agricultural use in the United States, the Secretary shall publish the determination and the reasons for the determination.
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.
Pub. L. 103–465 title IV § 441(3) · 108 Stat. 4809
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1585
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4973.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4973.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) by striking section 303 (7 U.S.C. 1585) and inserting the following new section: “SEC. 303. CERTAIN SEEDS NOT ADAPTED FOR GENERAL AGRICULTURAL USE. “Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture, after a public hearing, determines that seed of alfalfa or red clover from any foreign country is not adapted for general agricultural use in the United States, the Secretary shall publish the determination and the reasons for the determination.”; and
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1585, act Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 303, formerly § 305, 53 Stat. 1284; renumbered § 303, , Pub. L. 97–439, § 5(b)(4), 96 Stat. 2288, related to requirement that certain seeds containing alfalfa and/or red clover be stained, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(3), , 108 Stat. 4973.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (), except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under this subchapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Credits
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(3), , 108 Stat. 4973.)