§ 1586. Certain acts prohibited

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. 1939

   Pub. L. 76–615 · 53 Stat. 1275

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1586

   Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 304, formerly § 306, 53 Stat. 1285

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 304, formerly § 306, 53 Stat. 1285

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–581 § 15 · 72 Stat. 476

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 1586(c)

   Pub. L. 85–581 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–581 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 15. Section 306 of said Act (7 U. S. C. 1586) is amended by 53 Stat. 1285. adding at the end thereof a new subsection (c) to read as follows: “(c) To make any false or misleading representation with respect Unlawful act. to any seed subject to this title being imported into the United States or offered for import: Provided, That this subsection shall not be deemed violated by any person if the false or misleading representation is the name of a variety indistinguishable in appearance from the seed being imported or offered for import and the records and other pertinent facts reveal that such person relied in good faith upon representations with respect to the name of the indistinguishable variety made by the shipper of the seed.”

3. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 § 441(4)(A) · 108 Stat. 4809

   Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1586(a)(4)(7)

   Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(A), struck out pars. (4) to (7) which read as follows:

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(A), struck out pars. (4) to (7) which read as follows:

   “(4) any seed which has been stained to resemble seed stained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder; “(5) any seed stained under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder, when mixed with seed of the same kind produced in the United States; “(6) any seed stained with different colors; “(7) any seed stained under the provisions of this chapter, the labeling of which states that such seed is adapted.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by inserting “or” at the end of paragraph (2); (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting a period; and (iii) by striking paragraphs (4) through (7);

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

4. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 § 441(4)(B) · 108 Stat. 4809

   1. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 1586(b); 7 U.S.C. § 1586(c)

      Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b)

   2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1586(b); 7 U.S.C. § 1586(c)

      Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(B), (C), struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “To change the proportion of seeds stained under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder or to alter, modify, conceal, or remove in any manner or by any means the color of such stained seeds.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “To change the proportion of seeds stained under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder or to alter, modify, conceal, or remove in any manner or by any means the color of such stained seeds.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) by striking subsection (b); and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

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