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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 53 — Cotton Research and Promotion

§ 2109. Provisions applicable to amendments

Statutory text

(a)

Provisions applicable to amendments to orders

Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this chapter applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.

(b)

Approval of amendments by cotton producers and importers

No amendment to an order issued under this chapter shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that—

(1)

with respect to an amendment referred to in subsection (b) or (c) of section 2107 of this title, the amendment is approved by producers and importers of cotton as provided in such section; or

(2)

with respect to any other amendment, that the amendment is approved by a majority of cotton producers and importers subject to the order voting in the referendum.

(c)

Disapproval of any amendment to order not deemed to invalidate such order

The disapproval of any amendment to an order issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to invalidate such order.

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. 89–502 § 10 · 80 Stat. 279

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2109

    Pub. L. 89–502, § 10, July 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 283

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–502, § 10, July 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 283

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 10. provisions applicable to amendments The provisions of this Act applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.

  2. Cotton Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–624 title XIX § 1995 · 104 Stat. 3359

    Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 2109

    Pub. L. 101–624 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of this chapter applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–624 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of this chapter applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1995. AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDER. Section 10 of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act (7 U.S.C. 2109) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 10. “provisions applicable to amendments (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this Act applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders. “(b) No amendment to an order issued under this Act shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that— “(1) with respect to an amendment referred to in section 8(b) or (8)(c), the amendment is approved by producers and importers of cotton as provided in such section; or “(2) with respect to any other amendment, that the amendment is approved by a majority of cotton producers and importers subject to the order voting in the referendum. “(c) The disapproval of any amendment to an order issued under this Act shall not be deemed to invalidate such order.”.

  3. Pub. L. 102–237 title VIII § 808(a)(3) · 105 Stat. 1818

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2109(b)(1)

    Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (b) or (c) of section 2107” for “section 2107(b) or 2107(c)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (b) or (c) of section 2107” for “section 2107(b) or 2107(c)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) in section 10(b) (7 U.S.C. 2109(b)), by striking “section 8(b) or 8(c)” and inserting “subsection (b) or (c) of section 8”; and

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1990–1991 · 2 rounds

1991

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (b) or (c) of section 2107” for “section 2107(b) or 2107(c)”.

1990

Pub. L. 101–624 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of this chapter applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.”

Credits

1966–1991 · 3 acts
  1. 1966Pub. L. 89–502, § 10, , 80 Stat. 283
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1995, , 104 Stat. 3912
  3. 1991Pub. L. 102–237, title VIII, § 808(a)(3), , 105 Stat. 1883.
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(Pub. L. 89–502, § 10, , 80 Stat. 283; Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1995, , 104 Stat. 3912; Pub. L. 102–237, title VIII, § 808(a)(3), , 105 Stat. 1883.)

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