§ 2116. Definitions

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. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–502 § 17 · 80 Stat. 279

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2116

   Pub. L. 89–502, § 17, July 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 286

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–502, § 17, July 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 286

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 17. definitions As used in this Act: (a) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. (b) The term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other entity. (c) The term “cotton” means all upland cotton harvested in the United States, and, except as used in section 7(e), includes cottonseed of such cotton and the products derived from such cotton and its seed. (d) The term “handler” means any person who handles cotton or cottonseed in the manner specified in the order or in the rules and regulations issued thereunder. (e) The term “United States” means the 50 States of the United States of America. (f) The term “cotton-producing State” means any State in which the average annual production of cotton during the five years 1960–1964 was twenty thousand bales or more, except that any State producing cotton whose production during such period was less than such amount shall under regulations prescribed by the Secretary be combined with another State or States producing cotton in such manner that such average annual production of such combination of States totaled twenty thousand bales or more, and the term “cotton-producing State” shall include any such combination of States. (g) The term “marketing” includes the sale of cotton or the pledging of cotton to the Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for a price support loan.

2. 1990

   Cotton Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1997(1) · 104 Stat. 3359

   1. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(c)

      Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(1), designated existing provisions as cl. (1)

   2. Added · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(c)

      Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(1), added cl. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(1), designated existing provisions as cl. (1) and added cl. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (c)— (A) by inserting “(1)” after “means”; and (B) by striking “its seed.” and inserting the following: “its seed and (2) imports of upland cotton including the upland cotton content of the products derived from upland cotton (other than industrial products as defined by the Secretary). The term ‘cotton’ shall not, however, include any entry of imported cotton by an importer that has a value or weight less than any de minimis figure as established in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary. Any de minimis figure as established under this paragraph shall be such as to minimize the burden in administering the assessment provision but still provide for the maximum participation of imports of cotton in the assessment provisions of this Act.”;

3. 1990

   Cotton Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1997(2) · 104 Stat. 3359

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(d)

   Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(2), inserted “or, for the purposes of sections 2102, 2105(c), and 2112 of this title, any person who imports cotton, including de minimis amounts of cotton described in subsection (c),” after “cottonseed”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(2), inserted “or, for the purposes of sections 2102, 2105(c), and 2112 of this title, any person who imports cotton, including de minimis amounts of cotton described in subsection (c),” after “cottonseed”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (d), by inserting after “cottonseed” the following: “or, for the purposes of sections 3, 6(c), and 13, any person who imports cotton, including de minimis amounts of cotton described in subsection (c),”; and

4. 1990

   Cotton Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1997(3) · 104 Stat. 3359

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(h)

   Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(3), added subsec. (h)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1997(3), added subsec. (h).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) by adding at the end a new subsection to read as follows: “(h) (1) The term ‘importer’ means any person who enters, or withdraws from warehouse, cotton for consumption in the customs territory of the United States. “(2) The term ‘import’ means any such entry.”.

5. 2008

   Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–246 § 14202 · 122 Stat. 1651

   1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(f)

      Pub. L. 110–246, § 14202, inserted subsec. heading

   2. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(f)

      Pub. L. 110–246, § 14202, designated existing provisions as par. (1)

   3. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(f)

      Pub. L. 110–246, § 14202, inserted par. heading

   4. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(f)

      Pub. L. 110–246, § 14202, substituted period at end for “, and the term ‘cotton-producing State’ shall include any such combination of States.”

   5. Added · 7 U.S.C. § 2116(f)

      Pub. L. 110–246, § 14202, added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14202, inserted subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, substituted period at end for “, and the term ‘cotton-producing State’ shall include any such combination of States.”, and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 14202. DESIGNATION OF STATES FOR COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION.   Section 17(f) of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act (7 U.S.C. 2116(f)) is amended— (1) by striking “(f) The term” and inserting the following: “(f) Cotton-Producing State.— “(1) In general.— The term” ; (2) by striking “more, and the term” and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting the following: “more. “(2) Inclusions.— The term ‘cotton-producing State’ includes— “(A) any combination of States described in paragraph (1); and “(B) effective beginning with the 2008 crop of cotton, the States of Kansas, Virginia, and Florida.” .

   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.

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