§ 2611. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

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. 1971

   Potato Research and Promotion Act

   Pub. L. 91–670 title III § 302 · 84 Stat. 2040

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

   Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 302, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 302, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 302. findings and declaration of policy Potatoes are a basic food in the United States. They are produced by many individual potato growers in every State in the United States. In 1966, there were one million four hundred and ninety-seven thousand acres of cropland in the United States devoted to the production of potatoes. Approximately two hundred and seventy-five million hundredweight of potatoes have been produced annually during the past five years with an estimated sales value to the potato producers of $561,000,006. Potatoes and potato products move, in a large part, in the channels of interstate commerce, and potatoes which do not move in such channels directly burden or affect interstate commerce in potatoes and potato products. All potatoes produced in the United States are in the current of interstate commerce or directly burden, obstruct, or affect interstate commerce in potatoes and potato products. The maintenance and expansion of existing potato markets and the development of new or improved markets are vital to the welfare of potato growers and those concerned with marketing, using, and processing potatoes as well as the general economic welfare of the Nation. Therefore, it is the declared policy of the Congress and the purpose of this title that it is essential in the public interest, through the exercise of the powers provided herein, to authorize the establishment of an orderly procedure for the financing, through adequate assessments on all potatoes harvested in the United States for commercial use, and the carrying out of an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, development, advertising, and promotion designed to strengthen potatoes’ competitive position, and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets for potatoes produced in the United States.

2. 1990

   Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XIX § 1936 · 104 Stat. 3359

   1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., inserted “and foreign countries” and “and imported into the United States from foreign countries”

   2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., struck out at end “Approximately two hundred and seventy-five million hundredweight of potatoes have been produced annually during the past five years with an estimated sales value to the potato producers of $561,000,000.”; in second par.

   3. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., struck out “, in a large part,” after “products move”

   4. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., inserted “or foreign”

   5. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., struck out at end “All potatoes produced in the United States are in the current of interstate commerce or directly burden, obstruct, or affect interstate commerce in potatoes and potato products.” and, in third par.

   6. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., inserted “and imported into the United States from foreign countries”

   7. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2611

      Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., substituted “and potato products” for “produced in the United States”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 101–624, in first par., inserted “and foreign countries” and “and imported into the United States from foreign countries” and struck out at end “Approximately two hundred and seventy-five million hundredweight of potatoes have been produced annually during the past five years with an estimated sales value to the potato producers of $561,000,000.”; in second par., struck out “, in a large part,” after “products move”, inserted “or foreign”, and struck out at end “All potatoes produced in the United States are in the current of interstate commerce or directly burden, obstruct, or affect interstate commerce in potatoes and potato products.” and, in third par., inserted “and imported into the United States from foreign countries” and substituted “and potato products” for “produced in the United States”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1936. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY. Section 302 of the Potato Research and Promotion Act (7 U.S.C. 2611) is amended— (1) in the first paragraph— (A) by inserting “and foreign countries” after “United States” in the first sentence; (B) by inserting “and imported into the United States from foreign countries” after “United States” in the second sentence; and (C) by striking the last sentence; (2) in the second paragraph— (A) in the first sentence— (i) by striking “, in a large part,”; and (ii) by inserting “or foreign” after “channels of inter-state”; and (B) by striking the second sentence; and (3) in the fourth paragraph— (A) by inserting “and imported into the United States from foreign countries” after “commercial use”; and (B) by striking at the end thereof “produced in the United States” and inserting “and potato products”.

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