§ 2612. 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. 1971

   Potato Research and Promotion Act

   Pub. L. 91–670 title III § 303 · 84 Stat. 2040

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2612

   Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 303, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 303, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 303. definitions As used in this title: (a) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. (b) The term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity. (c) The term “potatoes” means all varieties of Irish potatoes grown by producers in the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States. (d) The term “handler” means any person (except a common or contract carrier of potatoes owned by another person) who handles potatoes in a manner specified in a plan issued pursuant to this title or in the rules and regulations issued thereunder. (e) The term “producer” means any person engaged in the growing of five or more acres of potatoes. (f) The term “promotion” means any action taken by the National Potato Promotion Board, pursuant to this title, to present a favorable image for potatoes to the public with the express intent of improving their competitive positions and stimulating sales of potatoes and shall include, but shall not be limited to, paid advertising.

2. 1990

   Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1937(1) · 104 Stat. 3359

   1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2612(c)

      Pub. L. 101–624, § 1937(1), substituted “50” for “forty-eight contiguous”

   2. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2612(c)

      Pub. L. 101–624, § 1937(1), inserted before the period at the end “, and grown in foreign countries and imported into the United States”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1937(1), substituted “50” for “forty-eight contiguous” and inserted before the period at the end “, and grown in foreign countries and imported into the United States”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking “forty-eight contiguous” and inserting “50”; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end thereof “, and grown in foreign countries and imported into the United States”; and

3. 1990

   Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1937(2) · 104 Stat. 3359

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 2612(g)

   Pub. L. 101–624, § 1937(2), added subsec. (g)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1937(2), added subsec. (g).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) The term ‘importer’ means any person who imports tablestock, frozen, or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans or seed potatoes into the United States.”.

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