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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 58 — Potato Research and Promotion

§ 2613. Authority for issuance and amendment of plan

Statutory text

To effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, issue and from time to time amend, orders applicable to handlers and importers and shall have authority to issue orders authorizing the collection of assessments on potatoes handled or imported under the provisions of this chapter, and to authorize the use of such funds to provide research, development, advertising, and promotion of potatoes in a manner prescribed in this chapter. Any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall hereinafter in this chapter be referred to as a “plan”. Any such plan shall be applicable to potatoes produced in the 50 States of the United States and in foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and such potatoes are imported into the United States.

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. Potato Research and Promotion Act

    Pub. L. 91–670 title III § 304 · 84 Stat. 2040

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2613

    Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 304, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2042

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 304, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2042

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 304. authority to issue a plan To effectuate the declared policy of this title, the Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this title, issue and from time to time amend, orders applicable to persons engaged in the handling of potatoes (hereinafter referred to as handlers) and shall have authority to issue orders authorizing the collection of assessments on potatoes handled under the provisions of this title, and to authorize the use. of such funds to provide research, development, advertising, and promotion of potatoes in a manner prescribed in this title. Any order issued by the Secretary under this title shall hereinafter in this title be referred to as a “plan”. Any such plan shall be applicable to potatoes produced in the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States.

  2. Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–624 title XIX § 1938 · 104 Stat. 3359

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2613

      Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “handlers and importers” for “persons engaged in the handling of potatoes (hereinafter referred to as handlers)”

    2. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2613

      Pub. L. 101–624 inserted “or imported”

    3. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2613

      Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “50” for “forty-eight contiguous”

    4. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2613

      Pub. L. 101–624 inserted before period at end “and in foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and such potatoes are imported into the United States”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “handlers and importers” for “persons engaged in the handling of potatoes (hereinafter referred to as handlers)”, inserted “or imported”, substituted “50” for “forty-eight contiguous”, and inserted before period at end “and in foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and such potatoes are imported into the United States”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1938. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A PLAN. Section 304 of the Potato Research and Promotion Act (7 U.S.C. 2613) is amended— (1) in the first sentence— (A) by striking “persons engaged in the handling of potatoes (hereinafter referred to as handlers)” and inserting “handlers and importers”; and (B) by inserting “or imported” after “potatoes handled”; and (2) in the third sentence— (A) by striking “forty-eight contiguous” and inserting “50”; and (B) by inserting before the period “and in foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and such potatoes are imported into the United States”.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “handlers and importers” for “persons engaged in the handling of potatoes (hereinafter referred to as handlers)”, inserted “or imported”, substituted “50” for “forty-eight contiguous”, and inserted before period at end “and in foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and such potatoes are imported into the United States”.

Credits

1971–1990 · 2 acts
  1. 1971Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 304, , 84 Stat. 2042
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1938, , 104 Stat. 3866.
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(Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 304, , 84 Stat. 2042; Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1938, , 104 Stat. 3866.)

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