§ 2624. Suspension or termination of plans

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 § 315 · 84 Stat. 2040

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2624

   Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 315, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2047

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–670, title III, § 315, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2047

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 315. suspension or termination of plans (a) The Secretary shall, whenever he finds that a plan or any provision thereof obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this title, terminate or suspend the operation of such plan or such provision thereof. (b) The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time and Referendum. shall hold a referendum on request of the board or of 10 per centum or more of the potato producers to determine if potato producers favor the termination or suspension of the plan, and he shall terminate or suspend such plan at the end of the marketing year whenever he determines that such suspension or termination is favored by a majority of those voting in a referendum, and who produce more than 50 per centum of the volume of the potatoes produced by the potato producers voting in the referendum.

2. 1990

   Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1945(1) · 104 Stat. 3359

   1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2624(b)

      Pub. L. 101–624, § 1945(1), inserted “, or of the total number of producers and importers when importers are subject to a plan,” after first reference to “potato producers”, “and importers” after second reference to “potato producers”, and “and import” after “produce”

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2624(b)

      Pub. L. 101–624, § 1945(1), substituted “and imported by those voting in the referendum” for “by the potato producers voting in the referendum”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1945(1), inserted “, or of the total number of producers and importers when importers are subject to a plan,” after first reference to “potato producers”, “and importers” after second reference to “potato producers”, and “and import” after “produce”, and substituted “and imported by those voting in the referendum” for “by the potato producers voting in the referendum”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by inserting “, or of the total number of producers and importers when importers are subject to a plan,” after “potato producers” the first time it appears; (B) by inserting “and importers” after “potato producers” the second time it appears; (C) by inserting “and import” after “produce”; and (D) by striking “by the potato producers voting in the referendum” and inserting “and imported by those voting in the referendum”; and

3. 1990

   Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 § 1945(2) · 104 Stat. 3359

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 2624(c)

   Pub. L. 101–624, § 1945(2), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1945(2), added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows: “(c) The termination or suspension of any plan, or any provision thereof, shall not be considered the issuance of a plan within the meaning of this part.”.

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