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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 68 — Agricultural Subterminal Facilities

§ 3701. Congressional findings and declarations

Statutory text

Congress finds and declares that—

(1)

an adequate system for the efficient transient storage and movement of bulk agricultural commodities is essential to the overall success of the agricultural industry of the Nation, the development of rural areas of the Nation, and the economic stability of the Nation;

(2)

the movement and storage of bulk agricultural commodities has been seriously and repeatedly impeded by shortages of transient storage facilities, adequate rail rolling stock, and the deterioration of many railroad track beds and rural highways throughout the United States;

(3)

the efficient movement and storage of bulk agricultural commodities may be achieved and facilitated by the joint location at strategic points throughout the United States of transient storage facilities and multimodal terminal facilities constructed especially for the efficient shipment and receipt of agricultural commodities; and

(4)

the location of such facilities must be carefully planned to assure maximum benefits to producers of agricultural commodities and unprocessed agricultural products and utilization of the most efficient means of transporting bulk agricultural commodities for domestic and export markets.

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. Agricultural Subterminal Facilities Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–358 § 2 · 94 Stat. 1184

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3701

    (Pub. L. 96–358, § 2, Sept. 25, 1980, 94 Stat. 1184.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–358, § 2, Sept. 25, 1980, 94 Stat. 1184.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. findings Congress finds and declares that— (1) an adequate system for the efficient transient storage and movement of bulk agricultural commodities is essential to the overall success of the agricultural industry of the Nation, the development of rural areas of the Nation, and the economic stability of the Nation; (2) the movement and storage of bulk agricultural commodities has been seriously and repeatedly impeded by shortages of transient storage facilities, adequate rail rolling stock, and the deterioration of many railroad track beds and rural highways throughout the United States; (3) the efficient movement and storage of bulk agricultural commodities may be achieved and facilitated by the joint location at strategic points throughout the United States of transient storage facilities and multimodal terminal facilities constructed especially for the efficient shipment and receipt of agricultural commodities; and (4) the location of such facilities must be carefully planned to assure maximum benefits to producers of agricultural commodities and unprocessed agricultural products and utilization of the most efficient means of transporting bulk agricultural commodities for domestic and export markets.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 96–358, § 6, , 94 Stat. 1189, provided that: “The provisions of this Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 1932 of this title] shall become effective .”

Short Title

Pub. L. 96–358, § 1, , 94 Stat. 1184, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 1932 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Agricultural Subterminal Facilities Act of 1980’.”

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–358, § 2, , 94 Stat. 1184.)

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