§ 4901. 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. 1985

   Watermelon re search and Promotion Act

   Pub. L. 99–198 title XVI § 1642 · 99 Stat. 1354

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4901

   Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1642, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1622

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1642, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1622

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1642. findings and declaration of policy (a) Congress finds that— (1) the per capita consumption of watermelons in the United States has declined steadily in recent years; (2) watermelons are an important cash crop to many farmers in the United States and are an economical, enjoyable, and healthful food for consumers; (3) approximately 2,607,600,000 pounds of watermelons with a farm value of $158,923,000 were produced in 1981 in the United States; (4) watermelons move in the channels of interstate commerce, and watermelons that do not move in such channels directly affect interstate commerce; (5) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and the establishment of new or improved markets and uses for watermelons are vital to the welfare of watermelon growers and those concerned with marketing, using, and handling watermelons, as well as the general economic welfare of the Nation; and (6) the development and implementation of coordinated programs of research, development, advertising, and promotion are necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and establish new or improved markets and uses for watermelons. (b) It is declared to be the policy of Congress 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 development, financing (through adequate assessments on watermelons harvested in the United States for commercial use), and carrying out of an effective, continuous, and coordinated program of research, development, advertising, and promotion designed to strengthen the watermelon’s competitive position in the marketplace, and establish, maintain, and expand domestic and foreign markets for watermelons produced in the United States. The purpose of this subtitle is to so authorize the establishment of such procedure and the development, financing, and carrying out of such program. Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to dictate quality standards nor provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual watermelon producers to produce watermelons.

2. 1993

   Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act of 1993

   Pub. L. 103–189 § 8(k)(1) · 107 Stat. 2259

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 4901(a)(5)

   Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(k)(1), substituted “handling, and importing” for “and handling”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(k)(1), substituted “handling, and importing” for “and handling”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in section 1642(a)(5) (7 U.S.C. 4901(a)(5)), by striking “and handling” and inserting “handling, and importing”;

3. 1993

   Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act of 1993

   Pub. L. 103–189 § 8(k)(2) · 107 Stat. 2259

   1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 4901(b)

      Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(k)(2), inserted “, or imported into the United States,” after “harvested in the United States”

   2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 4901(b)

      Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(k)(2), struck out “produced in the United States” after “foreign markets for watermelons”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(k)(2), inserted “, or imported into the United States,” after “harvested in the United States” and struck out “produced in the United States” after “foreign markets for watermelons”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in the first sentence of section 1642(b) (7 U.S.C. 4901(b))— (A) by inserting “, or imported into the United States,” after “harvested in the United States”; and (B) by striking “produced in the United States”;

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