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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 80 — Watermelon Research and Promotion

§ 4903. Issuance of plans

Statutory text

To effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall, under the provisions of this chapter, issue, and from time to time may amend, orders (applicable to producers, handlers, and importers of watermelons) authorizing the collection of assessments on watermelons under this chapter and the use of such funds to cover the costs of research, development, advertising, and promotion with respect to watermelons under this chapter. Any plan shall be applicable to watermelons produced in the United States or 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. Watermelon re search and Promotion Act

    Pub. L. 99–198 title XVI § 1644 · 99 Stat. 1354

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4903

    Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1644, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1623

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1644, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1623

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1644. issuance of plans To effectuate the declared policy of this subtitle, the 7 USC 4903. Secretary shall, under the provisions of this subtitle, issue, and from time to time may amend, orders (applicable to producers and handlers of watermelons) authorizing the collection of assessments on watermelons under this subtitle and the use of such funds to cover the costs of research, development, advertising, and promotion with respect to watermelons under this subtitle. Any order issued by the Secretary under this subtitle shall hereinafter in this subtitle be referred to as a “plan”. Any plan shall be applicable to watermelons produced in the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States.

  2. Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act of 1993

    Pub. L. 103–189 · 107 Stat. 2259

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 4903

      Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, substituted “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers”

    2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 4903

      Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, struck out after first sentence “Any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall hereinafter in this chapter be referred to as a ‘plan’.”, and in last sentence

    3. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 4903

      Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, struck out “the forty-eight contiguous States of” after “watermelons produced in”

    4. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 4903

      Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, inserted “or imported into the United States” before period at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, substituted “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers”, struck out after first sentence “Any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall hereinafter in this chapter be referred to as a ‘plan’.”, and in last sentence, struck out “the forty-eight contiguous States of” after “watermelons produced in”, and inserted “or imported into the United States” before period at end.

1 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 4 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, substituted “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers”, struck out after first sentence “Any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall hereinafter in this chapter be referred to as a ‘plan’.”, and in last sentence, struck out “the forty-eight contiguous States of” after “watermelons produced in”, and inserted “or imported into the United States” before period at end.

Credits

1985–1993 · 2 acts
  1. 1985Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1644, , 99 Stat. 1623
  2. 1993Pub. L. 103–189, §§ 3(b), 8(b), , 107 Stat. 2259, 2261.
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(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1644, , 99 Stat. 1623; Pub. L. 103–189, §§ 3(b), 8(b), , 107 Stat. 2259, 2261.)

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