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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 26 — Agricultural Adjustment

§ 602. Declaration of policy; establishment of price basing period; marketing standards; orderly supply flow; circumstances for continued regulation

Statutory text

It is declared to be the policy of Congress—

(1)

Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions for agricultural commodities in interstate commerce as will establish, as the prices to farmers, parity prices as defined by section 1301(a)(1) of this title.

(2)

To protect the interest of the consumer by (a) approaching the level of prices which it is declared to be the policy of Congress to establish in subsection (1) of this section by gradual correction of the current level at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture deems to be in the public interest and feasible in view of the current consumptive demand in domestic and foreign markets, and (b) authorizing no action under this chapter which has for its purpose the maintenance of prices to farmers above the level which it is declared to be the policy of Congress to establish in subsection (1) of this section.

(3)

Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to establish and maintain such production research, marketing research, and development projects provided in section 608c(6)(I) of this title, such container and pack requirements provided in section 608c(6)(H) of this title 1 such minimum standards of quality and maturity and such grading and inspection requirements for agricultural commodities enumerated in section 608c (2) of this title, other than milk and its products, in interstate commerce as will effectuate such orderly marketing of such agricultural commodities as will be in the public interest.

(4)

Through the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions for any agricultural commodity enumerated in section 608c(2) of this title as will provide, in the interests of producers and consumers, an orderly flow of the supply thereof to market throughout its normal marketing season to avoid unreasonable fluctuations in supplies and prices.

(5)

Through the exercise of the power conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter, to continue for the remainder of any marketing season or marketing year, such regulation pursuant to any order as will tend to avoid a disruption of the orderly marketing of any commodity and be in the public interest, if the regulation of such commodity under such order has been initiated during such marketing season or marketing year on the basis of its need to effectuate the policy of this chapter.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

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. Pub. L. 73–25 · 48 Stat. 31

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 602

    May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 2, 48 Stat. 32

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 2, 48 Stat. 32

  2. Public Law not identified

    1. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 602(1)

      Subsec. (1). Act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 1, amended first sentence and act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 62

    2. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 602(1)

      Subsec. (1). Act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 1, amended second and third sentences

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (1). Act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 1, amended first sentence and act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 62, amended second and third sentences.

  3. Public Law not identified

    Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 602(2)

    Subsec. (2). Act Aug. 24, 1935, amended subsec. (2)

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (2). Act Aug. 24, 1935, amended subsec. (2).

  4. Public Law not identified

    Added · 7 U.S.C. § 602(3)

    Subsec. (3). Act Aug. 1, 1947, added subsec. (3)

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (3). Act Aug. 1, 1947, added subsec. (3).

  5. Public Law not identified

    Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 602(1)

    Subsec. (1). Act July 3, 1948, made definition of “parity” conform to definition stated in section 1301(a)(1) of this title

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (1). Act July 3, 1948, made definition of “parity” conform to definition stated in section 1301(a)(1) of this title.

  6. Public Law not identified

    Added · 7 U.S.C. § 602(4)

    Subsec. (4). Act Aug. 28, 1954, added subsec. (4)

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (4). Act Aug. 28, 1954, added subsec. (4).

  7. Agricultural Act of 1961

    Pub. L. 87–128 title I § 141(1) · 75 Stat. 294

    Added · 7 U.S.C. § 602(5)

    Pub. L. 87–128 added subsec. (5)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (5). Pub. L. 87–128 added subsec. (5).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 2 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph 7 USC 602. (5) reading as follows: “(5) Through the exercise of the power conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture under this title, to continue for the remainder of any marketing season or marketing year, such regulation pursuant to any order as will tend to avoid a disruption of the orderly marketing of any commodity and be in the public interest, if the regulation of such commodity under such order has been initiated during such marketing season or marketing year on the basis of its need to effectuate the policy of this title.”

  8. Pub. L. 89–330 § 1(a) · 79 Stat. 1270

    Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 602(3)

    Pub. L. 89–330 inserted “such container and pack requirements provided in section 608c(6)(H) of this title”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (3). Pub. L. 89–330 inserted “such container and pack requirements provided in section 608c(6)(H) of this title”.

  9. Pub. L. 91–292 § 1(1) · 84 Stat. 333

    Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 602(3)

    Pub. L. 91–292 inserted authority to establish and maintain the production research, marketing research, and development projects provided in section 608c(6)(I) of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (3). Pub. L. 91–292 inserted authority to establish and maintain the production research, marketing research, and development projects provided in section 608c(6)(I) of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 2(3) of the Act is further amended by inserting the 61 Stat. 707; 79 Stat. 1270. 7 USC 602. words “such production research, marketing research, and development projects provided in section 8c(6)(l),” immediately after the words “establish and maintain”.

2 of 10 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial · 6 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1935–1970 · 8 rounds

1970

Subsec. (3). Pub. L. 91–292 inserted authority to establish and maintain the production research, marketing research, and development projects provided in section 608c(6)(I) of this title.

1965

Subsec. (3). Pub. L. 89–330 inserted “such container and pack requirements provided in section 608c(6)(H) of this title”.

1961

Subsec. (5). Pub. L. 87–128 added subsec. (5).

1954

Subsec. (4). Act , added subsec. (4).

1948

Subsec. (1). Act , made definition of “parity” conform to definition stated in section 1301(a)(1) of this title.

1947

Subsec. (3). Act , added subsec. (3).

1937

Act , inserted “orderly marketing conditions for agricultural commodities in interstate commerce as will establish” before “as the prices to farmers”.

1935

Subsec. (1). Act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 1, amended first sentence and act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 62, amended second and third sentences.

Subsec. (2). Act , amended subsec. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Amendment by act , effective , see section 303 of act , set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.

Validity of Section Affirmed

Act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 1, 50 Stat. 246, affirmed and validated, and reenacted without change the provisions of this section except for the amendment to subsec. (1) by section 2 of said act. See note set out under section 601 of this title.

Credits

1933–1970 · 9 acts
  1. 1933May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 2, 48 Stat. 32
  2. 1935Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, §§ 1, 62, 49 Stat. 750, 782
  3. 1937June 3, 1937, ch. 296, §§ 1, 2(b), 50 Stat. 246, 247
  4. 1947Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 425, § 1, 61 Stat. 707
  5. 1948July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title III, § 302(a), 62 Stat. 1257
  6. 1954Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title IV, § 401(a), 68 Stat. 906
  7. 1961Pub. L. 87–128, title I, § 141(1), , 75 Stat. 303
  8. 1965Pub. L. 89–330, § 1(a), , 79 Stat. 1270
  9. 1970Pub. L. 91–292, § 1(1), , 84 Stat. 333.
Show as published

(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 2, 48 Stat. 32; Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, §§ 1, 62, 49 Stat. 750, 782; June 3, 1937, ch. 296, §§ 1, 2(b), 50 Stat. 246, 247; Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 425, § 1, 61 Stat. 707; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title III, § 302(a), 62 Stat. 1257; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title IV, § 401(a), 68 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 87–128, title I, § 141(1), , 75 Stat. 303; Pub. L. 89–330, § 1(a), , 79 Stat. 1270; Pub. L. 91–292, § 1(1), , 84 Stat. 333.)

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