§ 611. “Basic agricultural commodity” defined; exclusion of commodities

Statutory text

As used in this chapter, the term “basic agricultural commodity” means wheat, rye, flax, barley, cotton, field corn, grain sorghums, hogs, cattle, rice, potatoes, tobacco, sugar beets and sugarcane, peanuts, and milk and its products, and any regional or market classification, type, or grade thereof; but the Secretary of Agriculture shall exclude from the operation of the provisions of this chapter, during any period, any such commodity or classification, type, or grade thereof if he finds, upon investigation at any time and after due notice and opportunity for hearing to interested parties, that the conditions of production, marketing, and consumption are such that during such period this chapter can not be effectively administered to the end of effectuating the declared policy with respect to such commodity or classification, type, or grade thereof. As used in this chapter, the term “potatoes” means all varieties of potatoes included in the species Solanum tuberosum.

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.

1933
Pub. L. 73–25 · 48 Stat. 31
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 611
May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 11, 48 Stat. 38
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 11, 48 Stat. 38

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1934–1935 · 2 rounds

1935

Act Aug. 24, 1935, inserted “, potatoes” after “rice” and last sentence defining potatoes.

1934

Act May 9, 1934, inserted “, sugar beets and sugarcane” after “tobacco”.

Act Apr. 7, 1934, inserted “, cattle” after “hogs”, “, peanuts” after “tobacco”, “, rye, flax, barley” after “wheat”, and “, grain sorghums” after “field corn”.

Credits

1933–1935 · 4 acts

1933May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 11, 48 Stat. 38
1934Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 103, §§ 1, 3(b), 4, 5, 48 Stat. 528
1934May 9, 1934, ch. 263, § 1, 48 Stat. 670
1935Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 61, 49 Stat. 782.

Show as published

(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 11, 48 Stat. 38; Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 103, §§ 1, 3(b), 4, 5, 48 Stat. 528; May 9, 1934, ch. 263, § 1, 48 Stat. 670; Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 61, 49 Stat. 782.)