7 U.S.C. § 611 — “Basic agricultural commodity” defined; exclusion of commodities
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This section defines “basic agricultural commodity” for the chapter and lets the Secretary of Agriculture exclude a commodity or classification when the chapter cannot be effectively administered for it. It also defines “potatoes.”
In this chapter, “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, including any regional or market classification, type, or grade. The Secretary of Agriculture must exclude a commodity or classification, type, or grade for any period if, after investigation and notice and an opportunity for interested parties to be heard, the Secretary finds that production, marketing, and consumption conditions make it impossible to administer this chapter effectively for that commodity or classification. In this chapter, “potatoes” means all varieties in the species Solanum tuberosum.
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.
Source credit: (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.)
- 1933Enacted · Act of May 12, 1933, ch. 25 · 48 Stat. 38
- 1934Amended · Act of Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 103 · 48 Stat. 528
- 1934Amended · Act of May 9, 1934, ch. 263 · 48 Stat. 670
- 1935Amended · Act of Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641 · 49 Stat. 782
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