2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 26 - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT (§§ 601 - 659)
Subchapter III - COMMODITY BENEFITS (§§ 608 - 627)
Section 611 - "Basic agricultural commodity" defined; exclusion of commodities

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 26 - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBCHAPTER III - COMMODITY BENEFITS
Sec. 611 - Basic agricultural commodity" defined; exclusion of commodities
Containssection 611
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditMay 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.
Statutes at Large References48 Stat. 38, 528, 670
49 Stat. 782

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"Basic agricultural commodity" defined; exclusion of commodities - 7 U.S.C. § 611 (2013)
§611. "Basic agricultural commodity" defined; exclusion of commodities

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.

(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.)

AMENDMENTS

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".

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