2012 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 99 - SHEEP PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION (§§ 7101 - 7111)
Section 7101 - Findings and declaration of policy
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 99 - SHEEP PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION Sec. 7101 - Findings and declaration of policy |
Contains | section 7101 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004.</p> Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994.</p> |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-407, §2, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4210. |
Statutes at Large References | 108 Stat. 4210 114 Stat. 303 116 Stat. 1047 118 Stat. 2600, 2603 120 Stat. 1166 122 Stat. 3875 |
Public Law References | Public Law 103-407, Public Law 106-200, Public Law 107-210, Public Law 108-429, Public Law 109-280, Public Law 110-343 |
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Congress finds that—
(1) sheep and sheep products are important goods;
(2) the production of sheep and sheep products play a significant role in the economy of the United States in that sheep and sheep products are produced throughout the United States and used by millions of people throughout the United States and foreign countries;
(3) sheep and sheep products must be high quality, readily available, handled properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate supply of sheep products;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and development of new markets for sheep and sheep products are vital to the welfare of sheep producers and persons concerned with marketing, using, and producing sheep and sheep products, as well as to the general economy of the United States, and necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of sheep and sheep products;
(5) there exist established State organizations conducting sheep and sheep product promotion, research, and industry and consumer education programs that are invaluable to the efforts of promoting the consumption of sheep and sheep products;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation of a coordinated national program of sheep and sheep product promotion, research, consumer information, education, and industry information are necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for sheep and sheep products; and
(7) sheep and sheep products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and sheep and sheep products that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in sheep and sheep products.
(b) PolicyIt is the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in this chapter, of an orderly procedure for developing, financing (through adequate assessments on sheep and sheep products produced or imported into the United States), and carrying out an effective, continuous, coordinated program of promotion, research, consumer information, education, and industry information designed to—
(1) strengthen the position of the sheep and sheep product industry in the marketplace;
(2) maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets and uses for sheep and sheep products; and
(3) develop new markets and uses for sheep and sheep products.
(c) ConstructionNothing in this chapter provides for the control of production, or otherwise limits, the right of any person to produce sheep or sheep products.
(Pub. L. 103–407, §2, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4210.)
Short Title of 2004 AmendmentPub. L. 108–429, title IV, §4001, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2600, provided that: “This title [amending provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004’.”
Short TitlePub. L. 103–407, §1, Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4210, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994’.”
Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust FundPub. L. 106–200, title V, §506, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 303, as amended by Pub. L. 107–210, div. E, title L, §5102(c)(2), Aug. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 1047; Pub. L. 108–429, title IV, §4002(c)(5), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2603; Pub. L. 109–280, title XIV, §1633(b)(2), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 1166; Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title III, §325(b)(2), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3875, provided that:
“(a)
“(b)
“(1)
“(2)
“(3)
“(c)
“(1)
“(2)
“(d)
“(1) Assist United States wool producers to improve the quality of wool produced in the United States, including to improve wool production methods.
“(2) Disseminate information on improvements described in paragraph (1) to United States wool producers generally.
“(3) Assist United States wool producers in the development and promotion of the wool market.
“(e)
“(f)
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