§ 1518. — "Agricultural commodity" defined.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1518]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 36--CROP INSURANCE
Sec. 1518. ``Agricultural commodity'' defined
``Agricultural commodity'', as used in this chapter, means wheat,
cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice,
peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum,
sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning
peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery
crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native
grass, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species
of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate,
amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a
controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural
commodity, excluding stored grain, determined by the Board, or any one
or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, Sec. 518, as added June 21, 1941, ch.
214, Sec. 9, 55 Stat. 256; amended Dec. 23, 1944, ch. 713, Sec. 4, 58
Stat. 919; Aug. 25, 1949, ch. 512, Sec. 9, 63 Stat. 665; Pub. L. 96-365,
title I, Sec. 111, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1319; Pub. L. 102-237, title
VI, Sec. 601(6), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1878; Pub. L. 103-354, title
I, Sec. 119(f)(3), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3208; Pub. L. 106-224, title
I, Sec. 132(b), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 386.)
Prior Provisions
A former section 1518, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, Sec. 518,
52 Stat. 77, was transferred to section 1519 of this title at the time
of the renumbering of such section 518 of act Feb. 16, 1938, as section
519 by act June 21, 1941, ch. 214, Sec. 9, 55 Stat. 256.
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-224 struck out ``livestock and'' before ``stored
grain'' and ``under subsection (a) or (m) of section 1508 of this
title'' after ``by the Board''.
1994--Pub. L. 103-354 substituted ``(m)'' for ``(k)'' after
``subsection (a) or''.
1991--Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``subsection (a) or (k)'' for
``subsection (a) or (i)''.
1980--Pub. L. 96-365 extended definition of ``agricultural
commodity'' to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins,
oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage,
apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated
but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, substituted
``sugar cane'' for ``sugarcane'', and inserted reference to subsec. (i)
of section 1508 of this title.
1949--Act Aug. 25, 1949, amended section to correct a clerical error
in citation of ``subsection (a) of section 1508''.
1944--Act Dec. 23, 1944, increased scope of definition of
``agricultural commodity'' from ``wheat or cotton'' to include all crops
now set out.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-224 effective Oct. 1, 2000, see section
171(b)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 106-224, set out as a note under section 1501 of
this title.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-354 effective Oct. 13, 1994, and applicable
to provision of crop insurance under Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) beginning with 1995 crop year, with such Act, as in
effect on the day before Oct. 13, 1994, to continue to apply with
respect to 1994 crop year, see section 120 of Pub. L. 103-354, set out
as a note under section 1502 of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-365 effective Sept. 26, 1980, see section
112 of Pub. L. 96-365, set out as a note under section 1504 of this
title.
