§ 2611. — Congressional findings and declaration of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2611]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 58--POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
Sec. 2611. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
Potatoes are a basic food in the United States and foreign
countries. They are produced by many individual potato growers in every
State in the United States and imported into the United States from
foreign countries. In 1966, there were one million four hundred and
ninety-seven thousand acres of cropland in the United States devoted to
the production of potatoes.
Potatoes and potato products move in the channels of interstate or
foreign commerce, and potatoes which do not move in such channels
directly burden or affect interstate commerce in potatoes and potato
products.
The maintenance and expansion of existing potato markets and the
development of new or improved markets are vital to the welfare of
potato growers and those concerned with marketing, using, and processing
potatoes as well as the general economic welfare of the Nation.
Therefore, it is the declared policy of the Congress and the purpose
of this chapter that it is essential in the public interest, through the
exercise of the powers provided herein, to authorize the establishment
of an orderly procedure for the financing, through adequate assessments
on all potatoes harvested in the United States for commercial use and
imported into the United States from foreign countries, and the carrying
out of an effective and continuous coordinated program of research,
development, advertising, and promotion designed to strengthen potatoes'
competitive position, and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign
markets for potatoes and potato products.
(Pub. L. 91-670, title III, Sec. 302, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041; Pub.
L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1936, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3865.)
Amendments
1990--Pub. L. 101-624, in first par., inserted ``and foreign
countries'' and ``and imported into the United States from foreign
countries'' and struck out at end ``Approximately two hundred and
seventy-five million hundredweight of potatoes have been produced
annually during the past five years with an estimated sales value to the
potato producers of $561,000,000.''; in second par., struck out ``, in a
large part,'' after ``products move'', inserted ``or foreign'', and
struck out at end ``All potatoes produced in the United States are in
the current of interstate commerce or directly burden, obstruct, or
affect interstate commerce in potatoes and potato products.'' and, in
third par., inserted ``and imported into the United States from foreign
countries'' and substituted ``and potato products'' for ``produced in
the United States''.
Effective Date
Section 319 of title III of Pub. L. 91-670 provided that: ``This
title [this chapter] shall take effect upon enactment [Jan. 11, 1971]''.
Short Title of 1990 Amendment
Section 1935 of Pub. L. 101-624 provided that: ``This subtitle
[subtitle C (Secs. 1935-1946) of title XIX of Pub. L. 101-624, amending
this section and sections 2612 to 2614, 2617 to 2619, and 2622 to 2624
of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section
2625 of this title] may be cited as the `Potato Research and Promotion
Act Amendments of 1990'.''
Short Title of 1982 Amendment
Pub. L. 97-244, Sec. 1, Aug. 26, 1982, 96 Stat. 310, provided:
``That this Act [amending sections 2617, 2621, and 2623 of this title]
may be cited as the `Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of
1982'.''
Short Title
Section 301 of title III of Pub. L. 91-670 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Potato Research and
Promotion Act'.''
