§ 2612. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2612]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 58--POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
Sec. 2612. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(a) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(b) The term ``person'' means any individual, partnership,
corporation, association, or other entity.
(c) The term ``potatoes'' means all varieties of Irish potatoes
grown by producers in the 50 States of the United States, and grown in
foreign countries and imported into the United States.
(d) The term ``handler'' means any person (except a common or
contract carrier of potatoes owned by another person) who handles
potatoes in a manner specified in a plan issued pursuant to this chapter
or in the rules and regulations issued thereunder.
(e) The term ``producer'' means any person engaged in the growing of
five or more acres of potatoes.
(f) The term ``promotion'' means any action taken by the National
Potato Promotion Board, pursuant to this chapter, to present a favorable
image for potatoes to the public with the express intent of improving
their competitive positions and stimulating sales of potatoes and shall
include, but shall not be limited to, paid advertising.
(g) The term ``importer'' means any person who imports tablestock,
frozen, or processed potatoes for ultimate consumption by humans or seed
potatoes into the United States.
(Pub. L. 91-670, title III, Sec. 303, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2041; Pub.
L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1937, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3866.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1937(1), substituted ``50''
for ``forty-eight contiguous'' and inserted before the period at the end
``, and grown in foreign countries and imported into the United
States''.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1937(2), added subsec. (g).
