§ 2613. — Authority for issuance and amendment of plan.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2613]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 58--POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
Sec. 2613. Authority for issuance and amendment of plan
To effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary
shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, issue and from time to
time amend, orders applicable to handlers and importers and shall have
authority to issue orders authorizing the collection of assessments on
potatoes handled or imported under the provisions of this chapter, and
to authorize the use of such funds to provide research, development,
advertising, and promotion of potatoes in a manner prescribed in this
chapter. Any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall
hereinafter in this chapter be referred to as a ``plan''. Any such plan
shall be applicable to potatoes produced in the 50 States of the United
States and in foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and
such potatoes are imported into the United States.
(Pub. L. 91-670, title III, Sec. 304, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2042; Pub.
L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1938, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3866.)
Amendments
1990--Pub. L. 101-624 substituted ``handlers and importers'' for
``persons engaged in the handling of potatoes (hereinafter referred to
as handlers)'', inserted ``or imported'', substituted ``50'' for
``forty-eight contiguous'', and inserted before period at end ``and in
foreign countries, if importers are subject to a plan and such potatoes
are imported into the United States''.
