§ 3401. — 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: 7USC3401]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 65--WHEAT AND WHEAT FOODS RESEARCH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION
Sec. 3401. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
(a) Wheat is basic to the American diet and the American economy. It
is grown by thousands of farmers and consumed, in various forms, by
millions of people in the United States.
(b) The size of the American wheat crop and how it is marketed and
ultimately consumed determines whether many Americans receive adequate
nourishment. Wheat has a strong impact on the Nation's well-being.
Additional research on the optimal use of wheat products can improve the
American diet. Consumer education about the nutritional value and
economic use of wheat products can enhance the national welfare.
(c) It has long been recognized that it is in the national interest
to have a regular, adequate, and high quality wheat supply. It would be
extremely difficult, without an effective coordinated research and
nutrition education effort, to accomplish this objective. A programed
effort of research and nutrition education is of great importance to
wheat producers, processors, end product manufacturers, and consumers.
(d) It is the purpose of this chapter and in the public interest to
authorize and enable the creation of an orderly procedure, adequately
financed through an assessment, for the development and initiation of an
effective and continuous coordinated program of research and nutrition
education, designed to improve and enhance the quality, and make the
most efficient use, of American wheat, processed wheat, and wheat end
products to ensure an adequate diet for the people of the United States.
The maximum rate of assessment authorized hereunder represents an
infinitesimal proportion of the overall cost of manufacturing wheat end
products. Therefore, such assessment will not significantly affect the
retail prices of those products. Furthermore, any price effect will be
more than offset by the increased efficiency in end product manufacture
and increased consumer acceptance, due to nutritional improvements in
wheat products, which may be expected to follow from adoption of a plan
under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
provide for control of production or otherwise limit the right of
individual wheat producers to produce wheat.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XVII, Sec. 1702, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1031.)
Effective Date
Chapter effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95-113,
set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307
of this title.
Short Title
Section 1701 of title XVII of Pub. L. 95-113 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Wheat and Wheat Foods
Research and Nutrition Education Act'.''
Separability
Section 1718 of Pub. L. 95-113 provided that: ``If any provision of
this title [this chapter] or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the
title and of the application of such provision to other persons and
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.''
