§ 4401. — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC4401]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 75--INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS
Sec. 4401. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
Congress hereby finds and declares that--
(1) the United States, as a member of the Economic Commission
for Europe of the United Nations, participated in development by
that Commission of the Agreement on the International Carriage of
Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for
Such Carriage;
(2) the agreement requires that equipment involved in the
international carriage of perishable foodstuffs be inspected,
tested, and certified to specified standards;
(3) this chapter will make it possible for equipment in the
United States to be inspected, tested, and certified in accordance
with the agreement and the standards specified therein; and
(4) this chapter will improve the conditions for the movement of
perishable foodstuffs in international carriage in equipment owned
or operated by United States firms, which will serve to protect
existing trade and promote expansion of trade in perishable
foodstuffs, and will improve the sale of United States manufactured
equipment for use in international carriage.
(Pub. L. 97-325, Sec. 2, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1603.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in pars. (3) and (4), was in the original
``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 97-325, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1603,
known as the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act, which
enacted this chapter and section 2212c of this title, amended sections
5315 and 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees,
repealed section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, and enacted provisions
set out as a note under section 2212c of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 97-325 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
chapter and section 2212c of this title, amending sections 5315 and 5316
of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, repealing section 3
of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, and enacting provisions set out as a note
under section 2212c of this title] may be cited as the `International
Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act'.''
