§ 601. — Declaration of conditions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC601]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 26--AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--DECLARATION OF CONDITIONS AND POLICY
Sec. 601. Declaration of conditions
It is declared that the disruption of the orderly exchange of
commodities in interstate commerce impairs the purchasing power of
farmers and destroys the value of agricultural assets which support the
national credit structure and that these conditions affect transactions
in agricultural commodities with a national public interest, and burden
and obstruct the normal channels of interstate commerce.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 31; June 3, 1937, ch.
296, Secs. 1, 2(a), 50 Stat. 246.)
Short Title
Section 8(a) of act June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 199, provided in
part that title I of act May 12, 1933, which is classified to this
chapter, may for all purposes be referred to as the ``Agricultural
Adjustment Act.''
Validity of Certain Sections Affirmed
Act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, Secs. 1, 2, 50 Stat. 246, provided as
follows: ``The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act,
as amended, not having been intended for the control of the production
of agricultural commodities, and having been intended to be effective
irrespective of the validity of any other provision of that Act are
expressly affirmed and validated, and are reenacted without change
except as provided in section 2:
``(a) Section 1 (relating to the declaration of emergency [this
section]):
``(b) Section 2 (relating to declaration of policy [section 602 of
this title]):
``(c) Section 8a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) (relating to violations
and enforcement [section 608a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) of this
title]);
``(d) Section 8b (relating to marketing agreements [section 608b of
this title]);
``(e) Section 8c (relating to orders [section 608c of this title]);
``(f) Section 8d (relating to books and records [section 608d of
this title]);
``(g) Section 8e (relating to determination of base period [former
section 608e of this title]);
``(h) Section 10(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i)
(miscellaneous provisions [section 610(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h),
and (i) of this title]);
``(i) Section 12(a) and (c) (relating to appropriation and expenses
[section 612(a) and (c) of this title]);
``(j) Section 14 (relating to separability [section 614 of this
title]);
``(k) Section 22 (relating to imports [section 624 of this title]).
``Sec. 2. The following provisions, reenacted in section I of this
act, are amended as follows: * * * [sections 601, 602(1), 608a(6),
608c(5)(B)(d), (6)(B), (6)(B)(18), (19), 610(c), (f), 612(a) of this
title].''
Section 2 of act June 3, 1937, also added subsec. (j) to section
610.
Section 2 of act June 3, 1937, was amended by act Aug. 5, 1937, ch.
567, 50 Stat. 563, which amending act provided for amendments to
subsecs. (2) and (6) of section 608c of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 671, 672, 673, 1392 of this
title.
