§ 611. — "Basic agricultural commodity" defined; exclusion of commodities.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC611]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 26--AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--COMMODITY BENEFITS
Sec. 611. ``Basic agricultural commodity'' defined; exclusion of
commodities
As used in this chapter, the term ``basic agricultural commodity''
means wheat, rye, flax, barley, cotton, field corn, grain sorghums,
hogs, cattle, rice, potatoes, tobacco, sugar beets and sugarcane,
peanuts, and milk and its products, and any regional or market
classification, type, or grade thereof; but the Secretary of Agriculture
shall exclude from the operation of the provisions of this chapter,
during any period, any such commodity or classification, type, or grade
thereof if he finds, upon investigation at any time and after due notice
and opportunity for hearing to interested parties, that the conditions
of production, marketing, and consumption are such that during such
period this chapter can not be effectively administered to the end of
effectuating the declared policy with respect to such commodity or
classification, type, or grade thereof. As used in this chapter, the
term ``potatoes'' means all varieties of potatoes included in the
species Solanum tuberosum.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, Sec. 11, 48 Stat. 38; Apr. 7, 1934, ch.
103, Secs. 1, 3(b), 4, 5, 48 Stat. 528; May 9, 1934, ch. 263, Sec. 1, 48
Stat. 670; Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, Sec. 61, 49 Stat. 782.)
Amendments
1935--Act Aug. 24, 1935, inserted ``, potatoes'' after ``rice'' and
last sentence defining potatoes.
1934--Act May 9, 1934, inserted ``, sugar beets and sugarcane''
after ``tobacco''.
Act Apr. 7, 1934, inserted ``, cattle'' after ``hogs'', ``,
peanuts'' after ``tobacco'', ``, rye, flax, barley'' after ``wheat'',
and ``, grain sorghums'' after ``field corn''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 673 of this title; title 12
section 1150a.
