§ 6301. — 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: 7USC6301]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 92--SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
Sec. 6301. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds that--
(1) soybeans are an important source of nutritious foods that
are a valuable part of the human diet and are an important feedstuff
for the livestock industry;
(2) the production of soybeans plays a significant role in the
economy of the United States in that soybeans are produced by
thousands of soybean producers, processed by numerous processing
entities, and soybeans and soybean products produced in the United
States are consumed by people and livestock throughout the United
States and foreign countries;
(3) soybeans and soybean products should be readily available
and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate
supply of soybean products at a reasonable price;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and
development of new markets for soybeans and soybean products are
vital to the welfare of soybean producers and processors and those
concerned with marketing soybeans and soybean products, as well as
to the general economy of the United States, and are necessary to
ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of soybeans
and soybean products;
(5) there exist established State and national organizations
conducting soybean promotion, research, and consumer education
programs that are valuable to the efforts of promoting the
consumption of soybeans and soybean products;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation
of a coordinated national program of soybean promotion, research,
consumer information, and industry information are necessary to
maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for
soybeans and soybean products; and
(7) soybeans and soybean products move in interstate and foreign
commerce, and soybeans and soybean products that do not move in such
channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce
in soybeans and soybean products.
(b) Policy
Congress declares that it is in the public interest to authorize the
establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in this
chapter, of an orderly procedure for developing, financing through
assessments on domestically-produced soybeans, and implementing a
program of promotion, research, consumer information, and industry
information designed to strengthen the soybean industry's position in
the marketplace, to maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign
markets and uses for soybeans and soybean products, and to develop new
markets and uses for soybeans and soybean products.
(c) Construction
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the control
of production or otherwise limit the right of individual producers to
produce soybeans.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1966, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3881.)
Short Title
Section 1965 of Pub. L. 101-624 provided that: ``This subtitle
[subtitle E (Secs. 1965-1976) of title XIX of Pub. L. 101-624, enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the `Soybean Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6303 of this title.
