§ 6302. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6302]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 92--SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
Sec. 6302. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) Board
The term ``Board'' means the United Soybean Board established
under section 6304(b) of this title.
(2) Commerce
The term ``commerce'' includes interstate, foreign, and
intrastate commerce.
(3) Committee
The term ``Committee'' means the Soybean Program Coordinating
Committee established under section 6304(g) of this title.
(4) Consumer information
The term ``consumer information'' means information that will
assist consumers and other persons in making evaluations and
decisions regarding the purchase, preparation, and use of soybeans
or soybean products.
(5) Department
The term ``Department'' means the Department of Agriculture.
(6) First purchaser
The term ``first purchaser'' means--
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), any person
buying or otherwise acquiring from a producer soybeans produced
by such producer; or
(B) the Commodity Credit Corporation, in any case in which
soybeans are pledged as collateral for a loan issued under any
price support loan program administered by the Commodity Credit
Corporation.
(7) Industry information
The term ``industry information'' means information and programs
that will lead to the development of new markets, new marketing
strategies, or increased efficiency for the soybean industry, and
activities to enhance the image of the soybean industry.
(8) Marketing
The term ``marketing'' means the sale or other disposition of
soybeans or soybean products in any channel of commerce.
(9) Net market price
The term ``net market price'' means--
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), the sales price
or other value received by a producer for soybeans after
adjustments for any premium or discount based on grading or
quality factors, as determined by the Secretary; or
(B) for soybeans pledged as collateral for a loan issued
under any price support loan program administered by the
Commodity Credit Corporation, the principal amount of the loan.
(10) Order
The term ``order'' means an order issued under section 6303 of
this title.
(11) Person
The term ``person'' means any individual, group of individuals,
partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other
legal entity.
(12) Producer
The term ``producer'' means any person engaged in the growing of
soybeans in the United States who owns, or who shares the ownership
and risk of loss of, such soybeans.
(13) Promotion
The term ``promotion'' means any action, including paid
advertising, technical assistance, and trade servicing activities,
to enhance the image or desirability of soybeans or soybean products
in domestic and foreign markets, and any activity designed to
communicate to consumers, importers, processors, wholesalers,
retailers, government officials, or others information relating to
the positive attributes of soybeans or soybean products or the
benefits of importation, use, or distribution of soybeans and
soybean products.
(14) Qualified State soybean board
The term ``qualified State soybean board'' means a State soybean
promotion entity that is authorized by State law. If no such entity
exists in a State, the term ``qualified State soybean board'' means
a soybean producer-governed entity--
(A) that is organized and operating within a State;
(B) that receives voluntary contributions and conducts
soybean promotion, research, consumer information, or industry
information programs; and
(C) that meets criteria established by the Board as approved
by the Secretary relating to the qualifications of such entity
to perform duties under the order and is recognized by the Board
as the soybean promotion and research entity within the State.
(15) Research
The term ``research'' means any type of study to advance the
image, desirability, marketability, production, product development,
quality, or functional or nutritional value of soybeans or soybean
products, including any research activity designed to identify and
analyze barriers to export sales of soybeans and soybean products.
(16) Secretary
The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(17) Soybean products
The term ``soybean products'' means products produced in whole
or in part from soybeans or soybean by-products.
(18) Soybeans
The term ``soybeans'' means all varieties of Glycine max or
Glycine soya.
(19) State
The terms ``State'' and ``United States'' consist of the 50
States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia,
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1967, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3882.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6304 of this title.
