§ 7201. — Short title and 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: 7USC7201]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 100--AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION
SUBCHAPTER I--SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS
Sec. 7201. Short title and purpose
(a) Short title
This chapter may be cited as the ``Agricultural Market Transition
Act''.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter--
(1) to authorize the use of binding production flexibility
contracts between the United States and agricultural producers to
support farming certainty and flexibility while ensuring continued
compliance with farm conservation and wetland protection
requirements;
(2) to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan
deficiency payments available for certain crops;
(3) to improve the operation of farm programs for milk, peanuts,
and sugar; and
(4) to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive
review of past and future production agriculture in the United
States.
(Pub. L. 104-127, title I, Sec. 101, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 896.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this
title'', meaning title I of Pub. L. 104-127, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat.
896, which enacted this chapter and section 6933 of this title, amended
sections 1308, 1308-1, 1308-3, 1358-1, 1358b, 1358c, 1359a, 1373, 1441,
1445j, 1508, 1516, 4504, 6401, 6402, 6413, 6414, and 6932 of this title
and sections 713a-14, 714b, 714i, and 714k of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade, repealed sections 1426, 1433f, 1441-2, 1444-2, 1444f, 1445b-3a,
1445c-3, 1445h, 1446e to 1446h, and 1519 of this title, enacted
provisions set out as notes under sections 1373, 1446e, 1446e-1, and
1508 of this title, and repealed provisions set out as a note under
section 1421 of this title. For complete classification of title I to
the Code, see Tables.
Short Title of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105-228, Sec. 1, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1516, provided
that: ``This Act [amending section 7212 of this title] may be cited as
the `Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act'.''
Short Title
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-127 provided that: ``This Act [see
Tables for classification] may be cited as the `Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996'.''
Severability
Section 928 of Pub. L. 104-127 provided that: ``If any provision of
this Act [see Short Title note above] or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of this Act that can be given effect
without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end
the provisions of this Act are severable.''
