§ 7461. — Findings and purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7461]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 101--AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER IV--KIWIFRUIT
Sec. 7461. Findings and purposes
(a) Findings
Congress finds that--
(1) domestically produced kiwifruit are grown by many individual
producers;
(2) virtually all domestically produced kiwifruit are grown in
the State of California, although there is potential for production
in many other areas of the United States;
(3) kiwifruit move in interstate and foreign commerce, and
kiwifruit that do not move in channels of commerce directly burden
or affect interstate commerce;
(4) in recent years, large quantities of kiwifruit have been
imported into the United States;
(5) the maintenance and expansion of existing domestic and
foreign markets for kiwifruit, and the development of additional and
improved markets for kiwifruit, are vital to the welfare of
kiwifruit producers and other persons concerned with producing,
marketing, and processing kiwifruit;
(6) a coordinated program of research, promotion, and consumer
information regarding kiwifruit is necessary for the maintenance and
development of the markets; and
(7) kiwifruit producers, handlers, and importers are unable to
implement and finance such a program without cooperative action.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are--
(1) to authorize the establishment of an orderly procedure for
the development and financing (through an assessment) of an
effective and coordinated program of research, promotion, and
consumer information regarding kiwifruit;
(2) to use the program to strengthen the position of the
kiwifruit industry in domestic and foreign markets and maintain,
develop, and expand markets for kiwifruit; and
(3) to treat domestically produced kiwifruit and imported
kiwifruit equitably.
(Pub. L. 104-127, title V, Sec. 552, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1064.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 7463 of this title.
