§ 7801. — 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: 7USC7801]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 105--HASS AVOCADO PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION
Sec. 7801. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1) Hass avocados are an integral food source in the United
States that are a valuable and healthy part of the human diet and
are enjoyed by millions of persons every year for a multitude of
everyday and special occasions.
(2) Hass avocados are a significant tree fruit crop grown by
many individual producers, but virtually all domestically produced
Hass avocados for the commercial market are grown in the State of
California.
(3) Hass avocados move in interstate and foreign commerce, and
Hass avocados that do not move in interstate or foreign channels of
commerce but only in intrastate commerce directly affect interstate
commerce in Hass avocados.
(4) In recent years, large quantities of Hass avocados have been
imported into the United States from other countries.
(5) The maintenance and expansion of markets in existence on
October 28, 2000, and the development of new or improved markets or
uses for Hass avocados are needed to preserve and strengthen the
economic viability of the domestic Hass avocado industry for the
benefit of producers and other persons associated with the
producing, marketing, processing, and consuming of Hass avocados.
(6) An effective and coordinated program of promotion, research,
industry information, and consumer information regarding Hass
avocados is necessary for the maintenance, expansion, and
development of domestic markets for Hass avocados.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the establishment,
through the exercise of the powers provided in this chapter, of an
orderly procedure for the development and financing (through an adequate
assessment on Hass avocados sold by producers and importers in the
United States) of an effective and coordinated program of promotion,
research, industry information, and consumer information, including
funds for marketing and market research activities, that is designed
to--
(1) strengthen the position of the Hass avocado industry in the
domestic marketplace; and
(2) maintain, develop, and expand markets and uses for Hass
avocados in the domestic marketplace.
(c) Limitation
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the control
of production or otherwise limit the right of any person to produce,
handle, or import Hass avocados.
(Pub. L. 106-387, Sec. 1(a) [title XII, Sec. 1202], Oct. 28, 2000, 114
Stat. 1549, 1549A-79.)
Short Title
Pub. L. 106-387, Sec. 1(a) [title XII, Sec. 1201], Oct. 28, 2000,
114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-79, provided that: ``This title [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and
Information Act of 2000'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7803, 7810 of this title.
