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7 U.S.C. 1301: Definitions

Created in 1957 by Public Law 85-92. Changed by 10 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 602, 7 U.S.C. 1301a, 7 U.S.C. 1340, 7 U.S.C. 1344a, 7 U.S.C. 1359aa.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(1), redesignated subpar. (D) as (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which defined "carry-over" of tobacco for any marketing year. (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b), (D)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(2), struck out "tobacco," after "rice,". (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(3), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which defined "normal supply" in the case of tobacco. (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b), (C)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(4), struck out "and tobacco" after "cotton". (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(5), struck out "tobacco," after "rice,". (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(6), struck out "(A)" after "(14)" and subpars. (B) to (D) which defined "reserve supply level" of tobacco, "reserve stock level" in the case of Flue-cured tobacco, and "reserve stock level" in the case of Burley tobacco. (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(7), (10), redesignated par. (16) as (15) and struck out former par. (15) which defined "tobacco" and "kind of tobacco". (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(10), redesignated par. (16) as (15). (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(8), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which defined "total supply" of tobacco for any marketing year. (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b), (C)
    • Pub. L. 108–357, §611(f)(9), struck out par. (17) which defined "domestic manufacturer of cigarettes". (American Jobs Creation Act of 2004) Law text · (b)

    2002

    • Pub. L. 107–171 substituted "60,000,000" for "100,000,000" in cl. (i) and "10 percent" for "15 percent" in cl. (ii). (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (b)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–272, §1103(a)(1), added subpars. (C) and (D). · (b), (D)
    • Pub. L. 99–272, §1103(a)(2), added par. (17). · (b)

    1985

    • Pub. L. 99–198 substituted "Corn, September 1–August 31" for "Corn, October 1–September 30". · (b)

    1982

    • Pub. L. 97–218 inserted proviso that for purposes of section 1314e of this title, types 22 and 23, fire-cured tobacco shall be treated as one "kind of tobacco". · (b)

    1975

    • Pub. L. 94–61 substituted "Wheat, June 1–May 31" for "Wheat, July 1–June 30". · (b)

    1973

    • Pub. L, 91–524, §405(b), as added by Pub. L. 93–86, temporarily inserted "(five calendar years in the case of wheat)" after "three calendar years". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1973 Amendment note below. · (b)

    1965

    • Pub. L. 89–321, §509(1), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B). · (b)
    • Pub. L. 89–321, §511(a), struck out "cotton" and "wheat" in first sentence, and inserted definition of normal production when applied to any number of acres of cotton or wheat. · (b)
    • Pub. L. 89–321, §§403, 509(2), added subpars. (J), (K), (L), and (M). · (b)

    1964

    • Pub. L. 88–297, §106(5)–(7), struck out "cotton or" before "peanuts" in subpar. (B) in two places, struck out ", cotton," after "corn" in subpar. (G) in two places, and added subpars. (H) and (I), respectively. · (b)

    1962

    • Pub. L. 87–703 struck out par. (A) which defined "normal yield" for any county in the case of corn or wheat; inserted in pars. (D) and (E) "and wheat" after "in the case of rice", "or wheat, as the case may be," after "per acre of rice", and "in the case of rice, or during the five… · (b)

    1957

    • Pub. L. 85–92 inserted proviso relating to treatment of type 21 fire-cured tobacco as a "kind of tobacco". · (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.