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7 U.S.C. 8101: Definitions

Created in 2008 by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-171). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 2209k, 7 U.S.C. 8102, 10 U.S.C. 2922g, 42 U.S.C. 16317, 42 U.S.C. 18644.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–334, §9001(1), substituted "agricultural materials, renewable chemicals," for "agricultural materials". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (4)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §9001(2), substituted "or an intermediate ingredient or feedstock of renewable biomass into any 1 or more, or a combination, of—" and cls. (i) to (iii) for "into biofuels and biobased products; and". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (7)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §9001(3)(A), substituted "subparagraph (C), the term 'renewable energy system' means a system that produces usable energy from a renewable energy source." for "subparagraph (B), the term 'renewable energy system' means a system that— (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (16)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §9001(3)(B), (C), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (16), (C)

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–79, §9001(2), added par. (9). Former par. (9) redesignated (10). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (9)
    • Pub. L. 113–79, §9001(1), redesignated pars. (9) to (12) as (10) to (13), respectively. Former par. (13) redesignated (15). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (10), (11), (12), (13)
    • Pub. L. 113–79, §9001(3), added par. (14) (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (14)
    • Pub. L. 113–79, §9001(1), redesignated par. (13) as (15). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (15)
    • Pub. L. 113–79, §9001(4), added par. (16). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (16)
    • Pub. L. 113–79, §9001(1), redesignated par. (14) as (17). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (17)

    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.