S 1674 IS

107th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1674

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue marketing orders for caneberries.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 9, 2001

Mr. SMITH of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue marketing orders for caneberries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MARKETING ORDERS FOR CANEBERRIES.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended--

(1) in subsection (2)(A), by inserting `caneberries (including raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries),' after `other than pears, olives, grapefruit, cherries,'; and

(2) in subsection (6)(I), by striking `tomatoes,,' and inserting `tomatoes, caneberries (including raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries),'.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608e-l(a)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first sentence by striking `or eggplants' and inserting `eggplants, or caneberries (including raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries)'.

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