Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§4302 Definitions

Title 7 › Chapter 74— FLORAL RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION › § 4302

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used for rules about the flower and plant industry. "Secretary" is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. "Person" means people, groups, businesses, cooperatives, or other entities. "Cut flowers" covers flowers and decorative foliage used fresh, dried, preserved, or processed, grown in greenhouses or fields. "Potted flowering plants" are flowering plants mainly grown in pots and used for indoor decoration. "Foliage plants" are mostly nonflowering plants grown in pots for indoor decoration. "Propagational material" means plant parts used to start new plants (like cuttings, bulbs, seedlings, tissue cultures, and similar materials) and does not include seeds. "Flowers and plants" is the short name for cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, and propagational material. "United States" means the fifty States, U.S. territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia. "Promotion" is any activity, including paid ads, to make these products more desirable. "Research" is any study to improve their appeal or marketability. "Consumer education" is giving care and handling information. "Marketing" means selling or otherwise placing these products into commerce. "Producer" is anyone who grows these products in the United States to sell. "Floraboard" refers to the board created under this law. "Importer" is anyone who brings these products into the United States or acts as an agent, broker, or consignee for those who do. "Commodity group" is one of three industry categories: cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants. "Cost of plant material" is the actual price a producer pays for propagational material or other flowers and plants used in production and does not include the cost of seeds.

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Title 7, §4302

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As used in this chapter—

(1)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture.

(2)The term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity.

(3)The term “cut flowers” means all flowers and decorative foliage used as fresh-cut flowers, fresh-cut decorative foliage, dried, preserved, and processed flowers, or dried and preserved decorative foliage, produced either under cover or in field operations.

(4)The term “potted flowering plants” means those plants that normally produce flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decoration, whether grown under cover or in field operations.

(5)The term “foliage plants” means those plants, normally without flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decorations, whether grown under cover or in field operations.

(6)The term “propagational material” means any plant material used in the propagation of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants, including cuttings, bulbs and corms, seedlings, canes, liners, plants, cells or tissue cultures, air layers and bublets,11 So in original. Probably should be “bulblets,”. rhizomes, and root stocks. This term does not include seeds.

(7)The term “flowers and plants” means cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, and propagational material.

(8)The term “United States” means the fifty States of the United States of America, the territories and possessions of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia.

(9)The term “promotion” means any action, including paid advertising, to advance the image or desirability of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.

(10)The term “research” means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, or marketability of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.

(11)The term “consumer education” means any action to provide information on the care and handling of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.

(12)The term “marketing” means the sale or other disposition in commerce of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.

(13)Unless otherwise noted, the term “producer” means any person who produces domestically, for sale in commerce, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants.

(14)The term “Floraboard” means the board provided for under section 4306 of this title.

(15)The term “importer” means any person who imports cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants from outside of the United States or who acts as an agent, broker, or consignee of any person or nation that produces flowers and plants outside of the United States for sale in the United States.

(16)The term “commodity group” means that portion of the flower and plant industry devoted to the production and importation of any one of the following: (A) cut flowers; (B) potted flowering plants; or (C) foliage plants.

(17)The term “cost of plant material” means the actual price paid by a producer for any propagational material or any other flowers and plants used in the production of flowers and plants. This term does not include the cost of seeds.

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7 U.S.C. § 4302

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60