Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§601 Declaration of Conditions
Title 7 › CHAPTER 26 — AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — DECLARATION OF CONDITIONS AND POLICY › § 601
Summary
Says that when the normal trade of farm goods between states is disrupted, it lowers farmers' ability to buy things and damages the value of farm property that supports the national credit system. Those problems affect farm trade important to the whole country and interfere with normal interstate commerce.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §601
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It is declared that the disruption of the orderly exchange of commodities in interstate commerce impairs the purchasing power of farmers and destroys the value of agricultural assets which support the national credit structure and that these conditions affect transactions in agricultural commodities with a national public interest, and burden and obstruct the normal channels of interstate commerce.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
of 2006 Amendment Pub. L. 109–215, § 1, Apr. 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 328, provided that: “This Act [amending section 608c of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 608c of this title] may be cited as the ‘Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005’.”
Short Title
Act
June 16, 1933, ch. 90, title I, § 8(a), 48 Stat. 199, provided in part that title I of act
May 12, 1933, which is classified to this chapter, may for all purposes be referred to as the “Agricultural Adjustment Act.” Validity of Certain Sections AffirmedAct
June 3, 1937, ch. 296, §§ 1, 2, 50 Stat. 246, provided as follows: “The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, not having been intended for the control of the production of agricultural commodities, and having been intended to be effective irrespective of the validity of any other provision of that Act are expressly affirmed and validated, and are reenacted without change except as provided in section 2: “(a) section 1 (relating to the declaration of emergency [this section]): “(b) section 2 (relating to declaration of policy [section 602 of this title]): “(c) section 8a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) (relating to violations and
Enforcement
[section 608a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) of this title]); “(d) section 8b (relating to marketing agreements [section 608b of this title]); “(e) section 8c (relating to orders [section 608c of this title]); “(f) section 8d (relating to books and records [section 608d of this title]); “(g) section 8e (relating to determination of base period [former section 608e of this title]); “(h) section 10(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) (miscellaneous provisions [section 610(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of this title]); “(i) section 12(a) and (c) (relating to appropriation and expenses [section 612(a) and (c) of this title]); “(j) section 14 (relating to separability [section 614 of this title]); “(k) section 22 (relating to imports [section 624 of this title]). “Sec. 2. The following provisions, reenacted in section I of this act, are amended as follows: * * * [section 601, 602(1), 608a(6), 608c(5)(B)(d), (6)(B), (6)(B)(18), (19), 610(c), (f), 612(a) of this title].” section 2 of act
June 3, 1937, also added subsec. (j) to section 610. section 2 of act
June 3, 1937, was amended by act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 567, 50 Stat. 563, which amending act provided for
Amendments
to subsecs. (2) and (6) of section 608c of this title.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 601
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102