### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7606, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 912; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(f), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2166; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(a), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4828, related to legitimacy of industrial hemp research.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4829, as amended by Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230, provided that: “Effective on January 1, 2022, section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ([7 U.S.C. 5940](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5940&num=0&edition=prelim)) is repealed.”
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7606, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 912; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(f), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2166; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(a), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4828, related to legitimacy of industrial hemp research.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4829, as amended by Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230, provided that: “Effective on January 1, 2022, section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ([7 U.S.C. 5940](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5940&num=0&edition=prelim)) is repealed.”
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§ 5940. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VII,
§ 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4829; Pub. L.
116–159, div. A, § 122, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat.
714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782,
Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230.
Section, Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7606, Feb. 7, 2014,
128 Stat. 912; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(f), Dec. 10,
2015, 129 Stat. 2166; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(a),
Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4828, related to legitimacy of in-
dustrial hemp research.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132
Stat. 4829, as amended by Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122,
Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title
VII, § 782, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230, provided that:
‘‘Effective on January 1, 2022, section 7606 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is repealed.’’
§ 5941. Purchase of cultures for soil and fertilizer
investigations
The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase
from applicable appropriations cultures in the
open market for use in connection with soil and
fertilizer investigations.
(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title I, § 104, 58 Stat. 735.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 432 of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
Section was enacted as part of the Department of Ag-
riculture Organic Act of 1944, and not as part of subtitle
H of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 which comprises this subchapter.
§ 5942. Wheat and feed grains research; regional
and national research programs; utilization
of services of Federal, State and private
agencies; authorization of appropriations
In order to reduce fert