7 U.S.C. § 7201 — Short title and purpose

Page 1970 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 7201 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘chapter’’. Sec. 7302. Effect of chapter. SUBCHAPTER VII—COMMISSION ON 21ST CENTURY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE 7311. Establishment. 7312. Composition. 7313. Comprehensive review of past and future of production agriculture. 7314. Reports. 7315. Powers. 7316. Commission procedures. 7317. Personnel matters. 7318. Termination of Commission. SUBCHAPTER VIII—MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITY PROVISIONS 7331. Options pilot program. 7332. Risk management education. 7333. Administration and operation of noninsured crop assistance program. 7334. Repealed. SUBCHAPTER I—SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS § 7201. Short title and purpose (a) Short title This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Agricul- tural Market Transition Act’’. (b) Purpose It is the purpose of this chapter— (1) to authorize the use of binding produc- tion flexibility contracts between the United States and agricultural producers to support farming certainty and flexibility while ensur- ing continued compliance with farm conserva- tion and wetland protection requirements; (2) to make nonrecourse marketing assist- ance loans and loan deficiency payments available for certain crops; (3) to improve the operation of farm pro- grams for milk, peanuts, and sugar; and (4) to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive review of past and future pro- duction agriculture in the United States. (Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 101, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 896.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of Pub. L. 104–127, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 896, which enacted this chapter and sec- tion 6933 of this title, amended sections 1308, 1308–1, 1308–3, 1358–1, 1358b, 1358c, 1359a, 1373, 1441, 1445j, 1508, 1516, 4504, 6401, 6402, 6413, 6414, and 6932 of this title and sections 713a–14, 714b, 714i, and 714k of Title 15, Com- merce and Trade, repealed sections 1426, 1433f, 1441–2, 1444–2, 1444f, 1445b–3a, 1445c–3, 1445h, 1446e to 1446h, and 1519 of this title, enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1373, 1446e, 1446e–1, and 1508 of this title, and repealed provisions set out as a note under section 1421 of this title. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 105–228, § 1, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1516, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending section 7212 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act’.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 104–127, § 1(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 888, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996’.’’ SEVERABILITY Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 928, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1197, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [see Short Title note above] or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the inva- lidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.’’ § 7202. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Agricultural Act of 1949 Except in section 7301 of this title, the term ‘‘Agricultural Act of 1949’’ means the Agricul- tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), as in ef- fect prior to the suspensions under section 7301(b)(1) of this title. (2) Considered planted The term ‘‘considered planted’’ means acre- age that is considered planted under title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) and such other acreage as the Secretary considers fair and equitable. (3) Contract The terms ‘‘contract’’ and ‘‘production flexi- bility contract’’ mean a production flexibility contract entered into under section 7211 of this title. (4) Contract acreage The term ‘‘contract acreage’’ means 1 or more crop acreage bases established for con- tract commodities under title V of the Agri- cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) that would have been in effect for the 1996 crop (but for suspension under section 7301(b)(1) of this title). (5) Contract commodity The term ‘‘contract commodity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, up- land cotton, and rice. (6) Contract payment The term ‘‘contract payment’’ means a pay- ment made under this subchapter 1 pursuant to a contract. (7) Department The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart- ment of Agriculture. (8) Extra long staple cotton The term ‘‘extra long staple cotton’’ means cotton that— (A) is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species or any hybrid thereof, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having characteristics needed for various end uses for which United States upland cot- ton is not suitable and grown in irrigated