7 U.S. Code § 601 - Declaration of conditions
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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.
Source
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 1,48 Stat. 31; June 3, 1937, ch. 296, §§ 1,
2
(a),50 Stat. 246.)
Constitutionality
For information regarding constitutionality of act May 12, 1933, and act Aug. 24, 1935, cited throughout this chapter, see Congressional Research Service, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, Appendix 1, Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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 Affirmed
Act 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]):
“(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]);
“Sec. 2. The following provisions, reenacted in section I of this act, are amended as follows: * * * [sections
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) tosection
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) ofsection
608c of this title.
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