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[CITE: 7USC4901]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
              CHAPTER 80--WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
 
Sec. 4901. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    (a) Congress finds that--
        (1) the per capita consumption of watermelons in the United 
    States has declined steadily in recent years;
        (2) watermelons are an important cash crop to many farmers in 
    the United States and are an economical, enjoyable, and healthful 
    food for consumers;
        (3) approximately 2,607,600,000 pounds of watermelons with a 
    farm value of $158,923,000 were produced in 1981 in the United 
    States;
        (4) watermelons move in the channels of interstate commerce, and 
    watermelons that do not move in such channels directly affect 
    interstate commerce;
        (5) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and the 
    establishment of new or improved markets and uses for watermelons 
    are vital to the welfare of watermelon growers and those concerned 
    with marketing, using, handling, and importing watermelons, as well 
    as the general economic welfare of the Nation; and
        (6) the development and implementation of coordinated programs 
    of research, development, advertising, and promotion are necessary 
    to maintain and expand existing markets and establish new or 
    improved markets and uses for watermelons.

    (b) It is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is essential 
in the public interest, through the exercise of the powers provided 
herein, to authorize the establishment of an orderly procedure for the 
development, financing (through adequate assessments on watermelons 
harvested in the United States, or imported into the United States, for 
commercial use), and carrying out of an effective, continuous, and 
coordinated program of research, development, advertising, and promotion 
designed to strengthen the watermelon's competitive position in the 
marketplace, and establish, maintain, and expand domestic and foreign 
markets for watermelons. The purpose of this chapter is to so authorize 
the establishment of such procedure and the development, financing, and 
carrying out of such program. Nothing in this chapter may be construed 
to dictate quality standards nor provide for the control of production 
or otherwise limit the right of individual watermelon producers to 
produce watermelons.

(Pub. L. 99-198, title XVI, Sec. 1642, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1622; 
Pub. L. 103-189, Sec. 8(k)(1), (2), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2263.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 103-189, Sec. 8(k)(1), substituted 
``handling, and importing'' for ``and handling''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-189, Sec. 8(k)(2), inserted ``, or imported 
into the United States,'' after ``harvested in the United States'' and 
struck out ``produced in the United States'' after ``foreign markets for 
watermelons''.


                      Short Title of 1993 Amendment

    Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 103-189 provided that: ``This Act [amending 
this section and sections 4902 to 4904, 4906, 4908, and 4911 to 4914 of 
this title] may be cited as the `Watermelon Research and Promotion 
Improvement Act of 1993'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1641 of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that: ``This subtitle 
[subtitle C (Secs. 1641-1657) of Pub. L. 99-198, enacting this chapter] 
may be cited as the `Watermelon Research and Promotion Act'.''
