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[CITE: 7USC7461]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                   CHAPTER 101--AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER IV--KIWIFRUIT
 
Sec. 7461. Findings and purposes


(a) Findings

    Congress finds that--
        (1) domestically produced kiwifruit are grown by many individual 
    producers;
        (2) virtually all domestically produced kiwifruit are grown in 
    the State of California, although there is potential for production 
    in many other areas of the United States;
        (3) kiwifruit move in interstate and foreign commerce, and 
    kiwifruit that do not move in channels of commerce directly burden 
    or affect interstate commerce;
        (4) in recent years, large quantities of kiwifruit have been 
    imported into the United States;
        (5) the maintenance and expansion of existing domestic and 
    foreign markets for kiwifruit, and the development of additional and 
    improved markets for kiwifruit, are vital to the welfare of 
    kiwifruit producers and other persons concerned with producing, 
    marketing, and processing kiwifruit;
        (6) a coordinated program of research, promotion, and consumer 
    information regarding kiwifruit is necessary for the maintenance and 
    development of the markets; and
        (7) kiwifruit producers, handlers, and importers are unable to 
    implement and finance such a program without cooperative action.

(b) Purposes

    The purposes of this subchapter are--
        (1) to authorize the establishment of an orderly procedure for 
    the development and financing (through an assessment) of an 
    effective and coordinated program of research, promotion, and 
    consumer information regarding kiwifruit;
        (2) to use the program to strengthen the position of the 
    kiwifruit industry in domestic and foreign markets and maintain, 
    develop, and expand markets for kiwifruit; and
        (3) to treat domestically produced kiwifruit and imported 
    kiwifruit equitably.

(Pub. L. 104-127, title V, Sec. 552, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1064.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7463 of this title.
