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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 6001. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds that -
(1) pecans are a native American nut that is an important food,
and is a valuable part of the human diet;
(2) the production of pecans plays a significant role in the
economy of the United States in that pecans are produced by
thousands of pecan producers, shelled and processed by numerous
shellers and processors, and pecans produced in the United States
are consumed by millions of people throughout the United States
and foreign countries;
(3) pecans must be high quality, readily available, handled
properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have
an adequate supply of pecans;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and
development of new markets for pecans are vital to the welfare of
pecan producers and those concerned with marketing, using, and
producing pecans, as well as to the general economy of the United
States, and necessary to ensure the ready availability and
efficient marketing of pecans;
(5) there exist established State organizations conducting
pecan promotion, research, and industry and consumer education
programs that are invaluable to the efforts of promoting the
consumption of pecans;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation
of a coordinated national program of pecan promotion, research,
industry information, and consumer information are necessary to
maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for
pecans; and
(7) pecans move in interstate and foreign commerce, and pecans
that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or
affect interstate commerce in pecans.
(b) Policy
It is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the
public interest to authorize the establishment, through the
exercise of the powers provided in this chapter, of an orderly
procedure for developing, financing (through adequate assessments
on pecans produced or imported into the United States), and
carrying out an effective, continuous, coordinated program of
promotion, research, industry information, and consumer information
designed to -
(1) strengthen the pecan industry's position in the
marketplace;
(2) maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets
and uses for pecans; and
(3) develop new markets and uses for pecans.
(c) Construction
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the
control of production or otherwise limit the right of any person to
produce pecans.
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