7 U.S. Code § 1518 - “Agricultural commodity” defined
“Agricultural commodity”, as used in this subchapter, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native grass,hemp, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural commodity, excluding stored grain, determined by theBoard, or any one or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.
Pub. L. 110–234 andPub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments byPub. L. 110–234 were repealed bysection 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
A former section 1518, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 518,52 Stat. 77, was transferred tosection 1519 of this title at the time of the renumbering of such section 518 of actFeb. 16, 1938, assection 519 by act June 21, 1941, ch. 214, § 9,55 Stat. 256.
2018—Pub. L. 115–334 inserted“hemp,” before “aquacultural species”.
2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”.
2000—Pub. L. 106–224 struck out “livestock and” before “stored grain” and “under subsection (a) or (m) ofsection 1508 of this title” after “by the Board”.
1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “(m)” for “(k)” after “subsection (a) or”.
1991—Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “subsection (a) or (k)” for “subsection (a) or (i)”.
1980—Pub. L. 96–365 extended definition of “agricultural commodity” to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, substituted “sugar cane” for “sugarcane”, and inserted reference to subsec. (i) ofsection 1508 of this title.
1949—ActAug. 25, 1949, amended section to correct a clerical error in citation of “subsection (a) of section 1508”.
1944—ActDec. 23, 1944, increased scope of definition of “agricultural commodity” from “wheat or cotton” to include all crops now set out.
Amendment of this section and repeal ofPub. L. 110–234 byPub. L. 110–246 effectiveMay 22, 2008, the date of enactment ofPub. L. 110–234, seesection 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note undersection 8701 of this title.
Amendment byPub. L. 106–224 effectiveOct. 1, 2000, seesection 171(b)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 106–224, set out as a note undersection 1501 of this title.
Amendment byPub. L. 103–354 effectiveOct. 13, 1994, and applicable to provision of crop insurance underFederal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) beginning with 1995 crop year, with such Act, as in effect on the day beforeOct. 13, 1994, to continue to apply with respect to 1994 crop year, seesection 120 of Pub. L. 103–354, set out as a note undersection 1502 of this title.
Amendment byPub. L. 96–365 effectiveSept. 26, 1980, seesection 112 of Pub. L. 96–365, set out as a note undersection 1504 of this title.