§ 7202. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC7202]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 100--AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION
SUBCHAPTER I--SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS
Sec. 7202. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Agricultural Act of 1949
Except in section 7301 of this title, the term ``Agricultural
Act of 1949'' means the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et
seq.), as in effect prior to the suspensions under section
7301(b)(1) of this title.
(2) Considered planted
The term ``considered planted'' means acreage that is considered
planted under title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1461
et seq.) and such other acreage as the Secretary considers fair and
equitable.
(3) Contract
The terms ``contract'' and ``production flexibility contract''
mean a production flexibility contract entered into under section
7211 of this title.
(4) Contract acreage
The term ``contract acreage'' means 1 or more crop acreage bases
established for contract commodities under title V of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) that would have
been in effect for the 1996 crop (but for suspension under section
7301(b)(1) of this title).
(5) Contract commodity
The term ``contract commodity'' means wheat, corn, grain
sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, and rice.
(6) Contract payment
The term ``contract payment'' means a payment made under this
subchapter \1\ pursuant to a contract.
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(7) Department
The term ``Department'' means the Department of Agriculture.
(8) Extra long staple cotton
The term ``extra long staple cotton'' means cotton that--
(A) is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense
species or any hybrid thereof, or other similar types of extra
long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having
characteristics needed for various end uses for which United
States upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated
cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the
Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable
for the production of the varieties or types; and
(B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if authorized by the
Secretary, ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes.
(9) Farm program payment yield
The term ``farm program payment yield'' means the farm program
payment yield established for the 1995 crop of a contract commodity
under section 505 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1465).
The Secretary shall adjust the farm program payment yield for the
1995 crop of a contract commodity to account for any additional
yield payments made with respect to that crop under subsection
(b)(2) of the section.
(10) Loan commodity
The term ``loan commodity'' means each contract commodity, extra
long staple cotton, and oilseed.
(11) Oilseed
The term ``oilseed'' means a crop of soybeans, sunflower seed,
rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, or, if
designated by the Secretary, other oilseeds.
(12) Producer
The term ``producer'' means an owner, operator, landlord,
tenant, or sharecropper who shares in the risk of producing a crop
and who is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing
from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced. In
determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the
Secretary shall not take into consideration the existence of a
hybrid seed contract.
(13) Secretary
The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(14) State
The term ``State'' means each of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(15) United States
The term ``United States'', when used in a geographical sense,
means all of the States.
(Pub. L. 104-127, title I, Sec. 102, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 897.)
References in Text
For definition of ``this chapter'', referred to in text, see note
set out under section 7201 of this title.
The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in pars. (1), (2), and
(4), is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, as amended, which is
classified principally to chapter 35A (Sec. 1421 et seq.) of this title.
Title V of the Act, which was classified generally to subchapter IV
(Sec. 1461 et seq.) of chapter 35A of this title, was omitted from the
Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
Section 505 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1465),
referred to in par. (9), was omitted from the Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7911, 7916 of this title.
