[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 609 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.609

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Export Apple and Pear Act to limit the applicability of the 
                             Act to apples.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SCOPE OF EXPORT APPLE AND PEAR ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--The Act of June 10, 1933 (7 U.S.C. 581 et seq.; 
commonly known as the Export Apple and Pear Act), is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 11. This Act may be cited as the `Export Apple Act'.''.
    (b) Definition of Apples.--Section 9 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 589) is 
amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(4) The term `apples' means fresh whole apples, whether or not 
the apples have been in storage.''.
    (c) Elimination of References to Pears.--Such Act is further 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``and/or pears'' each place it appears in the 
    first section and sections 5 and 6; and
        (2) by striking ``or pears'' each place it appears in the first 
    section and sections 2, 3, and 4.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.