[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 530 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 530

To amend the Act commonly known as the ``Export Apple and Pear Act'' to 
             limit the applicability of that Act to apples.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 1999

   Mr. Gorton  (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act commonly known as the ``Export Apple and Pear Act'' to 
             limit the applicability of that 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 (commonly known as the 
``Export Apple and Pear Act'') (48 Stat. 123, chapter 59; 7 U.S.C. 581 
et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 11. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This Act may be cited as the `Export Apple Act'.''.
    (b) Definition of Apple.--Section 9 of the Export Apple Act (7 
U.S.C. 589) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following:
            ``(4) Apple.--The term `apple' means a fresh whole apple, 
        whether or not the apple has been in storage.''.
    (c) Elimination of References to Pears.--The Export Apple Act is 
amended--
            (1) in the first section and sections 5 and 6 (7 U.S.C. 
        581, 585, 586), by striking ``and/or pears'' each place it 
        appears; and
            (2) in the first section and sections 2, 3, and 4 (7 U.S.C. 
        581, 582, 583, 584), by striking ``or pears'' each place it 
        appears.
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