[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2984 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2984

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that 
  processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order 
                          applicable to pears.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2003

  Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. 
  Nethercutt, and Mr. Larsen of Washington) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that 
  processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order 
                          applicable to pears.

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

SECTION 1. PEAR MARKETING ORDERS.

    Section 8c(7)(C) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
608c(7)(C)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the last sentence--
            (1) by striking ``or pears''; and
            (2) by striking ``: Provided,'' and all that follows 
        through ``be equal''.
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