[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3312 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3312

 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to 
the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing 
  order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2003

Mr. Hastings of Washington (for himself, Mr. Nethercutt, and Mr. Walden 
  of Oregon) 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 add pears and cherries to 
the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing 
  order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PEAR AND CHERRY MARKETING ORDERS.

    Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608e-
1(a)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first sentence by inserting 
after ``apples,'' the following: ``pears, cherries,''.
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