[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1969 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1969

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 25, 2003

 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Smith) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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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