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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 6301. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds that -
(1) soybeans are an important source of nutritious foods that
are a valuable part of the human diet and are an important
feedstuff for the livestock industry;
(2) the production of soybeans plays a significant role in the
economy of the United States in that soybeans are produced by
thousands of soybean producers, processed by numerous processing
entities, and soybeans and soybean products produced in the
United States are consumed by people and livestock throughout the
United States and foreign countries;
(3) soybeans and soybean products should be readily available
and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an
adequate supply of soybean products at a reasonable price;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and
development of new markets for soybeans and soybean products are
vital to the welfare of soybean producers and processors and
those concerned with marketing soybeans and soybean products, as
well as to the general economy of the United States, and are
necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient
marketing of soybeans and soybean products;
(5) there exist established State and national organizations
conducting soybean promotion, research, and consumer education
programs that are valuable to the efforts of promoting the
consumption of soybeans and soybean products;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation
of a coordinated national program of soybean promotion, research,
consumer information, and industry information are necessary to
maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for
soybeans and soybean products; and
(7) soybeans and soybean products move in interstate and
foreign commerce, and soybeans and soybean products that do not
move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect
interstate commerce in soybeans and soybean products.
(b) Policy
Congress declares that it is in the public interest to authorize
the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in
this chapter, of an orderly procedure for developing, financing
through assessments on domestically-produced soybeans, and
implementing a program of promotion, research, consumer
information, and industry information designed to strengthen the
soybean industry's position in the marketplace, to maintain and
expand existing domestic and foreign markets and uses for soybeans
and soybean products, and to develop new markets and uses for
soybeans and soybean products.
(c) Construction
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the
control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual
producers to produce soybeans.
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