§1518. "Agricultural commodity" defined

"Agricultural commodity", as used in this chapter, means wheat, cotton, flax, corn, dry beans, oats, barley, rye, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, potatoes, timber and forests, nursery crops, citrus, and other fruits and vegetables, nuts, tame hay, native grass, aquacultural species (including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, crustacean, or other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, or aquatic plant propagated or reared in a controlled or selected environment), or any other agricultural commodity, excluding livestock and stored grain, determined by the Board under subsection (a) or (m) of section 1508 of this title, or any one or more of such commodities, as the context may indicate.

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, §518, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 214, §9, 55 Stat. 256 ; amended Dec. 23, 1944, ch. 713, §4, 58 Stat. 919 ; Aug. 25, 1949, ch. 512, §9, 63 Stat. 665 ; Pub. L. 96–365, title I, §111, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1319 ; Pub. L. 102–237, title VI, §601(6), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1878 ; Pub. L. 103–354, title I, §119(f)(3), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3208 .)

Prior Provisions

A former section 1518, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, §518, 52 Stat. 77 , was transferred to section 1519 of this title at the time of the renumbering of such section 518 of act Feb. 16, 1938, as section 519 by act June 21, 1941, ch. 214, §9, 55 Stat. 256 .

Amendments

1994-Pub. L. 103–354 substituted "(m)" for "(k)" after "subsection (a) or".

1991-Pub. L. 102–237 substituted "subsection (a) or (k)" for "subsection (a) or (i)".

1980-Pub. L. 96–365 extended definition of "agricultural commodity" to include tomatoes, grain sorghum, sunflowers, raisins, oranges, sweet corn, dry peas, freezing and canning peas, forage, apples, grapes, nursery crops, and aquacultural species as illustrated but not limited, excluded livestock and stored grain, substituted "sugar cane" for "sugarcane", and inserted reference to subsec. (i) of section 1508 of this title.

1949-Act Aug. 25, 1949, amended section to correct a clerical error in citation of "subsection (a) of section 1508".

1944-Act Dec. 23, 1944, increased scope of definition of "agricultural commodity" from "wheat or cotton" to include all crops now set out.

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–354 effective Oct. 13, 1994, and applicable to provision of crop insurance under Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) beginning with 1995 crop year, with such Act, as in effect on the day before Oct. 13, 1994, to continue to apply with respect to 1994 crop year, see section 120 of Pub. L. 103–354, set out as a note under section 1502 of this title.

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–365 effective Sept. 26, 1980, see section 112 of Pub. L. 96–365, set out as a note under section 1504 of this title.