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7 U.S.C. 1551: Short titleText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 37-SEEDS
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§1551. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Federal Seed Act.”

( Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, § 1 , 53 Stat. 1275 .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Short Title of 1983 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–439, § 1, Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2287, provided that:

“This Act [amending sections 1561, 1571, 1581, 1582, 1585, and 1586 of this title and repealing sections 1583 and 1584 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Federal Seed Act Amendments of 1982’.”