19 U.S.C. § 2401
Section 2401 · Definitions
Current version, with additions and removals from the October 21, 2011 version.
In this part:
In this part:
(1) Agricultural commodity
(1) Agricultural commodity
The term "agricultural commodity" includes—
(B) any class of goods within an agricultural commodity; and
(C) in the case of an agricultural commodity producer described in paragraph (2)(B), wild-caught aquatic species.
(2) Agricultural commodity producer
(2) Agricultural commodity producer
The term "agricultural commodity producer" means—
(A) a person that shares in the risk of producing an agricultural commodity and that is entitled to a share of the commodity for marketing, including an operator, a sharecropper, or a person that owns or rents the land on which the commodity is produced; or
(B) a person that reports gain or loss from the trade or business of fishing on the person's annual Federal income tax return for the taxable year that most closely corresponds to the marketing year with respect to which a petition is filed under section 2401a of this title.
The term "agricultural commodity producer" has the same meaning as the term "person" as prescribed by regulations promulgated under section 1308(e) of title 7 (before the amendment made by section 1703(a) 1 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008).
(3) Contributed importantly
(3) Contributed importantly
(A) In general
(A) In general
The term "contributed importantly" means a cause which is important but not necessarily more important than any other cause.
The term "contributed importantly" means a cause which is important but not necessarily more important than any other cause.
(B) Determination of contributed importantly
(B) Determination of contributed importantly
The determination of whether imports of articles like or directly competitive with an agricultural commodity with respect to which a petition under this part was filed contributed importantly to a decline in the price of the agricultural commodity shall be made by the Secretary.
The determination of whether imports of articles like or directly competitive with an agricultural commodity with respect to which a petition under this part was filed contributed importantly to a decline in the price of the agricultural commodity shall be made by the Secretary.
(4) Duly authorized representative
(4) Duly authorized representative
The term "duly authorized representative" means an association of agricultural commodity producers.
The term "duly authorized representative" means an association of agricultural commodity producers.
(5) National average price
(5) National average price
The term "national average price" means the national average price paid to an agricultural commodity producer for an agricultural commodity in a marketing year as determined by the Secretary.
The term "national average price" means the national average price paid to an agricultural commodity producer for an agricultural commodity in a marketing year as determined by the Secretary.
(6) Secretary
(6) Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(7) Marketing year
The term "marketing year" means—
(A) a marketing year designated by the Secretary with respect to an agricultural commodity; or
(B) in the case of an agricultural commodity with respect to which the Secretary does not designate a marketing year, a calendar year.