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19 U.S.C. § 2401

Title 19 Chapter 12 Current through PL 119-73 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 2401. Definitions

In this part:

  • (1) The term “agricultural commodity” means any agricultural commodity (including livestock) in its raw or natural state.
  • (2) 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 1 See References in Text note below. of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008).
  • (3)
    • (A) The term “contributed importantly” means a cause which is important but not necessarily more important than any other cause.
    • (B) 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) The term “duly authorized representative” means an association of agricultural commodity producers.
  • (5) 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) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

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