II
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 531
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 4, 2005
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Specter) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exempt certain identified varieties of tomatoes from agricultural marketing orders.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Agricultural Marketing Success Act of
2005
or the AMS Act
.
Exemption of certain identified varieties of tomatoes from agricultural marketing orders
Section 8c(2) of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(2)), reenacted with
amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by
adding at the end the following: No order issued pursuant to this
section shall be applicable to identified varieties of tomatoes produced in the
State of Florida under an identity preservation and biotechnology verification
program administered by the Secretary.
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