7 U.S.C. § 601: Declaration of conditions

It is declared that the disruption of the orderly exchange of commodities in interstate commerce impairs the purchasing power of farmers and destroys the value of agricultural assets which support the national credit structure and that these conditions affect transactions in agricultural commodities with a national public interest, and burden and obstruct the normal channels of interstate commerce. Section 1 (relating to the declaration of emergency [this section]): Section 2 (relating to declaration of policy [ section 602 of this title ]): Section 8a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) (relating to violations and enforcement [section 608a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) of this title]); Section 8b (relating to marketing agreements [ section 608b of this title ]); Section 8c (relating to orders [ section 608c of this title ]); Section 8d (relating to books and records [ section 608d of this title ]); Section 8e (relating to determination of base period [former section 608e of this title ]); Section 10(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) (miscellaneous provisions [section 610(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of this title]); Section 12(a) and (c) (relating to appropriation and expenses [section 612(a) and (c) of this title]); Section 14 (relating to separability [ section 614 of this title ]); Section 22 (relating to imports [ section 624 of this title ]). The following provisions, reenacted in section I of this act, are amended as follows: * * * [sections 601, 602(1), 608a(6), 608c(5)(B)(d), (6)(B), (6)(B)(18), (19), 610(c), (f), 612(a) of this title].”