7 U.S.C. § 2107
Referenda
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 2107, Referenda, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/430106
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The Secretary shall conduct a referendum among persons who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production of cotton for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of an order is approved or favored by producers. No order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that the issuance of such order is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of the producers voting in such referendum, or by the producers of not less than two-thirds of the cotton produced during the representative period by producers voting in such referendum and by not less than a majority of the producers voting in such referendum.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
- Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991House: 417–5Senate: no recorded tally