AMS Act

Agriculture Marketing Success Act of 2005 or the AMS Act - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to exempt certain tomato varieties produced in Florida under an identity preservation and biotechnology verification program from agricultural marketing order requirements.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1135 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1135

 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exempt certain identified 
varieties of tomatoes from agricultural marketing orders issued by the 
                       Secretary of Agriculture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2005

 Mr. Sherwood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exempt certain identified 
varieties of tomatoes from agricultural marketing orders issued by the 
                       Secretary of Agriculture.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture Marketing Success Act of 
2005'' or the ``AMS Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN IDENTIFIED VARIETIES OF TOMATOES.

    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 
new sentence: ``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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