[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR900.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 900_GENERAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart_Rules of Practice and Procedure Governing Proceedings To 
           Formulate Marketing Agreements and Marketing Orders
 
Sec.  900.2  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, the terms as defined in the act shall apply 
with equal force and effect. In addition, unless the context otherwise 
requires:
    (a) The term Act means Public Act No. 10, 73 Congress (48 Stat. 31), 
as amended and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 246), as amended.
    (b) The term Department means the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    (c) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the 
United States, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom 
authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may 
hereafter be delegated, to act for the Secretary.
    (d) The term judge means any administrative law judge appointed 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105, and assigned to conduct the proceeding.
    (e) The term Administrator means the Administrator of the 
Agricultural Marketing Service or any officer or employee of the 
Department to whom authority has been delegated or may hereafter be 
delegated to act for the Administrator.
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) The term Federal Register means the publication provided for by 
the act of July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 500), and acts supplementary thereto 
and amendatory thereof.
    (h) The term hearing means that part of the proceeding which 
involves the submission of evidence.
    (i) The term marketing agreement means any marketing agreement or 
any amendment thereto which may be entered into pursuant to section 8b 
of the act.
    (j) The term marketing order means any order or any amendment 
thereto which may be issued pursuant to section 8c of the act, and after 
notice and hearing as required by said section.

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    (k) The term proceeding means a proceeding upon the basis of which a 
marketing agreement may be entered into or a marketing order may be 
issued.
    (l) The term hearing clerk means the hearing clerk, United States 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.

[25 FR 5907, June 28, 1960, as amended at 26 FR 7796, Aug. 22, 1961; 28 
FR 579, Jan. 23, 1963; 37 FR 8059, Apr. 25, 1972; 38 FR 29798, Oct. 29, 
1973; 67 FR 10829, Mar. 11, 2002]