{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s4302","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4302.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f4302.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter\u2014\n(1) The term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture.\n(2) The term \u201cperson\u201d means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity.\n(3) The term \u201ccut flowers\u201d means all flowers and decorative foliage used as fresh-cut flowers, fresh-cut decorative foliage, dried, preserved, and processed flowers, or dried and preserved decorative foliage, produced either under cover or in field operations.\n(4) The term \u201cpotted flowering plants\u201d means those plants that normally produce flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decoration, whether grown under cover or in field operations.\n(5) The term \u201cfoliage plants\u201d means those plants, normally without flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decorations, whether grown under cover or in field operations.\n(6) The term \u201cpropagational material\u201d means any plant material used in the propagation of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants, including cuttings, bulbs and corms, seedlings, canes, liners, plants, cells or tissue cultures, air layers and bublets,\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cbulblets,\u201d.\n(7) The term \u201cflowers and plants\u201d means cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, and propagational material.\n(8) The term \u201cUnited States\u201d means the fifty States of the United States of America, the territories and possessions of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia.\n(9) The term \u201cpromotion\u201d means any action, including paid advertising, to advance the image or desirability of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.\n(10) The term \u201cresearch\u201d means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, or marketability of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.\n(11) The term \u201cconsumer education\u201d means any action to provide information on the care and handling of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.\n(12) The term \u201cmarketing\u201d means the sale or other disposition in commerce of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.\n(13) Unless otherwise noted, the term \u201cproducer\u201d means any person who produces domestically, for sale in commerce, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants.\n(14) The term \u201cFloraboard\u201d means the board provided for under\nsection 4306 of this title\n(15) The term \u201cimporter\u201d means any person who imports cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants from outside of the United States or who acts as an agent, broker, or consignee of any person or nation that produces flowers and plants outside of the United States for sale in the United States.\n(16) The term \u201ccommodity group\u201d means that portion of the flower and plant industry devoted to the production and importation of any one of the following: (A) cut flowers; (B) potted flowering plants; or (C) foliage plants.\n(17) The term \u201ccost of plant material\u201d means the actual price paid by a producer for any propagational material or any other flowers and plants used in the production of flowers and plants. This term does not include the cost of seeds.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s4302.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4302."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cperson\u201d means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccut flowers\u201d means all flowers and decorative foliage used as fresh-cut flowers, fresh-cut decorative foliage, dried, preserved, and processed flowers, or dried and preserved decorative foliage, produced either under cover or in field operations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cpotted flowering plants\u201d means those plants that normally produce flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decoration, whether grown under cover or in field operations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cfoliage plants\u201d means those plants, normally without flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decorations, whether grown under cover or in field operations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cpropagational material\u201d means any plant material used in the propagation of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants, including cuttings, bulbs and corms, seedlings, canes, liners, plants, cells or tissue cultures, air layers and bublets,","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cbulblets,\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cbulblets,\u201d.","tail":" rhizomes, and root stocks. This term does not include seeds."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cflowers and plants\u201d means cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, and propagational material.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cUnited States\u201d means the fifty States of the United States of America, the territories and possessions of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cpromotion\u201d means any action, including paid advertising, to advance the image or desirability of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/10","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(10)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cresearch\u201d means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, or marketability of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/11","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(11)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cconsumer education\u201d means any action to provide information on the care and handling of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/12","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(12)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cmarketing\u201d means the sale or other disposition in commerce of cut flowers, potted flowering plants, and foliage plants.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/13","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(13)"},{"t":"content","text":" Unless otherwise noted, the term \u201cproducer\u201d means any person who produces domestically, for sale in commerce, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/14","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(14)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cFloraboard\u201d means the board provided for under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4306 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t7/s4306","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/15","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(15)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cimporter\u201d means any person who imports cut flowers, potted flowering plants, or foliage plants from outside of the United States or who acts as an agent, broker, or consignee of any person or nation that produces flowers and plants outside of the United States for sale in the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/16","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(16)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccommodity group\u201d means that portion of the flower and plant industry devoted to the production and importation of any one of the following: (A) cut flowers; (B) potted flowering plants; or (C) foliage plants.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s4302/17","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(17)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccost of plant material\u201d means the actual price paid by a producer for any propagational material or any other flowers and plants used in the production of flowers and plants. 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