US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 672

Agreements; licenses, regulations, programs, etc., unaffected

(a)
7 U.S.C. 601 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as invalidating any marketing agreement, license, or order, or any regulation relating to, or any provision of, or any act of the Secretary of Agriculture in connection with, any such agreement, license, or order which has been executed, issued, approved, or done under the Agricultural Adjustment Act [ et seq.], or any amendment thereof, but such marketing agreements, licenses, orders, regulations, provisions, and acts are expressly ratified, legalized, and confirmed.
(b)
7 U.S.C. 6017 U.S.C. 602 Any program in effect under the Agricultural Adjustment Act [ et seq.], as reenacted and amended by this Act, on , shall continue in effect without the necessity for any amendatory action relative to such program, but any such program shall be continued in operation by the Secretary of Agriculture only to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions as will tend to effectuate the declared purpose set out in section 2 or 8c(18) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act [ or 608c(18)], as reenacted and amended by this Act.

June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 450 Stat. 249July 3, 1948, ch. 82762 Stat. 1258(, ; , title III, § 302(e), .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act June 3, 1937, ch. 29650 Stat. 246This Act, referred to in text, is , , known as the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

act May 12, 1933, ch. 2548 Stat. 31section 601 of this titleThe Agricultural Adjustment Act, referred to in text, is title I of , , which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 601 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Amendments

1948—Act , designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

section 1301 of this titleAmendment by act , effective , see section 303 of act , set out as a note under .