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# 14 U.S.C. § 2112 - Promotion year; defined

## Text

For the purposes of this chapter, “promotion year” means the period which commences on July 1 of each year and ends on June 30 of the following year.

(Added Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(17), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2520, § 256a; renumbered § 2112, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 256a of this title as this section.