Files
Fabio 00a184bb3c Legal corpus: U.S. Code titles 1–11 from pinned OLRC XML (11,050 sections)
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot ->
per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched.
LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 09:52:37 -04:00

50 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "7 U.S.C. § 2109"
description: "Provisions applicable to amendments"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
chapter_number: "53"
chapter_name: "COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION"
section: "2109"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2109"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc07@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2109"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-07/usc07.xml"
source_hash: "a7ac2929157a8db8dc665c847e4eef5b0f182e960eead44b9f87ec909b523f89"
raw_snapshot_hash: "50edab1679a711653797362c0aeb8f2273303fe473fb7fa16df1ee76bdd6e984"
text_hash: "1becc91b2b04f63ee1bfb8ca92bccbee22f13857d5bc45f9ce23bd3a27eb41c1"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 7 U.S.C. § 2109 - Provisions applicable to amendments
## Text
(a) Provisions applicable to amendments to orders Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this chapter applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.
(b) Approval of amendments by cotton producers and importers No amendment to an order issued under this chapter shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that—
(1) with respect to an amendment referred to in subsection (b) or (c) of section 2107 of this title, the amendment is approved by producers and importers of cotton as provided in such section; or
(2) with respect to any other amendment, that the amendment is approved by a majority of cotton producers and importers subject to the order voting in the referendum.
(c) Disapproval of any amendment to order not deemed to invalidate such order The disapproval of any amendment to an order issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to invalidate such order.
(Pub. L. 89502, § 10, July 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 283; Pub. L. 101624, title XIX, § 1995, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3912; Pub. L. 102237, title VIII, § 808(a)(3), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1883.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102237 substituted “subsection (b) or (c) of section 2107” for “section 2107(b) or 2107(c)”. 1990—Pub. L. 101624 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of this chapter applicable to orders shall be applicable to amendments to orders.”