# § 1343. Referendum
section 1342 of this titleAugust 1, 1986
Not later than December 15 following the issuance of the marketing quota proclamation provided for in , the Secretary shall conduct a referendum, by secret ballot, of farmers engaged in the production of cotton in the calendar year in which the referendum is held, to determine whether such farmers are in favor of or opposed to the quota so proclaimed. If more than one-third of the farmers voting in the referendum oppose the national marketing quota, such quota shall become ineffective upon proclamation of the results of the referendum. The Secretary shall proclaim the results of any referendum held hereunder within thirty days after the date of such referendum. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for cotton for the marketing year beginning , may be conducted not later than thirty-one days after adjournment sine die of the first session of the Ninety-ninth Congress.
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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 343, 52 Stat. 56; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 8, 52 Stat. 203; July 26, 1939, ch. 376, 53 Stat. 1125; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title II, § 207(c), 62 Stat. 1257; Aug. 29, 1949, ch. 518, § 1, 63 Stat. 670; Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title IV, § 415(e), 63 Stat. 1058; Pub. L. 97–77, § 2(c), Nov. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 1069; Pub. L. 99–157, § 4, Nov. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 818.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Provision that if marketing quotas were proclaimed for the 1950 crop, farmers eligible to vote in the referendum with respect to such crop were to be those farmers who had produced cotton in the 1948 calendar year was omitted from the Code.
### Amendments
1985— amended last sentence generally, substituting “, may be conducted not later than thirty-one days after adjournment sine die of the first session of the Ninety-ninth Congress” for “, may be conducted not later than the earlier of the following: (1) thirty days after adjournment sine die of the first session of the Ninety-seventh Congress, or (2) ”.
1981— inserted provision that the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for cotton for the marketing year beginning , be conducted not later than the earlier of the following: (1) thirty days after adjournment sine die of the first session of the Ninety-seventh Congress, or (2) .
1949—Act , amended section generally by providing for a secret referendum. Former provisions of this section are now covered by .
Subsec. (a). Act , repealed amendatory provisions of act .
1948—Subsec. (a). Act , required Secretary to take imports into consideration in determining acreage allotments for purposes of marketing quotas.
1939—Subsec. (b). Act , inserted last sentence.
1938—Subsec. (c). Act , substituted “for any year” for “for 1938 and 1939”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Amendment by act , effective , see section 303 of act , set out as a note under .
### Inapplicability of Section
Section inapplicable to 1984 and subsequent crops of extra long staple cotton, see , set out as a note under .
Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see .
Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see .
Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see .
Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , and ending , see .
Section inapplicable to 1991 through 1995 crops of upland cotton, see , set out as a note under .
Section inapplicable to 1986 through 1990 crops of upland cotton, see , set out as a note under .
Section inapplicable to 1982 through 1985 crops of upland cotton, see , set out as a note under .
Section inapplicable to 1978 through 1981 crops of upland cotton, see , set out as a note under .
, , , as amended by , , , provided that this section is inapplicable to 1971 through 1977 crops of upland cotton.