7 USC § 1585 - Certain seeds not adapted for general agricultural use

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1585"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1585 - Certain seeds not adapted for general agricultural use"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1585"
section_name: "Certain seeds not adapted for general agricultural use"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "SEEDS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FOREIGN COMMERCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4973.)"
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# § 1585. Certain seeds not adapted for general agricultural use

Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture, after a public hearing, determines that seed of alfalfa or red clover from any foreign country is not adapted for general agricultural use in the United States, the Secretary shall publish the determination and the reasons for the determination.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4973.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1585, , formerly § 305, ; renumbered § 303, , , , related to requirement that certain seeds containing alfalfa and/or red clover be stained, prior to repeal by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (), except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under , Customs Duties.

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under this subchapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .