---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 5940"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "5940"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4829; Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230."
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/5940"
units:
  - "Chapter 88 — Research"
  - "Subchapter VII — Miscellaneous Research Provisions"
---

# [§5940. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4829; Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230. — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7606, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 912; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(f), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2166; Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(a), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4828, related to legitimacy of industrial hemp research.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7605(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4829, as amended by Pub. L. 116–159, div. A, § 122, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 116–260, div. A, title VII, § 782, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1230, provided that: “Effective on January 1, 2022, section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is repealed.”