---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 6302"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "6302"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/6302"
units:
  - "Chapter 92 — Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information"
---

# §6302. Definitions


As used in this chapter:

- (1) **Board—** The term “Board” means the United Soybean Board established under [section 6304(b) of this title](/usc/7/6304.md?p=b).
- (2) **Commerce—** The term “commerce” includes interstate, foreign, and intrastate commerce.
- (3) **Committee—** The term “Committee” means the Soybean Program Coordinating Committee established under [section 6304(g) of this title](/usc/7/6304.md?p=g).
- (4) **Consumer information—** The term “consumer information” means information that will assist consumers and other [persons](#11) in making evaluations and decisions regarding the purchase, preparation, and use of [soybeans](#18) or [soybean products](#17).
- (5) **Department—** The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
- (6) **First purchaser—** The term “first purchaser” means—
  - (A) except as provided in [subparagraph (B)](#6-B), any [person](#11) buying or otherwise acquiring from a [producer](#12) [soybeans](#18) produced by such [producer](#12); or
  - (B) the Commodity Credit Corporation, in any case in which [soybeans](#18) are pledged as collateral for a loan issued under any price support loan program administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
- (7) **Industry information—** The term “industry information” means information and programs that will lead to the development of new [markets](/usc/7/198.md?p=1), new [marketing](#8) strategies, or increased efficiency for the soybean industry, and activities to enhance the image of the soybean industry.
- (8) **Marketing—** The term “marketing” means the sale or other disposition of [soybeans](#18) or [soybean products](#17) in any channel of [commerce](#2).
- (9) **Net market price—** The term “net market price” means—
  - (A) except as provided in [subparagraph (B)](#9-B), the sales price or other value received by a [producer](#12) for [soybeans](#18) after adjustments for any premium or discount based on grading or quality factors, as determined by the [Secretary](#16); or
  - (B) for [soybeans](#18) pledged as collateral for a loan issued under any price support loan program administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation, the principal amount of the loan.
- (10) **Order—** The term “order” means an order issued under [section 6303 of this title](/usc/7/6303.md).
- (11) **Person—** The term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other legal entity.
- (12) **Producer—** The term “producer” means any [person](#11) engaged in the growing of [soybeans](#18) in the [United States](#19) who owns, or who shares the ownership and risk of loss of, such [soybeans](#18).
- (13) **Promotion—** The term “promotion” means any action, including paid advertising, technical assistance, and trade servicing activities, to enhance the image or desirability of [soybeans](#18) or [soybean products](#17) in domestic and foreign [markets](/usc/7/198.md?p=1), and any activity designed to communicate to consumers, importers, processors, wholesalers, [retailers](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-11), government officials, or others information relating to the positive attributes of [soybeans](#18) or [soybean products](#17) or the benefits of importation, use, or distribution of [soybeans](#18) and [soybean products](#17).
- (14) **Qualified State soybean board—** The term “qualified State soybean board” means a [State](#19) soybean [promotion](#13) entity that is authorized by [State](#19) law. If no such entity exists in a [State](#19), the term “qualified State soybean board” means a soybean [producer](#12)-governed entity—
  - (A) that is organized and operating within a [State](#19);
  - (B) that receives voluntary contributions and conducts soybean [promotion](#13), [research](#15), [consumer information](#4), or [industry information](#7) programs; and
  - (C) that meets criteria established by the [Board](#1) as approved by the [Secretary](#16) relating to the qualifications of such entity to perform duties under the [order](#10) and is recognized by the [Board](#1) as the soybean [promotion](#13) and [research](#15) entity within the [State](#19).
- (15) **Research—** The term “research” means any type of study to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production, product development, quality, or functional or nutritional value of [soybeans](#18) or [soybean products](#17), including any research activity designed to identify and analyze barriers to export sales of [soybeans](#18) and [soybean products](#17).
- (16) **Secretary—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- (17) **Soybean products—** The term “soybean products” means products produced in whole or in part from [soybeans](#18) or soybean by-products.
- (18) **Soybeans—** The term “soybeans” means all varieties of Glycine max or Glycine soya.
- (19) **State—** The terms “State” and “United States” consist of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1967, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3882.)