Christmas Tree Promotion Board: Difference between revisions

The Christmas Tree Promotion Board was officially established by law when the [[Agricultural Act of 2014]] was signed by President [[Barack Obama]] on February 7, 2014.<ref name=usda14>"[http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateU&navID=LatestReleases&page=Newsroom&topNav=Newsroom&leftNav=&rightNav1=LatestReleases&rightNav2=&resultType=Details&dDocName=STELPRDC5106950&dID=197485&wf=false&description=As+Required+by+New+Farm+Bill%2C+USDA+to+Allow+Christmas+Tree+Research+and+Promotion+Program+to+Move+Forward+ As Required by New Farm Bill, USDA to Allow Christmas Tree Research and Promotion Program to Move Forward] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129091853/http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateU&navID=LatestReleases&page=Newsroom&topNav=Newsroom&leftNav=&rightNav1=LatestReleases&rightNav2=&resultType=Details&dDocName=STELPRDC5106950&dID=197485&wf=false&description=As+Required+by+New+Farm+Bill%2C+USDA+to+Allow+Christmas+Tree+Research+and+Promotion+Program+to+Move+Forward+ |date=2014-11-29 }}", press release, ''[[United States Department of Agriculture]]'', Agricultural Marketing Service, April 4, 2014, accessed November 19, 2014.</ref>  The board is part of the Christmas tree checkoff program established by a provision of Agricultural Act of 2014 known as the Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order.<ref name=fedcode/> The Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order is a [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] rule that was originally published in November 2011 and established a [[commodity checkoff program]] to help U.S. [[Christmas tree cultivation|Christmas tree growers]].<ref name=fr1>"[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-08/pdf/2011-28798.pdf Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order]", ''[[Federal Register]]'', Col. 76, No. 216, November 8, 2011, accessed November 19, 2014.</ref> The rule was rescinded in 2011 after it attracted criticism and political controversy before becoming law in 2014.<ref name=fr2>"[https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/11/17/2011-29713/christmas-tree-promotion-research-and-information-order-stay-of-regulations Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Stay of Regulations]", ([http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-17/pdf/2011-29713.pdf pdf]), ''[[Federal Register]]'', USDA - Agricultural Marketing Service, November 17, 2011, accessed November 19, 2014.</ref><ref name=usatoday>Jackson, David. "[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/11/conservatives-bash-obama-over-christmas-tree-tax/1#.UGOrpI2PXfR Obama team delays Christmas tree fee]", ''[[USA Today]]'', November 9, 2011, accessed November 19, 2014.</ref>