REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE.

SEC. 1005. REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Regulations.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by this title. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by sections 1001 and 1002 take effect on October 1, 1997, without regard to whether regulations have been promulgated to implement the amendments made by such sections.