1400 Independence Ave., SW

Room 2507-S, Stop 0242 

Washington, D.C. 20250-0242

Agreement

Between

And the 

Associate Deputy Administrator 

Fair Trade Practices Program 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

This agreement is made and entered into this___ day of _____ _____ , 20 ____ , by and 

between ________________________________, located in _________________, 

______________ hereinafter called the "Nonresident Complainant," and the Associate 

Deputy Administrator, Fair Trade Practices Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, United 

States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., hereinafter called the "Associate 

Deputy Administrator."

WHEREAS, section 6(e) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities, 1930, hereinafter 

called the "Act," provides that in the event a reparation complaint is made by a nonresident of 

the United States, or by a resident of the United States to whom the claim of a nonresident of 

the United States has been assigned, the complainant shall be required, before any formal 

action is taken on his complaint, to furnish a bond in double the amount of the claim 

conditioned upon the payment of costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee for the 

respondent if the respondent shall prevail, and any reparation award that may be issued by the 

Secretary of Agriculture against the complainant on any counterclaim by respondent.

WHEREAS, the Nonresident Complainant has agreed and does hereby agree to comply and 

abide by the terms of the Act and the regulations, and to furnish, in lieu of a surety bond and 

in accordance with section 46.5 of the Administrative Procedures Under the Perishable 

Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 C.F.R. § 46.5), a certified or cashier's check, or wire 

transfer in the amount of $____________________, made payable to the "United States 

Department of Agriculture."

WHEREAS, the Associate Deputy Administrator has agreed, and does hereby agree, to 

accept the sum of $____________________to be used for the purposes described or, in the 

event not needed for such purposes, to return the same or such unused portion as may exist, 

to said Nonresident Complainant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties mutually agree as follows:

The $ ____________________surety deposit of the Nonresident Complainant 

will be deposited by the Associate Deputy Administrator into a special deposit 

account of the United States Treasury and no interest isto accrue or to be paid 

to the Nonresident Complainant; and

2. If respondent prevails, the Nonresident Complainant will pay all costs,

including reasonable attorney's fees for respondent, and any reparation award

that may be issuedby the Secretary of Agriculture against the complainant as a

result of any counterclaim or otherwise; and

3. If the Nonresident Complainant, subject to its rights of appeal under section

7(c) of the Act, does not itself pay such award, the Associate Deputy

Administrator, shall direct payment from the deposited funds.

4. The Associate Deputy Administrator will return any unused portion as may

exist to the Nonresident Complainant.

______________________________

Signature 

__________________________ 

Angela Snyder

Associate Deputy Administrator 

Fair Trade Practices Program 

______________________________ Agricultural Marketing Service 

Print Name 

______________________________

Title 

______________________________

Complainant/Company Name