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7 U.S.C. § 613 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 613. Termination date; investigations and reports
This chapter shall cease to be in effect whenever the President finds and proclaims that the national economic emergency in relation to agriculture has been ended; and pending such time the President shall by proclamation terminate with respect to any basic agricultural commodity such provisions of this chapter as he finds are not requisite to carrying out the declared policy with respect to such commodity. In the case of sugar beets and sugarcane, the taxes provided by this chapter shall cease to be in effect, and the powers vested in the President or in the Secretary of Agriculture shall terminate on December 31, 1937 unless this chapter ceases to be in effect at an earlier date, as hereinabove provided. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make such investigations and reports thereon to the President as may be necessary to aid him in executing this section.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 13, 48 Stat. 39; May 9, 1934, ch. 263, § 15, 48 Stat. 677; Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 20(a), 49 Stat. 768.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1935—Act Aug. 24, 1935, substituted “on December 31, 1937” for “at the end of three years after the adoption of this amendment”.
1934—Act May 9, 1934, inserted second sentence relating to taxes on sugar beets and sugarcane.
7 U.S.C. § 613a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 613a. Repealed. Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 898, title V, § 510, 50 Stat. 916
text: Section, act June 19, 1936, ch. 612, § 1, 49 Stat. 1539, related to termination of taxes on sugar beets and sugarcane.
7 U.S.C. § 614 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 614. Separability
If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person, circumstance, or commodity is held invalid the validity of the remainder of this chapter and the applicability thereof to other persons, circumstances, or commodities shall not be affected thereby.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 14, 48 Stat. 39; June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 1, 50 Stat. 246.)
heading: Validity of Section Affirmed
text: Act June 3, 1937, § 1, affirmed and validated, and reenacted without change the provisions of this section. See note set out under section 601 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 618 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 618. Existing contracts; imposition of tax on vendee; collection
(a) If (1) any processor, jobber, or wholesaler has, prior to the date a tax with respect to any commodity is first imposed under this chapter, made a bona fide contract of sale for delivery on or after such date, of any article processed wholly or in chief value from such commodity, and if (2) such contract does not permit the addition to the amount to be paid thereunder of the whole of such tax, then (unless the contract prohibits such addition) the vendee shall pay so much of the tax as is not permitted to be added to the contract price.
(b) Taxes payable by the vendee shall be paid to the vendor at the time the sale is consummated and shall be collected and paid to the United States by the vendor in the same manner as other taxes under this chapter. In case of failure or refusal by the vendee to pay such taxes to the vendor, the vendor shall report the facts to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue who shall cause collections of such taxes to be made from the vendee.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 18, 48 Stat. 41.)
heading: Constitutionality
text: Unconstitutionality of processing and floor stock taxes, see note set out under section 616 of this title.
heading: Separability
text: Validity of remainder of this chapter as not affected should any of the provisions of this chapter be declared unconstitutional, see section 614 of this title.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury, and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, referred to in this section, is an officer of Department of the Treasury.
7 U.S.C. § 619a (AGRICULTURE)
§ 619a. Cotton tax, time for payment
The processing tax authorized by section 609 of this title, when levied upon cotton, shall be payable ninety days after the filing of the processor’s report: Provided, That, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the time for payment of such tax upon cotton may be extended, but in no case to exceed six months from the date of the filing of the report.
(May 17, 1935, ch. 131, title I, § 2, 49 Stat. 281.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which comprises this chapter.
heading: Constitutionality
text: Unconstitutionality of processing and floor stock taxes, see note set out under section 616 of this title.
heading: Separability
text: Validity of remainder of this chapter as not affected should any of the provisions of this chapter be declared unconstitutional, see section 614 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 620 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 620. Falsely ascribing deductions or charges to taxes; penalty
(a) Whoever in connection with the purchase of, or offer to purchase, any commodity, subject to any tax under this chapter, or which is to be subjected to any tax under this chapter, makes any statement, written or oral, (1) intended or calculated to lead any person to believe that any amount deducted from the market price or the agreed price of the commodity consists of a tax imposed under this chapter, or (2) ascribing a particular part of the deduction from the market price or the agreed price of the commodity, to a tax imposed under this chapter, knowing that such statement is false or that the tax is not so great as the amount deducted from the market price or the agreed price of the commodity, ascribed to such tax, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both.
(b) Whoever in connection with the processing of any commodity subject to any tax under this chapter, whether commercially, for toll, upon an exchange, or otherwise, makes any statement, written or oral, (1) intended or calculated to lead any person to believe that any part of the charge for said processing, whether commercially, for toll, upon an exchange, or otherwise, consists of a tax imposed under this chapter, or (2) ascribing a particular part of the charge for processing, whether commercially, for toll, upon an exchange, or otherwise, to a tax imposed under this chapter, knowing that such statement is false, or that the tax is not so great as the amount charged for said processing ascribed to such tax, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both.
(c) Whoever in connection with any settlement, under a contract to buy any commodity, and/or to sell such commodity, or any product or byproduct thereof, subject to any tax under this chapter, makes any statement, written or oral, (1) intended or calculated to lead any person to believe that any amount deducted from the gross sales price, in arriving at the basis of settlement under the contract, consists of a tax under this chapter, or (2) ascribing a particular amount deducted from the gross sales price, in arriving at the basis of settlement under the contract, to a tax imposed under this chapter, knowing that such statement is false, or that the tax is not so great as the amount so deducted and/or ascribed to such tax, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 20, as added May 9, 1934, ch. 263, § 16, 48 Stat. 677.)
heading: Constitutionality
text: Unconstitutionality of processing and floor stock taxes, see note set out under section 616 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 621 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 621. Machinery belting processed from cotton; exemption from tax
The provisions of section 616 of this title, shall not apply to articles of machinery belting processed wholly or in chief value from cotton, if such processing was completed prior to January 1, 1930.
(June 26, 1934, ch. 753, § 1, 48 Stat. 1223.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which comprises this chapter.
heading: Constitutionality
text: Unconstitutionality of processing and floor stock taxes, see note set out under section 616 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 625 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 625. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(s), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523
text: Section, Pub. L. 98–59, § 3, July 25, 1983, 97 Stat. 296, related to review of the effects of Burley tobacco imports on the Department of Agriculture’s Burley tobacco price-support program.
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as an Effective Date note under section 518 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal not to affect the liability of any person under this section with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of tobacco, see section 614 of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 515 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 626 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 626. Import inventory
(a) Compilation and report on imports
The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, the United States Trade Representative, and the heads of all other appropriate Federal agencies, shall compile and report to the public statistics on the total value and quantity of imported raw and processed agricultural products. The report shall be limited to those statistics that such agencies already obtain for other purposes.
(b) Compilation and report on consumption
The Secretary shall compile and report to the public data on the total quantity of production and consumption of domestically produced raw and processed agricultural products.
(c) Issuing of data
The reports required by this section shall be made in a format that correlates statistics for the quantity and value of imported agricultural products to the production and consumption of domestic agricultural products. The Secretary shall issue such reports on an annual basis, with the first report required not later than 1 year after August 23, 1988.
(Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, § 4502, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1403.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Competitiveness and Trade Act of 1988 and also as part of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act which comprises this chapter.
7 U.S.C. § 627 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 627. Dairy forward pricing pilot program
(a) Pilot program required
Not later than 90 days after November 29, 1999, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a temporary pilot program under which milk producers and cooperatives are authorized to voluntarily enter into forward price contracts with milk handlers.
(b) Minimum milk price requirements
Payments made by milk handlers to milk producers and cooperatives, and prices received by milk producers and cooperatives, under the forward contracts shall be deemed to satisfy—
(1) all regulated minimum milk price requirements of paragraphs (B) and (F) of subsection (5) of section 608c of this title; and
(2) the requirement of paragraph (C) of such subsection regarding total payments by each handler.
(c) Milk covered by pilot program
(1) Covered milk
The pilot program shall apply only with respect to the marketing of federally regulated milk that—
(A) is not classified as Class I milk or otherwise intended for fluid use; and
(B) is in the current of interstate or foreign commerce or directly burdens, obstructs, or affects interstate or foreign commerce in federally regulated milk.
(2) Relation to Class I milk
To assist milk handlers in complying with the limitation in paragraph (1)(A) without having to segregate or otherwise individually track the source and disposition of milk, a milk handler may allocate milk receipts from producers, cooperatives, and other sources that are not subject to a forward contract to satisfy the handler’s obligations with regard to Class I milk usage.
(d) Duration
The authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the pilot program shall terminate on December 31, 2004. No forward price contract entered into under the program may extend beyond that date.
(e) Study and report on effect of pilot program
(1) Study
The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study on forward contracting between milk producers and cooperatives and milk handlers to determine the impact on milk prices paid to producers in the United States. To obtain information for the study, the Secretary may use the authorities available to the Secretary under section 608d of this title, subject to the confidentiality requirements of subsection (2) of such section.
(2) Report
Not later than April 30, 2002, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 23, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(8) [§ 3], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–519.)
heading: Codification
text: Another section 23 of act May 12, 1933 amended former section 781 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
7 U.S.C. § 671 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 671. Arbitration of disputes concerning milk
(a) Application
The Secretary of Agriculture, or such officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture as may be designated by him, upon written application of any cooperative association, incorporated or otherwise, which is in good faith owned or controlled by producers or organizations thereof, of milk or its products, and which is bona fide engaged in collective processing or preparing for market or handling or marketing (in the current of interstate or foreign commerce, as defined by section 610(j) of this title), milk or its products, may mediate and, with the consent of all parties, shall arbitrate if the Secretary has reason to believe that the declared policy of the Agricultural Adjustment Act [7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], as amended, would be effectuated thereby, bona fide disputes, between such associations and the purchasers or handlers or processors or distributors of milk or its products, as to terms and conditions of the sale of milk or its products. The power to arbitrate under this section shall apply only to such subjects of the term or condition in dispute as could be regulated under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, relating to orders for milk and its products.
(b) Conduct of meetings
Meetings held pursuant to this section shall be conducted subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
(c) Approval of award
No award or agreement resulting from any such arbitration or mediation shall be effective unless and until approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, or such officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture as may be designated by him, and shall not be approved if it permits any unlawful trade practice or any unfair method of competition.
(d) Exemption from antitrust laws
No meeting so held and no award or agreement so approved shall be deemed to be in violation of any of the antitrust laws of the United States.
(June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 3, 50 Stat. 248.)
heading: References in Text
text: The Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is title I of act May 12, 1933, ch. 25, 48 Stat. 31, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 601 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 601 of this title and Tables.
7 U.S.C. § 672 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 672. Agreements; licenses, regulations, programs, etc., unaffected
(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as invalidating any marketing agreement, license, or order, or any regulation relating to, or any provision of, or any act of the Secretary of Agriculture in connection with, any such agreement, license, or order which has been executed, issued, approved, or done under the Agricultural Adjustment Act [7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], or any amendment thereof, but such marketing agreements, licenses, orders, regulations, provisions, and acts are expressly ratified, legalized, and confirmed.
(b) Any program in effect under the Agricultural Adjustment Act [7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], as reenacted and amended by this Act, on January 1, 1950, shall continue in effect without the necessity for any amendatory action relative to such program, but any such program shall be continued in operation by the Secretary of Agriculture only to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions as will tend to effectuate the declared purpose set out in section 2 or 8c(18) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act [7 U.S.C. 602 or 608c(18)], as reenacted and amended by this Act.
(June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 4, 50 Stat. 249; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title III, § 302(e), 62 Stat. 1258.)
heading: References in Text
text: This Act, referred to in text, is act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246, as amended, known as the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act, referred to in text, is title I of act May 12, 1933, ch. 25, 48 Stat. 31, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 601 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 601 of this title and Tables.
heading: Amendments
text: 1948—Act July 3, 1948, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
heading: Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
text: Amendment by act July 3, 1948, effective Jan. 1, 1950, see section 303 of act July 3, 1948, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 673 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 673. Taxes under Agricultural Adjustment Act; laws unaffected
No processing taxes or compensating taxes shall be levied or collected under the Agricultural Adjustment Act [7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], as amended. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, other than those enumerated in section 1 of Act of June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246. The provisions so enumerated shall apply in accordance with their terms (as amended by this Act) to the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, this Act, and other provisions of law to which they have been heretofore made applicable.
(June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 5, 50 Stat. 249.)
heading: References in Text
text: The Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, referred to in text, is title I of act May 12, 1933, ch. 25, 48 Stat. 31, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 601 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 601 of this title and Tables.
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246, as amended, known as the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section 1 of act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246, referred to in text, amended sections 601, 602, 608a, 608b, 608c, 608d, 608e, 610, 612, 614, and 624 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 674 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 674. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937”.
(June 3, 1937, ch. 296, § 6, 50 Stat. 249.)
heading: References in Text
text: This Act, referred to in text, is act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246, as amended, which among other things enacted this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
7 U.S.C. § 701 to 723 (AGRICULTURE)
§§ 701 to 723. Repealed. Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42, 49 Stat. 1106
text: Sections, acts Apr. 21, 1934, ch. 157, §§ 1–2, 48 Stat. 598–606; Aug. 9, 1935, ch. 504, 49 Stat. 570; Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, §§ 39(a)–(e), 40–42, 49 Stat. 777, 778, related to placing of cotton industry on a sound commercial basis, to preventing unfair competition and practices in putting cotton into channels of interstate and foreign commerce and to providing funds for paying additional benefits under the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
heading: Collection of Unpaid Taxes
text: Act Mar. 2, 1936, ch. 112, 49 Stat. 1155, amending act Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42, 49 Stat. 1106, which repealed sections 701 to 723, provided that no tax, civil penalty, or interest which accrued under any provision of law repealed by said act Feb. 10, 1936, and which was uncollected on date of enactment of said act Feb. 10, 1936, was to be collected; and all liens for taxes, civil penalties, or interest arising out of taxes under such provisions of law were cancelled and released.
heading: Appropriations for Refunds and Payments of Processing and Related Taxes and Limitations Thereon
text: Acts June 25, 1938, ch. 681, 52 Stat. 1150; May 6, 1939, ch. 115, § 1, 53 Stat. 661, 662; Feb. 12, 1940, ch. 28, § 1, 54 Stat. 36; Mar. 25, 1940, ch. 71, title I, 54 Stat. 61; May 31, 1941, ch. 156, title I, § 1, 55 Stat. 219; Mar. 10, 1942, ch. 178, title I, § 1, 56 Stat. 156; June 30, 1943, ch. 179, title I, 57 Stat. 257; Apr. 22, 1944, ch. 175, title I, § 1, 58 Stat. 201; Apr. 24, 1945, ch. 92, title I, 59 Stat. 62; July 20, 1946, ch. 588, title I, 60 Stat. 574.
7 U.S.C. § 724 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 724. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Apr. 21, 1934, ch. 157, § 24, 48 Stat. 607, authorized Secretary of Agriculture to develop new and extended uses for cotton, and made available not to exceed $500,000 out of funds available to Secretary under section 612 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 725 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 725. Repealed. Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42, 49 Stat. 1106
text: Section, act Apr. 21, 1934, ch. 157, § 25, as added June 20, 1934, ch. 687, 48 Stat. 1184, related to issuance of tax exemption certificates.
heading: Collection of Unpaid Taxes
text: Act Mar. 2, 1936, ch. 112, 49 Stat. 1155, amending act Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42, 49 Stat. 1106, which repealed this section provided that no tax, civil penalty, or interest which accrued under any provision of law repealed by said act Feb. 10, 1936, and which was uncollected on date of enactment of said act Feb. 10, 1936, was to be collected; and all liens for taxes, civil penalties, or interest arising out of taxes under such provisions of law were cancelled and released.
7 U.S.C. § 726 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 726. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act June 6, 1934, ch. 409, 48 Stat. 911, related to administration of oaths for tax exemption certificates, and was rendered inoperative by repeal of sections 721 to 723 and 725 of this title by act Feb. 10, 1936, ch. 42, 49 Stat. 1106.