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7 U.S.C. § 476 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 476. Acreage reports
The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be issued a report on or before the 12th day of July of each year showing by States and in toto the estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed on or before the 12th day of August with an estimate of the acreage for harvest and on or before the 12th day of December with an estimate of the harvested acreage.
(May 27, 1912, ch. 135, § 1, 37 Stat. 118; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, § 6, 44 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 85–430, § 1, May 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 149; Pub. L. 92–331, § 2, June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 400.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act which enacted sections 471 to 474 of this title and amended sections 475 and 476 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 412 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1972—Pub. L. 92–331 substituted “12th” for “10th”, “on or before the 12th day of August” for “on August 1”, and “on or before the 12th day of December” for “on December 1”.
1958—Pub. L. 85–430 substituted provisions requiring report to show estimated acreage of cotton planted, to be followed with an estimate of acreage for harvest and an estimate of harvested acreage for provisions which required report to show number of acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1 of each year, followed with an estimate of acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1.
1927—Act Mar. 3, 1927, struck out “Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture”, substituted “on or before the 10th day of July” for “on or about the first Monday in July” and inserted “on July 1, to be followed on September 1 and December 1 with an estimate of the acreage of cotton abandoned since July 1” after “cultivation”.
7 U.S.C. § 491 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 491. Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty
After June 30, 1927, any person, firm, association, or corporation receiving any fruits, vegetables, melons, dairy, or poultry products or any perishable farm products of any kind or character, hereinafter referred to as produce, in interstate commerce, or in the District of Columbia, for or on behalf of another, who without good and sufficient cause therefor, shall destroy, or abandon, discard as refuse or dump any produce directly or indirectly, or through collusion with any person, or who shall knowingly and with intent to defraud make any false report or statement to the person, firm, association, or corporation from whom any produce was received, concerning the handling, condition, quality, quantity, sale, or disposition thereof, or who shall knowingly and with intent to defraud fail truly and correctly to account therefor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $3,000, or by imprisonment for a period of not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 309, § 1, 44 Stat. 1355.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section constitutes part of section 1 of act Mar. 3, 1927. Remainder of section 1 was classified to section 492 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 494 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 494. Rules and regulations; cooperation with States, etc., officers and employees; expenditures
The Secretary of Agriculture may make such rules and regulations as he may deem advisable to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person; and may call upon any Federal department, board, or commission for assistance in carrying out the purposes of this chapter; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees not in conflict with existing law and make such expenditure for rent, outside the District of Columbia, printing, telegrams, telephones, books of reference, books of law, periodicals, newspapers, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses as shall be deemed necessary to the administration of this chapter in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 309, § 3, 44 Stat. 1355.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section constitutes part of section 3 of act Mar. 3, 1927. Remainder of section 3 is classified to sections 495 and 496 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 495 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 495. Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary after the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1927 to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 309, § 3, 44 Stat. 1355.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section constitutes part of section 3 of act Mar. 3, 1927. Remainder of section 3 is classified to sections 494 and 496 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 496 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 496. Validity of other statutes dealing with same subject
This chapter shall not abrogate nor nullify any other statute, whether State or Federal, dealing with the same subjects as this chapter, but it is intended that all such statutes shall remain in full force and effect, except insofar only as they are inconsistent herewith or repugnant hereto.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 309, § 3, 44 Stat. 1355.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section constitutes part of section 3 of act Mar. 3, 1927. Remainder of section 3 is classified to sections 494 and 495 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499b–1 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499b–1. Products produced in distinct geographic areas
(a) In general
In the case of a perishable agricultural commodity (as defined under the Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act (7 U.S.C. 499a(4))— 1
(1) subject to a Federal marketing order under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
(2) traditionally identified as being produced in a distinct geographic area, State, or region; and
(3) the unique identity, based on such distinct geographic area, of which has been promoted with funds collected through producer contributions pursuant to such marketing order,
no person may use the unique name or geographical designation of such commodity to promote the sale of a similar commodity produced outside such area, State, or region.
(b) Penalties
A violation of this section shall be considered a violation of paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 2 of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (7 U.S.C. 499b(4) and (5)).
(c) Reimbursement
A person bringing a complaint under this section shall reimburse the Secretary of Agriculture for any and all costs associated with the enforcement of this section.
(d) Prohibition
The Secretary of Agriculture shall not increase any fees charged under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act [7 U.S.C. 499a et seq.] to offset costs associated with the operation of this section.
(e) Regulations
The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIII, § 1309, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3562.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act, and the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (d), probably mean the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, act June 10, 1930, ch. 436, 46 Stat. 531, as amended, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 499a et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 499a(a) of this title and Tables.
7 U.S.C. 499a(4), referred to in subsec. (a), was redesignated 7 U.S.C. 499a(b)(4) by Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1011(1)(A), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1898.
The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 26A (§ 671 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 674 of this title and Tables. The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 reenacted and amended the Agricultural Adjustment Act, 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: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 which comprises this chapter.
7 U.S.C. § 499i (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499i. Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty
Every commission merchant, dealer, and broker shall keep such accounts, records, and memoranda as fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in his business, including the true ownership of such business by stockholding or otherwise. If such accounts, records, and memoranda are not so kept, the Secretary may publish the facts and circumstances and/or, by order, suspend the license of the offender for a period not to exceed ninety days.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 9, 46 Stat. 535.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 559 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499j (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499j. Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty
Any order of the Secretary under this chapter other than an order for the payment of money shall take effect within such reasonable time, not less than ten days, as is prescribed in the order, and shall continue in force until his further order, or for a specified period of time, accordingly as it is prescribed in the order, unless such order is suspended, modified, or set aside by the Secretary or is suspended, modified, or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any such order of the Secretary, if regularly made, shall be final, unless before the date prescribed for its taking effect application is made to a court of competent jurisdiction by the commission merchant, dealer, or broker against whom such order is directed to have such order set aside or its enforcement, operation, or execution suspended or restrained.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 10, 46 Stat. 535.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 560 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499k (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499k. Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission
For the purposes of this chapter the provisions of all laws relating to the suspending or restraining of the enforcement, operation, or execution, or the setting-aside, in whole or in part, of the orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission are made applicable to orders of the Secretary under this chapter and to any person subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 11, 46 Stat. 535.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 561 of this title.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions
text: Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 1302 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49.
7 U.S.C. § 499l (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499l. Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs
The Secretary may report any violation of this chapter for which a civil penalty is provided to the Attorney General of the United States, who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United States without delay. The costs and expenses of such proceedings shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 12, 46 Stat. 536.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 562 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499o (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499o. Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes
The Secretary may make such rules, regulations, and orders as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephones, lawbooks, books of reference, publications, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses, including reporting services, as shall be necessary to the administration of this chapter in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, from the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act fund provided for by section 499c(b) of this title and any supplements to such fund, and as may be appropriated for by Congress; and there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for such purposes. This chapter shall not abrogate nor nullify any other statute, whether State or Federal, dealing with the same subjects of this chapter; but it is intended that all such statutes shall remain in full force and effect except insofar only as they are inconsistent herewith or repugnant hereto.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 15, 46 Stat. 537; June 15, 1950, ch. 254, § 3, 64 Stat. 218.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 565 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1950—Act June 15, 1950, provided for payment of administrative costs out of fund and any supplements thereto as well as by Congressional appropriations.
7 U.S.C. § 499p (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499p. Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents
In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting for or employed by any commission merchant, dealer, or broker, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such commission merchant, dealer, or broker as that of such agent, officer, or other person.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 16, 46 Stat. 538.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 566 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499q (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499q. Separability
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 17, 46 Stat. 538.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 567 of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499s (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499s. Depositing appropriations in fund
Any unexpended balances of appropriations for the current fiscal year, and any subsequent appropriations, made to carry out the Acts referred to in section 499c(b) of this title, may be deposited in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act fund.
(June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 19, as added June 15, 1950, ch. 254, § 4, 64 Stat. 218.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Acts referred to in section 499c(b) of this title, referred to in text, mean the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, which was translated to read “this chapter” and the Act to prevent the destruction or dumping of farm produce, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 309, 44 Stat. 1355, which is classified to chapter 20 (§ 491 et seq.) of this title.
7 U.S.C. § 499t (AGRICULTURE)
§ 499t. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, act June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 20, as added Aug. 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–414, § 2, 102 Stat. 1102, established Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Industry Advisory Committee, provided for its membership, compensation, etc., directed advisory committee to review Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act program and to make findings and recommendations to Congress and Secretary of Agriculture with respect to future operations of program, with an interim report not later than Sept. 30, 1989, and a final report not later than May 1, 1990, containing results of its review and recommendations, and provided that advisory committee cease to exist on date of its final report.
7 U.S.C. § 502 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 502. Standards for classification; returns and blanks
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish standards for the classification of leaf tobacco, and he is authorized to demonstrate such standards, to prepare and distribute samples thereof, and to make reasonable charges therefor. He shall specify the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades, which shall be included in the returns required by this chapter. The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare appropriate blanks upon which the returns shall be made, shall, upon request, furnish copies to persons who are required by this chapter to make returns, and such returns shall show the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as the Secretary may require.
(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 2, 45 Stat. 1079; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, § 2, 49 Stat. 894.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1935—Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted “and such returns shall show the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as the Secretary may require” in last sentence.
7 U.S.C. § 503 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 503. Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties
It shall be the duty of every dealer, manufacturer, quasi-manufacturer, growers’ cooperative association, warehouseman, broker, holder, or owner, other than the original grower, except such persons as are excluded by the proviso to section 501 of this title, to furnish within fifteen days after January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, completely and correctly, to the best of his knowledge, a report of the quantity of leaf tobacco on hand, segregated in accordance with the blanks furnished by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any person, firm, association, or corporation required by this chapter to furnish a report, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof who shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any of the information required by this chapter, or shall willfully give answers that are false or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $300 or more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 3, 45 Stat. 1080; July 14, 1932, ch. 480, § 2, 47 Stat. 663.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1932—Act July 14, 1932, made quasi-manufacturers subject to section.
7 U.S.C. § 505 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 505. Access to internal-revenue records
The Secretary of Agriculture shall have access to the tobacco records of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and of the several collectors of internal revenue for the purpose of obtaining lists of the persons subject to this chapter and for the purpose of aiding the collection of the information herein required, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the several collectors of internal revenue shall cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in effectuating the provisions of this chapter.
(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 5, 45 Stat. 1080; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, § 3, 49 Stat. 894.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1935—Act Aug. 27, 1935, reenacted section without change.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Abolition of Offices and Transfer of Functions
text: Offices of Internal Revenue Collector and Deputy Collector abolished by 1952 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 1, eff. Mar. 14, 1952, 17 F.R. 2243, 66 Stat. 823, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and by section 2 thereof a new office of district commissioner of internal revenue was established. Section 4 of the Plan transferred all functions, that had been vested by statute in any officer or employee of Bureau of Internal Revenue since effective date of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, to Secretary of the Treasury.
Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury, and functions of all agencies and employees of 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 those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, referred to in text, is an officer of Department of the Treasury.
7 U.S.C. § 506 (AGRICULTURE)
§ 506. Returns under oath; administration
The returns provided for in this chapter shall be made under oath before a collector or deputy collector of internal revenue, a postmaster, assistant postmaster, or anyone authorized to administer oaths by State or Federal law.
(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 6, 45 Stat. 1080.)
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Abolition of Offices and Transfer of Functions
text: See note under section 505 of this title.