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[USC02] 7 USC Ch. 21A: TOBACCO INSPECTION
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7 USC Ch. 21A: TOBACCO INSPECTION
CHAPTER 21A—TOBACCO INSPECTION
(a) "Person" includes partnerships, associations, and corporations, as well as individuals.
(b) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.
(c) "Inspector" means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to determine and certify the type, grade, condition, or other characteristics of tobacco.
(d) "Sampler" means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to select, tag, and seal official samples of tobacco.
(e) "Weigher" means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to weigh and certify the weight of tobacco.
(f) "Tobacco" means tobacco in its unmanufactured form.
(g) "Auction market" means a market or place to which tobacco is delivered by the producers thereof, or their agents, for sale at auction through a warehouseman or commission merchant.
(h) Words in the singular form shall be deemed to import the plural form when necessary.
(i) "Commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession, or the District of Columbia. For the purposes of this chapter (but not in any wise limiting the foregoing definition) a transaction in respect to tobacco shall be considered to be in commerce if such tobacco is part of that current of commerce usual in the tobacco industry whereby tobacco or products manufactured therefrom are sent from one State with the expectation that they will end their transit, after purchase, in another, including, in addition to cases within the above general description, all cases where purchase or sale is either for shipment to another State or for manufacture within the State and the shipment outside the State of the products resulting from such manufacture. Tobacco normally in such current of commerce shall not be considered out of such current through resort being had to any means or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this paragraph the word "State" includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of the United States, and foreign nations.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §1, 49 Stat. 731.)
§511a. Declaration of purpose
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §2, 49 Stat. 731.)
§511b. Official standards for classification; tentative standards; modification
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §3, 49 Stat. 732.)
§511c. Demonstration of official standards; samples; cost
The Secretary is authorized to demonstrate the official standards; to prepare and distribute, upon request, samples, illustrations, or sets thereof; and to make reasonable charges therefore: Provided, That in no event shall charges be in excess of the cost of said samples, illustrations, and services so rendered.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §4, 49 Stat. 732.)
§511d. Designation of markets; manner; inspection and related services; fees and charges
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §5, 49 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 97–35, title I, §157(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 374; Pub. L. 99–272, title I, §1111, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 99.)
1986—Pub. L. 99–272 inserted "late payment penalties, and interest earned from the investment of such funds," in ninth sentence, substituted "The fees and charges authorized in this section shall be assessed" for "Such fees and charges shall be assessed", and inserted provision relating to the investment of any funds realized from collection of fees or charges in insured or fully collateralized, interest-bearing accounts or in United States Government debt instruments, the income therefrom to be used to pay expenses incident to providing services under this chapter or reinvested.
1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted provisions requiring the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges for inspection, certification, establishment of standards, and other services at designated auction markets, for provisions prohibiting imposition or collection of fees or charges for inspection or certification at markets.
Pub. L. 97–35, title I, §157(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 375, provided that: "The provisions of this section [amending this section and section 511e of this title] shall become effective October 1, 1981."
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 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.
§511e. Sampling and weighing; cost; disposition of moneys received; expenses; purpose
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §6, 49 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 97–35, title I, §157(a)(2), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 375.)
1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted provisions requiring the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges to cover cost of services, for provisions authorizing the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges as he deems reasonable and provisions respecting fees or charges collected under an agreement with a State, etc.
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 157(b) of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 511d of this title.
§511f. Reinspection and appeal inspection; certificate as evidence
The Secretary shall provide for such reinspection or appeal inspection of tobacco as he may deem necessary for the confirmation or reversal of certificates issued under this chapter. Each inspection certificate issued under this chapter, unless invalidated or superseded in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary, shall be received in all courts and by all officers and employees of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §7, 49 Stat. 733.)
§511g. Placing of grade on warehouse tickets, etc.; form
Warehousemen shall provide space on warehouse tickets or other tags or labels used by them for showing the grade of the lot covered thereby as determined by an authorized tobacco inspector under this chapter. The Secretary may prescribe, by regulation, the form in which such certification of grade shall be shown, and may require that a copy of such warehouse ticket, tag, or label shall be furnished to the Secretary.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §8, 49 Stat. 733.)
§511h. Publication of information relating to tobacco
The Secretary is authorized to collect, publish, and distribute, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise without cost to the grower, timely information on the market supply and demand, location, disposition, quality, condition, and market prices for tobacco.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §9, 49 Stat. 733.)
§511i. Offenses
(a) For any person to use the words "United States", "Government", or "Federal", or any abbreviation thereof, in, or in connection with, any statement relating to the grade of tobacco when such grade is not, in fact, one of the grades for tobacco according to the standards of the United States.
(b) For any person falsely to make, issue, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or aid, cause, procure, or assist in or be a party to the false making, issuing, altering, forging, or counterfeiting of any certificate, stamp, tag, seal, label, or other writing purporting to be issued or authorized under this chapter.
(c) For any person, not an authorized inspector under this chapter, to issue a certificate or report stating the type, grade, size, or condition of any lot of tobacco to be in accordance with the standards of the United States therefor which is of such color, size, arrangement, or wording as to be mistaken for a certificate issued under this chapter, unless such certificate states in prominent letters in its heading that it is not issued under authority of the United States.
(d) For any person employed, designated, or licensed by the Secretary as an inspector, sampler, or weigher of tobacco under this chapter knowingly to inspect, sample, or weigh improperly, or to issue any false certificate under this chapter, or to accept money or other consideration, directly or indirectly, for any neglect or improper performance of duty as an inspector, sampler or weigher.
(e) For any person improperly to influence or to attempt improperly to influence or forcibly to assault, resist, impede, or interfere with any inspector, sampler, weigher, or other person employed, designated, or licensed by the Secretary in the execution of his duties under this chapter: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall operate to prevent the owner of tobacco from appealing or protesting, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, the grade certified for his tobacco.
(f) For any person falsely to represent or otherwise indicate that he is authorized by the Secretary to inspect, sample, or weigh tobacco under this chapter.
(g) For any person to substitute, or attempt to substitute, following inspection or sampling or weighing under this chapter, other tobacco for tobacco actually inspected or sampled or weighed, or in the case of tobacco inspected in auction warehouses for any person not so authorized by the Secretary to remove any certificate of grade from any lot of tobacco prior to the sale of such lot.
(h) For any person falsely to represent that tobacco has been inspected, sampled, or weighed under this chapter; or knowingly to have made any false representation concerning tobacco inspected under this chapter; or knowing that tobacco is to be offered for inspection or sampling under this chapter to load, pack, or arrange such tobacco in such manner as knowingly to conceal foreign matter or tobacco of inferior grade, quality, or condition; or for any person knowing that tobacco has been so loaded, packed, or arranged, to offer it for inspection or sampling without disclosing such knowledge to the inspector or sampler before inspection or sampling.
(i) For any person willfully to alter an official sample of tobacco by removing or plucking leaves or otherwise, or for any person knowing that an official sample of tobacco has been so altered, thereafter to represent such sample as an official sample.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §10, 49 Stat. 733.)
§511j. Publication of violations
The Secretary is authorized to publish the facts regarding any violation of this chapter.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §11, 49 Stat. 734.)
§511k. Penalty for violations
Any person violating any provision of sections 511d and 511i of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §12, 49 Stat. 734.)
§511l. Act of agent as that of principal
In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter; 1 the act; 1 omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting for or employed by an association, partnership, corporation, or firm, within the scope of his employment or office, shall be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of the association, partnership, corporation, or firm, as well as that of the person.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §13, 49 Stat. 734.)
§511m. Regulation; hearings; employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §14, 49 Stat. 734; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, §202(28), title XI, §1106(a), 63 Stat. 956, 972.)
§511n. Hearings; examination of witnesses; refusal to testify or produce evidence
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §15, 49 Stat. 735.)
§511o. Separability
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance 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.
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §16, 49 Stat. 735.)
§511p. Delegation of duties by Secretary of Agriculture
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §17, 49 Stat. 735.)
§511q. Short title
This chapter may be cited as "The Tobacco Inspection Act."
(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, §18, 49 Stat. 735.)
§511r. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, §611(b), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522
Section, Pub. L. 98–180, title II, §213, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1149; Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, §§1161, 1166, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1498, 1501; Pub. L. 100–418, title I, §1214(b), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1156; Pub. L. 101–508, title I, §1204(c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–11; Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, §2511, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4073; Pub. L. 103–66, title I, §1106(c), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 323, related to inspection of imported tobacco.
§511s. Grading of tobacco
Not later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") shall conduct referenda among producers of each kind of tobacco that is eligible for price support under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to determine whether such producers favor the mandatory grading of that kind of tobacco by the Secretary.
(2) Mandatory grading
If the Secretary determines that mandatory grading is favored by a majority of the producers of a kind of tobacco voting in the referendum, the Secretary is authorized and directed to ensure that the kind of tobacco is graded at the time of sale effective for the 2002 and subsequent marketing years.
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall establish, collect, and use fees for the grading of tobacco required under this section in the same manner as user fees for the grading of tobacco sold at auction authorized under the Tobacco Inspection Act (7 U.S.C. 511 et seq.).
A determination by the Secretary under this section shall not be subject to judicial review.
(Pub. L. 107–76, title VII, §759(a), Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 741.)