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1 SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL DEFINITIONS
2 SUBCHAPTER II—PACKERS GENERALLY
3 Part A—General Provisions
4 Part B—Swine Packer Marketing Contracts
5 SUBCHAPTER III—STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
6 SUBCHAPTER IV—LIVE POULTRY DEALERS AND HANDLERS
7 SUBCHAPTER V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
8 SUBCHAPTER VI—CHARGE FOR INSPECTION
9 Transfer of Functions
10 SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL DEFINITIONS
11 §181. Short title
11.1 Short Title of 1987 Amendment
11.2 Improved Investigative and Enforcement Activities Under This Chapter
12 §182. Definitions
12.3 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
12.4 Savings Provision
13 §183. When transaction deemed in commerce; “State” defined
14 SUBCHAPTER II—PACKERS GENERALLY
15 Part A—General Provisions
16 §191. “Packer” defined
17 §192. Unlawful practices enumerated
17.1 Amendment of Section
17.3 Termination Date of 1999 Amendment
17.4 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
18 §193. Procedure before Secretary for violations
18.1 (a) Complaint; hearing; intervention
18.2 (b) Report and order; penalty
18.3 (c) Amendment of report or order
18.4 (d) Service of process
18.5 Amendments
18.6 Change of Name
18.7 Transfer of Functions
19 §194. Conclusiveness of order; appeal and review
19.1 (a) Filing of petition; bond
19.2 (b) Filing of record by Secretary
19.3 (c) Temporary injunction
19.4 (d) Evidence
19.5 (e) Action by court
19.6 (f) Additional evidence
19.7 (g) Injunction
19.8 (h) Finality
19.9 Codification
19.10 Amendments
19.11 Change of Name
19.12 Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
20 §195. Punishment for violation of order
20.2 Change of Name
21 §196. Statutory trust established; livestock
21.1 (a) Protection of public interest from inadequate financing arrangements
21.2 (b) Livestock, inventories, receivables and proceeds held by packer in trust for benefit of unpaid cash sellers; time limitations; exempt packers; effect of dishonored instruments; preservation of trust benefits by seller
21.3 (c) Definition of cash sale
22 §197. Statutory trust established; poultry
22.1 (a) Protection of public interest from inadequate financing arrangements
22.2 (b) Poultry, inventories, receivables and proceeds held by dealer in trust for benefit of unpaid cash sellers or poultry growers
22.3 (c) Effect of dishonored instruments
22.4 (d) Preservation of trust benefit by seller or poultry grower
22.5 (e) Definition of cash sale
23 §197a. Production contracts
23.1 (a) Right of contract producers to cancel production contracts
23.3 (2) Disclosure
23.4 (b) Required disclosure of additional capital investments in production contracts
23.6 (2) Application
23.7 References in Text
23.9 Effective Date
24 §197b. Choice of law and venue
24.1 (a) Location of forum
24.2 (b) Choice of law
24.3 Codification
24.4 Effective Date
25 §197c. Arbitration
25.1 (a) In general
25.2 (b) Disclosure
25.3 (c) Dispute resolution
25.4 (d) Application
25.5 (e) Unlawful practice
25.6 (f) Regulations
25.7 References in Text
25.8 Codification
25.9 Effective Date
26 Part B—Swine Packer Marketing Contracts
26.1 Termination of Part
27 §198. Definitions
27.1 (1) Market
27.2 (2) Packer
27.3 (3) Pork
27.4 (4) Pork product
27.5 (5) State
27.6 (6) Swine
27.7 (7) Type of contract
27.8 (8) Other terms
27.9 Termination of Section
27.10 Termination Date
28 §198a. Swine packer marketing contracts offered to producers
28.2 (b) Availability
28.3 (c) Confidentiality
28.4 (d) Information collection
28.6 (2) Contracted swine numbers
28.7 (e) Violations
28.8 (f) Authorization of appropriations
28.9 Termination of Section
29 §198b. Report on the Secretary's jurisdiction, power, duties, and authorities
29.1 (a) Definition of packer
29.2 (b) Report
29.3 (c) Contents
29.4 Termination of Section
30 SUBCHAPTER III—STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
31 §201. “Stockyard owner”; “stockyard services”; “market agency”; “dealer”; defined
32 §202. “Stockyard” defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard
32.2 Transportation of Livestock
33 §203. Activity as stockyard dealer or market agency; benefits to business and welfare of stockyard; registration; penalty for failure to register
34 §204. Bond and suspension of registrants
35 §205. General duty as to services; revocation of registration
36 §206. Rates and charges generally; discrimination
37 §207. Schedule of rates
37.1 (a) Filing; public inspection
37.2 (b) Detail required; form
37.3 (c) Changes
37.4 (d) Rejection by Secretary
37.5 (e) Determination of lawfulness; hearing; suspension
37.6 (f) Suspension of operations; compliance
37.7 (g) Penalty
37.8 (h) Intentional violations; penalty
37.9 Amendments
38 §208. Unreasonable or discriminatory practices generally; rights of stockyard owner of management and regulation
39 §209. Liability to individuals for violations; enforcement generally
39.2 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
40 §210. Proceedings before Secretary for violations
40.1 (a) Complaint; response; satisfaction or investigation
40.2 (b) Complaints forwarded by agencies of a State or Territory
40.3 (c) Inquiries instituted by Secretary
40.4 (d) Damage to complainant not required
40.5 (e) Award and payment of damages
40.6 (f) Enforcement of orders
40.7 Amendments
41 §211. Order of Secretary as to charges or practices; prescribing rates and practices generally
42 §212. Prescribing rates and practices to prevent discrimination between intrastate and interstate commerce
43 §213. Prevention of unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive practices
44 §214. Effective date of orders
45 §215. Failure to obey orders; punishment
45.1 Change of Name
46 §216. Proceedings to enforce orders; injunction
46.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
47 §217. Proceedings for suspension of orders
47.1 Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions
48 §217a. Fees for inspection of brands or marks
48.1 (a) Authorization by Secretary; registration as market agency
48.2 (b) Applicability of section
48.3 (c) Collection and payment of charges
48.4 (d) Revocation of authorization or registration
48.5 Prior Provisions
48.6 Administrative Orders Review Act
49 SUBCHAPTER IV—LIVE POULTRY DEALERS AND HANDLERS
50 §§218 to 218d. Repealed. Pub. L. 100–173, §10, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 922
50.1 Effective Date of Repeal
51 SUBCHAPTER V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
52 §221. Accounts and records of business; punishment for failure to keep
52.2 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
52.3 Liens or Security Interests Against Livestock; Interagency Task Force To Recommend Method of Providing Information to Purchasers; Report to Congress
53 §222. Federal Trade Commission powers adopted for enforcement of chapter
53.2 Transfer of Functions
54 §223. Responsibility of principal for act or omission of agent
54.2 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
55 §224. Attorney General to institute court proceedings for enforcement
56 §225. Laws unaffected
56.3 Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
57 §226. Powers of Interstate Commerce Commission unaffected
57.2 Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions
58 §227. Powers of Federal Trade Commission and Secretary of Agriculture
58.1 (a) Omitted
58.2 (b) Jurisdiction of Federal Trade Commission
58.3 (c) Limitation of Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction
58.4 (d) Jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture except for poultry products
58.5 (e) Jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture regarding poultry products
58.6 (f) Information to be included in annual reports
58.7 Codification
58.8 Amendments
58.9 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
58.10 Transfer of Functions
58.11 Construction of 1987 Amendments
59 §228. Authority of Secretary
59.1 (a) Rules, regulations, and expenditures; appropriations
59.2 (b) Deductions from proceeds for financing promotional, educational, and research activities
59.3 (c) Budget estimate; testimony of Secretary before Congressional committees
59.4 (d) Development and promulgation of rules governing hearings
59.5 (e) Definitions
59.6 Amendments
59.7 Regulations
60 §228a. Authority of Secretary to request temporary injunction or restraining order
60.2 Prior Provisions
60.3 Amendments
60.4 Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
61 §228b. Prompt payment for purchase of livestock
61.1 (a) Full amount of purchase price required; methods of payment
61.2 (b) Waiver of prompt payment by written agreement; disclosure requirements
61.3 (c) Delay in payment or attempt to delay deemed unfair practice
62 §228b–1. Final date for making payment to cash seller or poultry grower
62.1 (a) Delivery of full amount due
62.2 (b) Delay or attempt to delay collection of funds as “unfair practice”
62.3 (c) Definition of cash sale
62.4 Prior Provisions
62.5 Effective Date
63 §228b–2. Violations by live poultry dealers
63.1 (a) Written complaint by Secretary; hearing; intervention; amended complaint
63.2 (b) Report on findings of fact by Secretary; cease and desist order; assessment of civil penalty; action by Attorney General upon live poultry dealer's failure to pay penalty
63.3 (c) Amendment or setting aside of report or order
63.4 (d) Service of complaints, orders, and other processes
63.5 Prior Provisions
63.6 Effective Date
64 §228b–3. Judicial review of order regarding live poultry dealer
64.1 (a) Finality of order unless appeal to court of appeals; time limit; bond
64.2 (b) Notification of appeal to Secretary; filing of record with court
64.3 (c) Issuance of temporary injunction
64.4 (d) Evidence in record as evidence in case; expedited proceedings
64.5 (e) Action by court
64.6 (f) Taking of additional evidence; modified or additional findings by Secretary
64.7 (g) Affirmance or modification of order as injunction
64.8 (h) Exclusive jurisdiction of court of appeals; finality of decree; appeal to Supreme Court; stay of decree
64.9 Effective Date
65 §228b–4. Violation of final order by live poultry dealer; penalty
65.1 Effective Date
66 §228c. Federal preemption of State and local requirements
67 §228d. Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries
67.1 Prior Provisions
68 §229. Annual report
68.1 (a) In general
68.2 (b) Format of information provided
68.3 Repeal of Section
68.4 Codification
68.5 Prior Provisions
68.6 Effective Date of Repeal
68.7 Effective Date
69 §229a. Repealed. Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, §913(a), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1205
69.1 Termination of Repeal
69.2 Termination Date of Repeal
70 §229b. Right to discuss terms of contract
70.1 (a) Definitions
70.2 (1) Producer
70.3 (2) Processor
70.4 (b) No prohibition of discussion
70.5 (c) Effect on State laws
70.6 (d) Applicability
70.7 Codification
71 §229c. Separability
72 SUBCHAPTER VI—CHARGE FOR INSPECTION
73 §231. Omitted
Sec.181.Short title.182.Definitions.183.When transaction deemed in commerce; “State” defined. SUBCHAPTER II—PACKERS GENERALLY
191.“Packer” defined.192.Unlawful practices enumerated.193.Procedure before Secretary for violations.194.Conclusiveness of order; appeal and review.195.Punishment for violation of order.196.Statutory trust established; livestock.197.Statutory trust established; poultry.197a.Production contracts.197b.Choice of law and venue.197c.Arbitration. Part B—Swine Packer Marketing Contracts
198.Definitions.198a.Swine packer marketing contracts offered to producers.198b.Report on the Secretary's jurisdiction, power, duties, and authorities. SUBCHAPTER III—STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS
201.“Stockyard owner”; “stockyard services”; “market agency”; “dealer”; defined.202.“Stockyard” defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard.203.Activity as stockyard dealer or market agency; benefits to business and welfare of stockyard; registration; penalty for failure to register.204.Bond and suspension of registrants.205.General duty as to services; revocation of registration.206.Rates and charges generally; discrimination.207.Schedule of rates.208.Unreasonable or discriminatory practices generally; rights of stockyard owner of management and regulation.209.Liability to individuals for violations; enforcement generally.210.Proceedings before Secretary for violations.211.Order of Secretary as to charges or practices; prescribing rates and practices generally.212.Prescribing rates and practices to prevent discrimination between intrastate and interstate commerce.213.Prevention of unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive practices.214.Effective date of orders.215.Failure to obey orders; punishment.216.Proceedings to enforce orders; injunction.217.Proceedings for suspension of orders.217a.Fees for inspection of brands or marks. SUBCHAPTER IV—LIVE POULTRY DEALERS AND HANDLERS
218 to 218d. Repealed. SUBCHAPTER V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
221.Accounts and records of business; punishment for failure to keep.222.Federal Trade Commission powers adopted for enforcement of chapter.223.Responsibility of principal for act or omission of agent.224.Attorney General to institute court proceedings for enforcement.225.Laws unaffected.226.Powers of Interstate Commerce Commission unaffected.227.Powers of Federal Trade Commission and Secretary of Agriculture.228.Authority of Secretary.228a.Authority of Secretary to request temporary injunction or restraining order.228b.Prompt payment for purchase of livestock.228b–1.Final date for making payment to cash seller or poultry grower.228b–2.Violations by live poultry dealers.228b–3.Judicial review of order regarding live poultry dealer.228b–4.Violation of final order by live poultry dealer; penalty.228c.Federal preemption of State and local requirements.228d.Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries.229.Annual report.229a.Repealed.229b.Right to discuss terms of contract.229c.Separability. SUBCHAPTER VI—CHARGE FOR INSPECTION
231.Omitted. Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 100–173, §1, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 917, provided that: “This Act (enacting sections 197 and 228b–1 to 228b–4 of this title, amending sections 182, 192, 209, 221, 223, 227, and 228a of this title, repealing sections 218 to 218d of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 182 and 227 of this title) may be cited as the ‘Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987’.”
“(a) Implementation of General Accounting Office (now Government Accountability Office) Recommendations.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act (Nov. 9, 2000), the Secretary of Agriculture shall implement the recommendations contained in the report issued by the General Accounting Office (now Government Accountability Office) entitled ‘Packers and Stockyards Programs: Actions Needed to Improve Investigations of Competitive Practices’, GAO/RCED–00–242, dated September 21, 2000.
(2) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture;
(3) The term “meat food products” means all products and byproducts of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry—if edible;
(4) The term “livestock” means cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats—whether live or dead;
(5) The term “livestock products” means all products and byproducts (other than meats and meat food products) of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry derived in whole or in part from livestock;
(6) The term “poultry” means chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domestic fowl;
(7) The term “poultry product” means any product or byproduct of the business of slaughtering poultry and processing poultry after slaughter;
(8) The term “poultry grower” means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for live poultry for slaughter by another, whether the poultry is owned by such person or by another, but not an employee of the owner of such poultry;
(9) The term “poultry growing arrangement” means any growout contract, marketing agreement, or other arrangement under which a poultry grower raises and cares for live poultry for delivery, in accord with another's instructions, for slaughter;
(10) The term “live poultry dealer” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining live poultry by purchase or under a poultry growing arrangement for the purpose of either slaughtering it or selling it for slaughter by another, if poultry is obtained by such person in commerce, or if poultry obtained by such person is sold or shipped in commerce, or if poultry products from poultry obtained by such person are sold or shipped in commerce; and
(11) The term “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.
(12) Swine contractor.—The term “swine contractor” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining swine under a swine production contract for the purpose of slaughtering the swine or selling the swine for slaughter, if—
(13) Swine production contract.—The term “swine production contract” means any growout contract or other arrangement under which a swine production contract grower raises and cares for the swine in accordance with the instructions of another person.
(14) Swine production contract grower.—The term “swine production contract grower” means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for swine in accordance with the instructions of another person.
1976—Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 94–410 substituted “livestock” for “live stock” in par. (4) and for “live-stock” in par. (5).
Section 12 of Pub. L. 100–173 provided that: “This Act and the amendments made by this Act (enacting sections 197 and 228b–1 to 228b–4 of this title, amending this section and sections 192, 209, 221, 223, 227, and 228a of this title, repealing sections 218 to 218d of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 181 and 227 of this title) shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act (Nov. 23, 1987).”
Section 10 of Pub. L. 94–410 provided that: “Pending proceedings shall not be abated by reason of any provision of this Act (enacting sections 196 and 228a to 228c of this title and amending this section and sections 183, 191–193, 201, 204, 207, 209, 210, 212, 213, 228, and 229 of this title), but shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (this chapter), and the Act of July 12, 1943 (section 204 of this title), in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Act (Sept. 13, 1976).”
§183. When transaction deemed in commerce; “State” defined
For the purpose of this chapter (but not in anywise limiting the definition in section 182 of this title) a transaction in respect to any article shall be considered to be in commerce if such article is part of that current of commerce usual in the livestock and meat-packing industries, whereby livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, or eggs, 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 slaughter of livestock within the State and the shipment outside the State of the products resulting from such slaughter. Articles 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 section the word “State” includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of the United States, and foreign nation.
1976—Pub. L. 94–410 substituted “livestock” for “live stock” and “live-stock” wherever appearing.
§191. “Packer” defined
When used in this chapter the term “packer” means any person engaged in the business (a) of buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter, or (b) of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for sale or shipment in commerce, or (c) of marketing meats, meat food products, or livestock products in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce.
1976—Pub. L. 94–410 substituted definition of “packer” for former definition which included provisions dealing with direct or indirect control of specified businesses through stock ownership or otherwise.
2002—Pub. L. 107–171, §10502(b)(1), substituted “packer or swine contractor” for “packer” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–171, §10502(b)(2)(A), inserted “, swine contractor,” after “other packer” in two places.
1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–78, §§912, 942, temporarily struck out “whatsoever” after “locality in any respect” and after “disadvantage in any respect”. See Termination Date of 1999 Amendment note below.
1987—Pub. L. 100–173, §3(1), substituted “for any packer with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, or livestock products in unmanufactured form, or for any live poultry dealer with respect to live poultry, to” for “with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, poultry, or poultry products for any packer or any live poultry dealer or handler to” in introductory provisions.
Par. (c). Pub. L. 100–173, §3(2), struck out reference to poultry handlers wherever appearing and substituted “such persons” for “such packers”.
1935—Act Aug. 15, 1921, title V, §503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, inserted “or any live poultry dealer or handler” after “packer” wherever appearing.
2002—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “packer or swine contractor” for “packer” wherever appearing.
1958—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–791 struck out “a transcript of” after “until”.
1958—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85–791 §6(b), substituted “thereupon file in the court” for “forthwith prepare, certify, and file in the court a full and accurate transcript of”, and “as provided in section 2112 of Title 28” for “including the complaint, the evidence, and the report and order” in first sentence, and “record” for “transcript” in second sentence.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–791, §6(b), substituted “petition” for “transcript”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 85–791, §6(b), struck out “duly certified” after “admitted”.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 85–791, §6(c), substituted “jurisdiction, which upon the finding of the record with it shall be exclusive,” for “exclusive jurisdiction,” and section “1254” for “347”.
A poultry growing arrangement or swine production contract shall contain on the first page a statement identified as “Additional Capital Investments Disclosure Statement”, which shall conspicuously state that additional large capital investments may be required of the poultry grower or swine production contract grower during the term of the poultry growing arrangement or swine production contract.
The term “market” means the sale or disposition of swine, pork, or pork products in commerce.
The term “packer” has the meaning given the term in section 1635i of this title.
The term “pork” means the meat of a porcine animal.
The term “pork product” means a product or byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
The term “swine” means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.
The term “type of contract” means the classification of contracts or risk management agreements for the purchase of swine by—
Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to swine producers for the purchase of all or part of the producers’ production of swine (including swine that are purchased or committed for delivery), including all available noncarcass merit premiums.
The Secretary shall make available to swine producers and other interested persons information on the types of contracts described in subsection (a) of this section, including notice (on a real-time basis if practicable) of the types of contracts that are being offered by each individual packer to, and are open to acceptance by, producers for the purchase of swine.
The reporting requirements under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be subject to the confidentiality protections provided under section 1636 of this title.
In this section, the term “packer” has the meaning given the term in section 191 of this title.
§201. “Stockyard owner”; “stockyard services”; “market agency”; “dealer”; defined
(a) The term “stockyard owner” means any person engaged in the business of conducting or operating a stockyard;
(b) The term “stockyard services” means services or facilities furnished at a stockyard in connection with the receiving, buying, or selling on a commission basis or otherwise, marketing, feeding, watering, holding, delivery, shipment, weighing, or handling in commerce, of livestock;
(c) The term “market agency” means any person engaged in the business of (1) buying or selling in commerce livestock on a commission basis or (2) furnishing stockyard services; and
(d) The term “dealer” means any person, not a market agency, engaged in the business of buying or selling in commerce livestock, either on his own account or as the employee or agent of the vendor or purchaser.
1976—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 94–410 substituted “livestock” for “live stock”.
1958—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “at a stockyard” after “livestock”.
§202. “Stockyard” defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard
(a) When used in this subchapter the term “stockyard” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.
Section 2(2) of Pub. L. 85–909 provided in part: “That nothing herein (this section) shall be deemed as a definition of the term ‘public stockyards’ as used in section 15(5) of the Interstate Commerce Act (former 49 U.S.C. 15(5)).”
After the expiration of the sixty days referred to in subsection (a) of this section, no person shall carry on the business of a stockyard owner or market agency unless the rates and charges for the stockyard services furnished at the stockyard have been filed and published in accordance with this section and the orders of the Secretary made thereunder; nor charge, demand, or collect a greater or less or different compensation for such services than the rates and charges specified in the schedules filed and in effect at the time; nor refund or remit in any manner any portion of the rates or charges so specified (but this shall not prohibit a cooperative association of producers from bona fide returning to its members, on a patronage basis, its excess earnings on their livestock, subject to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe); nor extend to any person at such stockyard any stockyard services except such as are specified in such schedules.
The Secretary, at the request of the livestock commissioner, board of agriculture, or other agency of a State or Territory, having jurisdiction over stockyards in such State or Territory, shall investigate any complaint forwarded by such agency in like manner and with the same authority and powers as in the case of a complaint made under subsection (a) of this section.
1978—Pub. L. 95–409, §1(b)(1), in provision preceding subsec. (a), substituted “violative of section 205, 206 or 208 of this title” for “unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory”.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–409, §1(b)(2), substituted “May in accordance with the standard set forth in section 206 of this title determine and prescribe what will be the rate” for “May determine and prescribe what will be the just and reasonable rate”, and “as the maximum or minimum or both” for “as both the maximum and minimum”, and inserted proviso relating to prescription by the Secretary of rates or charges on a percentage or per head basis at the election of the owner or agency or any other basis unless violative of section 206 of this title.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–409, §1(b)(3), substituted “other than the rate or charge or rates or charges” for “more or less than the rate or charge”.
(b) Whenever complaint is made to the Secretary by any person, or whenever the Secretary has reason to believe, that any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer is violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary after notice and full hearing may make an order that he shall cease and desist from continuing such violation to the extent that the Secretary finds that it does or will exist. The Secretary may also assess a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation. In determining the amount of the civil penalty to be assessed under this section, the Secretary shall consider the gravity of the offense, the size of the business involved, and the effect of the penalty on the person's ability to continue in business. If, after the lapse of the period allowed for appeal or after the affirmance of such penalty, the person against whom the civil penalty is assessed fails to pay such penalty, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General who may recover such penalty by an action in the appropriate district court of the United States.
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–410, §3(a), (c), struck out “in commerce” after “or handling” and substituted “livestock” for “live stock”.
1968—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–446 inserted “determining whether persons should be authorized to operate at stockyards, or with” after “in connection with”.
1958—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “at a stockyard” after “in commerce”.
Section 218b, act Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title V, §503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 532, 49 Stat. 649, defined “live poultry dealer”.
1987—Pub. L. 100–173 substituted “, any live poultry dealer,” for “or any live poultry dealer or handler,”.
1935—Act Aug. 15, 1921, §503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, purported to insert “or any live poultry dealer or handler” after “packer” but word “packer” does not appear in this section.
2002—Pub. L. 107–171 inserted “any swine contractor, and” after “packer,” in two places.
1987—Pub. L. 100–173 substituted “, any live poultry dealer,” for “or any live poultry dealer or handler,” in two places.
1935—Act Aug. 15, 1921, title V, §503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, purported to insert “or any live poultry dealer or handler” after “packer” but word “packer” does not appear in this section.
(a) To prevent or interfere with the enforcement of, or the procedure under, the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” approved July 2, 1890, the Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,” approved October 15, 1914, the Interstate Commerce Act as amended, the Act entitled “An Act to promote export trade, and for other purposes,” approved April 10, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 61 et seq.) or sections 73 to 76, inclusive, of the Act of August 27, 1894, entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,” as amended by the Act entitled “An Act to amend sections seventy-three and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,’ ” approved February 12, 1913, or
The Act entitled “An Act to promote export trade and for other purposes”, approved April 10, 1918, referred to in subsec. (a), means act Apr. 10, 1918, ch. 50, 40 Stat. 516, known as the Webb-Pomerene Act, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§61 et seq.) of chapter 2 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 66 of Title 15 and Tables.
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 substituted “sections 73 to 76” for “sections 73 to 77”.
1991—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102–237 struck out comma after “unmanufactured form,”.
1987—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100–173, §7(1)(A)(ii), which directed insertion of “or” before “livestock products in unmanufactured form.” was executed by making insertion before “livestock products in unmanufactured form,” as the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 100–173, §7(1)(A)(i), struck out “or poultry products” after “in unmanufactured form,”.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100–173, §7(1)(B), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “Over all transactions in commerce in margarine or oleomargarine and over retail sales of meat, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, and poultry products.”
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–173, §7(2), amended subsec. (d) generally, striking out reference to poultry products in two places and substituting “10 days” for “ten days”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100–173, §7(3), (5), redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f) and substituted “subsections (b), (d), and (e)” for “subsections (b) and (d)”.
Section 11 of Pub. L. 100–173 provided that:
“(a) General Rule.—The amendments made by this Act (see Short Title of 1987 Amendment note set out under section 181 of this title) to the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), shall not be construed to limit or otherwise affect the power or jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) to prevent the use of—
“(b) Secretary's Authority.—Subsection (a) shall not be construed to limit or otherwise affect the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 406(e), as amended, of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 227(e)).”
For the purposes of subsection (d) of this section—
(1) the term “unit of local government” means a county, municipality, town, township, village, or other unit of general government below the State level; and
(2) the term “geographic area within a State” means a special purpose district or other region recognized for governmental purposes within such State which is not a unit of local government.
1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–354, §293(b)(1), (2), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Secretary shall maintain within the Department of Agriculture a separate enforcement unit to administer and enforce subchapter II of this chapter.”
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 103–354, §293(b)(2), (3), redesignated subsecs. (d) to (f) as (c) to (e), respectively, and in subsec. (e) substituted “subsection (d)” for “subsection (e)”.
Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, §11006, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1358, and Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XI, §11006, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2120, provided that: “As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act (June 18, 2008), the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations with respect to the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) to establish criteria that the Secretary will consider in determining—
A prior section 408 of act Aug. 15, 1921, was renumbered section 416 and is classified to section 229 of this title.
Each packer, market agency, or dealer purchasing livestock shall, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of possession thereof, deliver to the seller or his duly authorized representative the full amount of the purchase price: Provided, That each packer, market agency, or dealer purchasing livestock for slaughter shall, before the close of the next business day following purchase of livestock and transfer of possession thereof, actually deliver at the point of transfer of possession to the seller or his duly authorized representative a check or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price; or, in the case of a purchase on a carcass or “grade and yield” basis, the purchaser shall make payment by check at the point of transfer of possession or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price not later than the close of the first business day following determination of the purchase price: Provided further, That if the seller or his duly authorized representative is not present to receive payment at the point of transfer of possession, as herein provided, the packer, market agency or dealer shall wire transfer funds or place a check in the United States mail for the full amount of the purchase price, properly addressed to the seller, within the time limits specified in this subsection, such action being deemed compliance with the requirement for prompt payment.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the parties to the purchase and sale of livestock may expressly agree in writing, before such purchase or sale, to effect payment in a manner other than that required in subsection (a) of this section. Any such agreement shall be disclosed in the records of any market agency or dealer selling the livestock, and in the purchaser's records and on the accounts or other documents issued by the purchaser relating to the transaction.
Any delay or attempt to delay by a market agency, dealer, or packer purchasing livestock, the collection of funds as herein provided, or otherwise for the purpose of or resulting in extending the normal period of payment for such livestock shall be considered an “unfair practice” in violation of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the meaning of the term “unfair practice” as used in this chapter.
(b) Delay or attempt to delay collection of funds as “unfair practice”
Any delay or attempt to delay, by a live poultry dealer which is a party to any such transaction, the collection of funds as herein provided, or otherwise for the purpose of or resulting in extending the normal period of payment for poultry obtained by poultry growing arrangement or purchased in a cash sale, shall be considered an “unfair practice” in violation of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the meaning of the term “unfair practice” as used in this chapter.
A prior section 415 of act Aug. 15, 1921, was renumbered section 416 and is classified to section 229 of this title.
§229. Annual report
(1) states, for the preceding year, separately for livestock and poultry and separately by enforcement area category (financial, trade practice, or competitive acts and practices), with respect to investigations into possible violations of this chapter—
(A) the number of investigations opened;
(B) the number of investigations that were closed or settled without a referral to the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture;
(C) for investigations described in subparagraph (B), the length of time from initiation of the investigation to when the investigation was closed or settled without the filing of an enforcement complaint;
(D) the number of investigations that resulted in referral to the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture for further action, the number of such referrals resolved without administrative enforcement action, and the number of enforcement actions filed by the General Counsel;
(E) for referrals to the General Counsel that resulted in an administrative enforcement action being filed, the length of time from the referral to the filing of the administrative action;
(F) for referrals to the General Counsel that resulted in an administrative enforcement action being filed, the length of time from filing to resolution of the administrative enforcement action;
(G) the number of investigations that resulted in referral to the Department of Justice for further action, and the number of civil enforcement actions filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Secretary pursuant to such a referral;
(H) for referrals that resulted in a civil enforcement action being filed by the Department of Justice, the length of time from the referral to the filing of the enforcement action;
(I) for referrals that resulted in a civil enforcement action being filed by the Department of Justice, the length of time from the filing of the enforcement action to resolution; and
(J) the average civil penalty imposed in administrative or civil enforcement actions for violations of this chapter, and the total amount of civil penalties imposed in all such enforcement actions; and
(2) includes any other additional information the Secretary considers important to include in the annual report.
(b) Format of information provided
For subparagraphs (C), (E), (F), and (H) of subsection (a)(1), the Secretary may, if appropriate due to the number of complaints for a given category, provide summary statistics (including range, maximum, minimum, mean, and average times) and graphical representations.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, §416, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, §11004(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1355, and Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XI, §11004(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2117.)
Pub. L. 110–246, title XI, §11004(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 2118, provided that, effective Sept. 30, 2012, this section is repealed.
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections and contained identical future repeals of this section. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Pub. L. 110–234, title XI, 11004(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1356, and Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XI, §11004(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2118, provided that the repeal of this section is effective Sept. 30, 2012.
Section, act Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, §416, as added Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) (title XI, §1127(a)), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–46, related to mandatory domestic reporting pilot investigation.
The term “producer” means any person engaged in the raising and caring for livestock or poultry for slaughter.
The term “processor” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining livestock or poultry for the purpose of slaughtering the livestock or poultry.
Subsection (b) of this section does not—
(1) preempt any State law that addresses confidentiality provisions in contracts for the sale or production of livestock or poultry, except any provision of State law that makes lawful a contract provision that prohibits a party from, or limits a party in, engaging in discussion that subsection (b) of this section requires to be permitted; or
This section applies to each contract described in subsection (b) of this section that is entered into, amended, renewed, or extended after May 13, 2002.
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