2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 9 - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS (§§ 181 - 231)
Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 221 - 229c)
Section 228c - Federal preemption of State and local requirements

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9 - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 228c - Federal preemption of State and local requirements
Containssection 228c
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, §414, formerly §410, as added Pub. L. 94-410, §9, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 <!-- PDFPage:324 -->Stat. 1252; renumbered §414, Pub. L. 100-173, §9(1), Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 919.
Statutes at Large Reference101 Stat. 919
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 94-410, Public Law 100-173

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Federal preemption of State and local requirements - 7 U.S.C. § 228c (2013)
§228c. Federal preemption of State and local requirements

No requirement of any State or territory of the United States, or any subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, with respect to bonding of packers or prompt payment by packers for livestock purchases may be enforced upon any packer operating in compliance with the bonding provisions under section 204 of this title, and prompt payment provisions of section 228b of this title, respectively: Provided, That this section shall not preclude a State from enforcing a requirement, with respect to payment for livestock purchased by a packer at a stockyard subject to this chapter, which is not in conflict with this chapter or regulations thereunder: Provided further, That this section shall not preclude a State from enforcing State law or regulations with respect to any packer not subject to this chapter or section 204 of this title.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, §414, formerly §410, as added Pub. L. 94–410, §9, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1252; renumbered §414, Pub. L. 100–173, §9(1), Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 919.)

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