2015 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 9 - Packers and Stockyards (Sections 181 - 231)
Subchapter II - Packers Generally (Sections 191 - 198b)
Part B - Swine Packer Marketing Contracts (Sections 198 - 198b)
Sec. 198 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 9 - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS SUBCHAPTER II - PACKERS GENERALLY Part B - Swine Packer Marketing Contracts Sec. 198 - Definitions |
Contains | section 198 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, §221, as added Pub. L. 106-78, title IX, §934(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1208. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 113 Stat. 1208 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 106-78 |
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Except as provided in section 198b(a) of this title, in this part:
(1) MarketThe term "market" means the sale or disposition of swine, pork, or pork products in commerce.
(2) PackerThe term "packer" has the meaning given the term in section 1635i of this title.
(3) PorkThe term "pork" means the meat of a porcine animal.
(4) Pork productThe term "pork product" means a product or byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
(5) StateThe term "State" means each of the 50 States.
(6) SwineThe term "swine" means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.
(7) Type of contractThe term "type of contract" means the classification of contracts or risk management agreements for the purchase of swine by—
(A) the mechanism used to determine the base price for swine committed to a packer, grouped into practicable classifications by the Secretary (including swine or pork market formula purchases, other market formula purchases, and other purchase arrangements); and
(B) the presence or absence of an accrual account or ledger that must be repaid by the producer or packer that receives the benefit of the contract pricing mechanism in relation to negotiated prices.
(8) Other termsExcept as provided in this part, a term has the meaning given the term in section 1635a or 1635i of this title.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, §221, as added Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, §934(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1208.)
Termination of SectionFor termination of section by section 942 of Pub. L. 106–78, see Livestock Mandatory Reporting note set out under section 1635 of this title.
TERMINATION DATEPart to terminate Sept. 30, 2020, see section 942 of Pub. L. 106–78, as amended, set out in a Livestock Mandatory Reporting note under section 1635 of this title.
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