1995 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 10 - WAREHOUSES
Sec. 246 - Suspension and revocation of license
§246. Suspension and revocation of license
The Secretary of Agriculture, or his designated representative, may, after opportunity for hearing has been afforded to the licensee concerned, suspend or revoke any license to any warehouseman conducting a warehouse under this chapter, for any violation of or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or of the rules and regulations made hereunder, or upon the ground that unreasonable or exorbitant charges have been made for services rendered. Pending investigation, the Secretary of Agriculture, or his designated representative, whenever he deems necessary, may suspend a license temporarily without hearing.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, §25, 39 Stat. 490; Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 366, §8, 46 Stat. 1465.)
Amendments1931—Act Mar. 2, 1931, inserted “, or his designated representative,” after “Secretary of Agriculture” in first clause of section.