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Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
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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: |
Contains | Sections 1 to 9097 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Commodity Exchanges (Sections 1 - 27f)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1 - Short title
- Sec. 1a - Definitions
- Sec. 1b - Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term "swap"
- Sec. 2 - Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce
- Secs. 2a to 4a - Transferred
- Sec. 5 - Findings and purpose
- Sec. 6 - Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions
- Sec. 6a - Excessive speculation
- Sec. 6b - Contracts designed to defraud or mislead
- Sec. 6b-1 - Enforcement authority
- Sec. 6c - Prohibited transactions
- Sec. 6d - Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in handling customer receipts; conflict-of-interest systems and procedures; Chief Compliance Officer; rules to avoid duplicative regulations; swap requirements; portfolio margining accounts
- Sec. 6e - Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited
- Sec. 6f - Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment
- Sec. 6g - Reporting and recordkeeping
- Sec. 6h - False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited
- Sec. 6i - Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions
- Sec. 6j - Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities
- Sec. 6k - Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons
- Sec. 6l - Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding
- Sec. 6m - Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law
- Sec. 6n - Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account
- Sec. 6o - Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons
- Sec. 6o-1 - Transferred
- Sec. 6p - Standards and examinations
- Sec. 6q - Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers
- Sec. 6r - Reporting and recordkeeping for uncleared swaps
- Sec. 6s - Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants
- Sec. 6t - Large swap trader reporting
- Sec. 7 - Designation of boards of trade as contract markets
- Sec. 7a - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718
- Sec. 7a-1 - Derivatives clearing organizations
- Sec. 7a-2 - Common provisions applicable to registered entities
- Sec. 7a-3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718
- Sec. 7b - Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity
- Sec. 7b-1 - Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets
- Sec. 7b-2 - Privacy
- Sec. 7b-3 - Swap execution facilities
- Sec. 8 - Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals
- Sec. 9 - Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information
- Sec. 9a - Assessment of money penalties
- Sec. 9b - Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices
- Sec. 9c - Notice of investigations and enforcement actions
- Sec. 10 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948
- Sec. 10a - Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association
- Sec. 11 - Vacation on request of designation or registration as "registered entity"; redesignation or reregistration
- Sec. 12 - Public disclosure
- Secs. 12-1 to 12-3 - Omitted
- Sec. 12a - Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities
- Sec. 12b - Trading ban violations; prohibition
- Sec. 12c - Disciplinary actions
- Sec. 12d - Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements
- Sec. 12e - title I, §123(a)(21)
- Sec. 13 - Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution
- Sec. 13-1 - Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures; punishment
- Sec. 13a - Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses
- Sec. 13a-1 - Enjoining or restraining violations
- Sec. 13a-2 - Jurisdiction of States
- Sec. 13b - Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment
- Sec. 13c - Responsibility as principal; minor violations
- Sec. 14 - Repealed. Pub. L. 99-641, title I, §110(5), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3561
- Sec. 15 - Omitted
- Sec. 15a - Repealed. Pub. L. 95-405, §24, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 877
- Sec. 15b - Cotton futures contracts
- Sec. 16 - Commission operations
- Sec. 16a - Service fees and National Futures Association study
- Sec. 17 - Separability
- Sec. 17a - Separability of 1936 amendment
- Sec. 17b - Separability of 1968 amendment
- Sec. 18 - Complaints against registered persons
- Sec. 19 - Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws
- Sec. 20 - Market reports
- Sec. 21 - Registered futures associations
- Sec. 22 - Research and information programs; reports to Congress
- Sec. 23 - Standardized contracts for certain commodities
- Sec. 24 - Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions
- Sec. 24a - Swap data repositories
- Sec. 25 - Private rights of action
- Sec. 26 - Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection
- Sec. 27 - Definitions
- Sec. 27a - Exclusion of identified banking product
- Sec. 27b - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694
- Sec. 27c - Exclusion of certain other identified banking products
- Sec. 27d - Administration of the predominance test
- Sec. 27e - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694
- Sec. 27f - Contract enforcement
- Chapter 2 - Cotton Standards (Sections 51 - 65)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 51 - Short title
- Sec. 51a - Extension of classification facilities to cotton growers
- Sec. 51a-1 - Contracts with cooperatives furnishing classers; amount and type of payment
- Sec. 51b - Licensing samplers; revocation and suspension of license
- Sec. 52 - Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted
- Sec. 53 - Licensing classifiers; revocation and suspension of license
- Sec. 54 - Classification by Department of Agriculture; certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for classification
- Sec. 55 - Fees and charges for cotton classing and related services; criteria; disposition of moneys and samples
- Sec. 56 - Establishment of cotton standards; furnishing copies of established standards sold
- Sec. 57 - Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards
- Sec. 57a - Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards
- Sec. 58 - General inspection and sampling of cotton
- Sec. 59 - Offenses in relation to cotton standards
- Sec. 60 - Penalties for violations
- Sec. 61 - General regulations, investigations, tests, etc., by Secretary
- Sec. 61a - Annual review meetings with cotton industry representatives; purposes, etc.
- Sec. 62 - Definitions
- Sec. 63 - Liability of principal for act of agent
- Sec. 64 - Appropriation for expenses; appointment by Secretary of officers and agents; compensation
- Sec. 65 - Separability
- Chapter 3 - Grain Standards (Sections 71 - 87k)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 71 - Short title
- Secs. 72, 73 - Omitted
- Sec. 74 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 75 - Definitions
- Sec. 75a - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-354, title II, §293(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237
- Sec. 75b - Omitted
- Sec. 76 - Standards and procedures; establishment, amendment, and revocation
- Sec. 77 - Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary
- Sec. 78 - Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States
- Sec. 79 - Official inspection
- Sec. 79a - Weighing authority
- Sec. 79b - Testing of equipment
- Sec. 79c - Omitted
- Sec. 79d - Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs
- Secs. 80 to 83 - Omitted
- Sec. 84 - Licensing of inspectors
- Sec. 85 - Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses; hearing; grounds; temporary suspension
- Sec. 86 - Refusal of inspection and weighing services; civil penalties
- Sec. 87 - Conflicts of interest
- Sec. 87a - Records
- Sec. 87b - Prohibited acts
- Sec. 87c - Criminal penalties
- Sec. 87d - Responsibility for acts of others
- Sec. 87e - General authorities
- Sec. 87e-1 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-472, title I, §110(b), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2061
- Sec. 87f - Enforcement provisions
- Sec. 87f-1 - Registration requirements
- Sec. 87f-2 - Reporting requirements
- Sec. 87g - Relation to State and local laws; separability
- Sec. 87h - Appropriations
- Sec. 87i - Omitted
- Sec. 87j - Advisory committee
- Sec. 87k - Standardizing commercial inspections
- Chapter 4 - Naval Stores (Sections 91 - 99)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 91 - Short title
- Sec. 92 - Definitions
- Sec. 93 - Establishment of official naval stores standards
- Sec. 94 - Supplying duplicates of standards; examination, etc., of naval stores and certification thereof
- Sec. 95 - Prohibition of acts deemed injurious to commerce in naval stores
- Sec. 96 - Punishment for violation of prohibition
- Sec. 97 - Purchase and analysis by Secretary of samples of spirits of turpentine to detect violations; reports to Department of Justice; publication of results of analysis, etc.
- Sec. 98 - Fees and charges for naval stores inspection and related services; establishment, collection, etc.; authorization of appropriations; administrative expenses
- Sec. 99 - Separability
- Chapter 5 - Importation of Adulterated Seeds (Sections 111 - 116)
- Chapter 6 - Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control (Sections 121 - 136y)
- Chapter 6A - National Laboratory Accreditation (Sections 138 - 138i)
- Chapter 7 - Insect Pests Generally (Sections 141 - 149)
- Secs. 141 to 144 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-36, title I, §111, May 23, 1957, 71 Stat. 35
- Sec. 145 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-231, §2, Mar. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 216
- Secs. 146, 147 - Omitted
- Secs. 147a, 147b - Transferred
- Secs. 148, 148a - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(6), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Sec. 148b - Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111
- Sec. 148c to 148e - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(6), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Sec. 148f - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(9), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Sec. 149 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(5), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Chapter 7A - Golden Nematode (Sections 150 - 150g)
- Chapter 7B - Plant Pests (Sections 150aa - 150jj)
- Chapter 8 - Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Plant Products (Sections 151 - 167)
- Secs. 151 to 154 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(1), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Sec. 155 - Omitted
- Secs. 156 to 161 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(1), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Sec. 161a - Omitted
- Secs. 162 to 164a - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(1), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Sec. 165 - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-448, title IV, §402(a)(13), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 493
- Sec. 165a - Omitted
- Sec. 166 - Transferred
- Sec. 167 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-224, title IV, §438(a)(1), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454
- Chapter 8A - Rubber and Other Critical Agricultural Materials (Sections 171 - 178n)
- Chapter 9 - Packers and Stockyards (Sections 181 - 231)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - General Definitions (Sections 181 - 183)
- Subchapter II - Packers Generally (Sections 191 - 198b)
- Subchapter III - Stockyards and Stockyard Dealers (Sections 201 - 217a)
- Subchapter IV - Live Poultry Dealers and Handlers (Sections 218 - 218d)
- Subchapter V - General Provisions (Sections 221 - 229c)
- Subchapter VI - Charge for Inspection (Sections 231 - 231)
- Chapter 10 - Warehouses (Sections 241 - 256)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 241 - Definitions
- Sec. 242 - Powers of Secretary
- Sec. 243 - Imposition and collection of fees
- Sec. 244 - Quality and value standards
- Sec. 245 - Bonding and other financial assurance requirements
- Sec. 246 - Maintenance of records
- Sec. 247 - Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products
- Sec. 248 - Commingling of agricultural products
- Sec. 249 - Transfer of stored agricultural products
- Sec. 250 - Warehouse receipts
- Sec. 251 - Conditions for delivery of agricultural products
- Sec. 252 - Suspension or revocation of licenses
- Sec. 253 - Public information
- Sec. 254 - Penalties for noncompliance
- Sec. 255 - Jurisdiction and arbitration
- Sec. 256 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 11 - Honeybees (Sections 281 - 286)
- Chapter 12 - Associations of Agricultural Products Producers (Sections 291 - 292)
- Chapter 13 - Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges (Sections 301 - 349)
- Chapter 14 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (Sections 361 - 390d)
- Chapter 15 - Bureau of Animal Industry (Sections 391 - 397)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 391 - Establishment of bureau; appointment of chief; duties
- Sec. 392 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(11), 65 Stat. 701
- Sec. 393 - Sale of pathological and zoological specimens; disposition of moneys
- Sec. 394 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title X, §10703(c)(3), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 518
- Sec. 394a - Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products
- Sec. 395 - Fees for rabies diagnoses; disposition of moneys
- Sec. 396 - Inspection of livestock, hides, animal products, etc.; place; charges; disposition of funds
- Sec. 397 - Omitted
- Chapter 16 - Bureau of Dairy Industry (Sections 401 - 404)
- Chapter 17 - Miscellaneous Matters (Sections 411 - 450l)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 411 - Omitted
- Sec. 411a - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XXV, §2514(d), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4075
- Sec. 411b - Estimates of apple production
- Secs. 412, 413 - Transferred
- Sec. 414 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 632, §2, 69 Stat. 553
- Sec. 414a - Transfer of nonadministrative funds of Commodity Credit Corporation for classing and grading purposes
- Sec. 415 - Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution
- Sec. 415-1 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113-79, title VII, §7514, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 903
- Sec. 415a - Omitted
- Sec. 415b - Wool standards; appropriation of certain funds
- Sec. 415c - Use of funds for dissemination of information relating to standardization, grading, etc., of wool; charge for grading wool
- Sec. 415d - Rules and regulations for wool standards; deposit of receipts in the Treasury
- Sec. 415e - Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical forms, etc.
- Sec. 416 - Letting contract for packeting, etc., of seeds, etc., for distribution
- Sec. 417 - Distribution of farmers' bulletins
- Sec. 418 - Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations and of college extension work; publication and distribution
- Sec. 419 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(12), 65 Stat. 701
- Sec. 420 - Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
- Sec. 421 - Dairying and livestock experiment station, Mandan, North Dakota
- Sec. 421a - Omitted
- Sec. 422 - Dairying and livestock experiment station, Lewisburg, Tennessee
- Sec. 422a - Omitted
- Sec. 423 - Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with State and other agencies
- Sec. 424 - Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results; cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies
- Sec. 425 - Authorization of appropriations for cotton ginning studies
- Sec. 426 - Predatory and other wild animals
- Sec. 426a - Omitted
- Sec. 426b - Authorization of expenditures for the eradication and control of predatory and other wild animals
- Sec. 426c - Control of nuisance mammals and birds and those constituting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases; exception
- Sec. 426d - Expenditures for cooperative agreements to lease aircraft
- Sec. 427 - Agriculture research; declaration of policy; duties of Secretary of Agriculture; use of existing facilities
- Secs. 427a to 427h - Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, §2, 69 Stat. 674
- Sec. 427i - Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund
- Sec. 427j - Repealed. Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, §2, 69 Stat. 674
- Sec. 428 - Omitted
- Sec. 428a - Acquisition of land; options
- Sec. 428b - Wheat and feed grains research; regional and national research programs; utilization of services of Federal, State and private agencies; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 428c - Rice research
- Sec. 429 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title X, §10418(a)(2), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 507
- Sec. 430 - Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results
- Sec. 431 - Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates
- Sec. 432 - Purchase of cultures for soil and fertilizer investigations
- Sec. 433 - Domestic raising of fur-bearing animals; classification
- Sec. 434 - Transfer of functions, appropriations, records and property to Secretary of Agriculture
- Sec. 435 - Omitted
- Sec. 436 - Transfer of Army Remount Service to Department of Agriculture; effective date
- Sec. 437 - Administration of transferred property; improvement in horse breeding; acquisition of breeding stock and facilities; fees; cooperation with other organizations
- Sec. 438 - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-448, title IV, §402(a)(26), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 494
- Sec. 439 - Operation of Government-owned alcohol plants; location; transfer of plants
- Sec. 439a - Powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture
- Sec. 439b - Recommendations to Congress for discontinuance of plants
- Sec. 439c - Construction of additional facilities; acquisition of property; incurment of expenses; rules and regulations
- Sec. 439d - Assumption of obligations of Reconstruction Finance Corporation covering Muscatine, Iowa, plant
- Sec. 439e - Authorization of appropriations; availability of other appropriations
- Sec. 440 - Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing or grading agriculture commodities without charge
- Sec. 441 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-36, title I, §111, May 23, 1957, 71 Stat. 35
- Sec. 442 - Availability of grain to prevent waterfowl depredations; payment of packaging, transporting, handling, and other charges
- Sec. 443 - Requisition of grain to prevent crop depredation by migratory waterfowl
- Sec. 444 - Reimbursement of packaging and transporting expenses
- Sec. 445 - Authorization of appropriations for mitigating losses caused by waterfowl depredation
- Sec. 446 - Repealed. Pub. L. 86-133, Aug. 4, 1959, 73 Stat. 279
- Sec. 447 - Requisition of surplus grain; prevention of starvation of resident game birds and other resident wildlife; utilization by State agencies; reimbursement for packaging and transporting
- Sec. 448 - Requisition and use of grain for prevention of starvation of migratory birds; reimbursement for packaging and transporting
- Sec. 449 - Authorization of appropriations for reimbursement of Commodity Credit Corporation
- Sec. 450 - Cooperation with State agencies in administration and enforcement of laws relating to marketing of agricultural products and control or eradication of plant and animal diseases and pests; coordination of administration of Federal and State laws
- Sec. 450a - Cooperative research projects; agreements with and receipt of funds from State and other agencies
- Sec. 450b - Cooperation with State and other agencies; expenditures
- Sec. 450c - Delegation of regulatory functions of Secretary of Agriculture; definitions
- Sec. 450d - Delegation of regulatory functions to designated employees; status of employees; number; revocation of delegation
- Sec. 450e - Authority of designated employees; retroactive revocation of delegation
- Sec. 450f - Delegation of functions under other laws as unaffected
- Sec. 450g - Authorization of appropriations for cooperative research projects
- Sec. 450h - Transferred
- Sec. 450i - Competitive, special, and facilities research grants
- Sec. 450j - Indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products; milk removed for its residue of chemical or toxic substances; nuclear radiation or fallout contaminants; other legal recourse
- Sec. 450k - Authorization of appropriations for dairy farmer indemnities
- Sec. 450l - Expiration of dairy farmer indemnity program
- Chapter 18 - Cooperative Marketing (Sections 451 - 457)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 451 - "Agricultural products" defined
- Sec. 452 - Supervision of division of cooperative marketing
- Sec. 453 - Authority and duties of division
- Sec. 454 - Advisers to counsel with Secretary of Agriculture; expenses and subsistence
- Sec. 455 - Dissemination of crop, market, etc., information by cooperative marketing associations
- Sec. 456 - Rules and regulations; appointment, removal, and compensation of employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 457 - Separability
- Chapter 19 - Cotton Statistics and Estimates (Sections 471 - 476)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 471 - Statistics and estimates of grades and staple length of cotton; collection and publication
- Sec. 472 - Information furnished of confidential character; penalty for divulging information
- Sec. 473 - Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information
- Sec. 473a - Cotton classification services
- Sec. 473b - Market supply, demand, condition and prices; collection and publication of information
- Sec. 473c - Rules and regulations
- Sec. 473c-1 - Offenses in relation to sampling of cotton for classification
- Sec. 473c-2 - Penalties for offenses relating to sampling of cotton
- Sec. 473c-3 - Liability of principal for act of agent
- Sec. 473d - Quality tests and analyses by Secretary for breeders and others; fees
- Sec. 474 - Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; appropriation
- Sec. 475 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, §870, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175
- Sec. 476 - Acreage reports
- Chapter 20 - Dumping or Destruction of Interstate Produce (Sections 491 - 497)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 491 - Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty
- Sec. 492 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 632, §2, 69 Stat. 553
- Sec. 493 - Enforcement of provisions; prosecution of cases
- Sec. 494 - Rules and regulations; cooperation with States, etc., officers and employees; expenditures
- Sec. 495 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 496 - Validity of other statutes dealing with same subject
- Sec. 497 - Separability
- Chapter 20A - Perishable Agricultural Commodities (Sections 499a - 499t)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 499a - Short title and definitions
- Sec. 499b - Unfair conduct
- Sec. 499b-1 - Products produced in distinct geographic areas
- Sec. 499c - Licenses
- Sec. 499d - Issuance of license
- Sec. 499e - Liability to persons injured
- Sec. 499f - Complaints, written notifications, and investigations
- Sec. 499g - Reparation order
- Sec. 499h - Grounds for suspension or revocation of license
- Sec. 499i - Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty
- Sec. 499j - Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty
- Sec. 499k - Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission
- Sec. 499l - Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs
- Sec. 499m - Complaints; procedure, penalties, etc.
- Sec. 499n - Inspection of perishable agricultural commodities
- Sec. 499o - Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes
- Sec. 499p - Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents
- Sec. 499q - Separability
- Sec. 499r - Repealed. Pub. L. 102-237, title X, §1011(8), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1898
- Sec. 499s - Depositing appropriations in fund
- Sec. 499t - Omitted
- Chapter 21 - Tobacco Statistics (Sections 501 - 509)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 501 - Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated tobacco
- Sec. 502 - Standards for classification; returns and blanks
- Sec. 503 - Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties
- Sec. 504 - "Person" defined
- Sec. 505 - Access to internal-revenue records
- Sec. 506 - Returns under oath; administration
- Sec. 507 - Limitation on use of statistical information
- Sec. 508 - Separability
- Sec. 509 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title II, §262, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 973
- Chapter 21A - Tobacco Inspection (Sections 511 - 511s)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 511 - Definitions
- Sec. 511a - Declaration of purpose
- Sec. 511b - Official standards for classification; tentative standards; modification
- Sec. 511c - Demonstration of official standards; samples; cost
- Sec. 511d - Designation of markets; manner; inspection and related services; fees and charges
- Sec. 511e - Sampling and weighing; cost; disposition of moneys received; expenses; purpose
- Sec. 511f - Reinspection and appeal inspection; certificate as evidence
- Sec. 511g - Placing of grade on warehouse tickets, etc.; form
- Sec. 511h - Publication of information relating to tobacco
- Sec. 511i - Offenses
- Sec. 511j - Publication of violations
- Sec. 511k - Penalty for violations
- Sec. 511l - Act of agent as that of principal
- Sec. 511m - Regulation; hearings; employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 511n - Hearings; examination of witnesses; refusal to testify or produce evidence
- Sec. 511o - Separability
- Sec. 511p - Delegation of duties by Secretary of Agriculture
- Sec. 511q - Short title
- Sec. 511r - Repealed. Pub. L. 108-357, title VI, §611(b), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522
- Sec. 511s - Grading of tobacco
- Chapter 21B - Tobacco Control (Sections 515 - 517)
- Chapter 21C - Tobacco Reform (Sections 518 - 519a)
- Chapter 22 - Agricultural Marketing (Sections 521 - 535)
- Chapter 23 - Foreign Agricultural Service (Sections 541 - 545)
- Chapter 24 - Perishable Agricultural Commodities (Sections 551 - 568)
- Chapter 25 - Export Standards for Apples (Sections 581 - 590)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 581 - Standards of export; establishment; shipping without certificate forbidden; hearings
- Sec. 582 - Notice of establishment of standards; shipments under contracts made before adoption of standards
- Sec. 583 - Foreign standards; certification of compliance
- Sec. 584 - Exemptions
- Sec. 585 - Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence
- Sec. 586 - Refusal of certificates for violations of laws; penalties for violations
- Sec. 587 - Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies; compensation of officers and employees; effect on other laws
- Sec. 588 - Separability
- Sec. 589 - Definitions
- Sec. 590 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 25A - Export Standards for Grapes and Plums (Sections 591 - 599)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 591 - Standards of export; establishment; shipping without certificate forbidden; hearings
- Sec. 592 - Notice of establishment of standards; shipments under contracts made before adoption of standards
- Sec. 593 - Foreign standards; certification of compliance
- Sec. 594 - Exemption of minimum quantities
- Sec. 595 - Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence
- Sec. 596 - Refusal of certificates for violations of law; penalties for violations
- Sec. 597 - Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies; compensation of officers and employees; effect on other laws
- Sec. 598 - Separability
- Sec. 599 - Definitions
- Chapter 26 - Agricultural Adjustment (Sections 601 - 659)
- Chapter 26A - Agricultural Marketing Agreements (Sections 671 - 674)
- Chapter 27 - Cotton Marketing (Sections 701 - 726)
- Chapter 28 - Tobacco Industry (Sections 751 - 766)
- Chapter 29 - Potato Act of 1935 (Sections 801 - 833)
- Chapter 30 - Anti-Hog-Cholera Serum and Hog-Cholera Virus (Sections 851 - 855)
- Chapter 31 - Rural Electrification and Telephone Service (Sections 901 - 950bb-2)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Rural Electrification (Sections 901 - 918c)
- Subchapter II - Rural Telephone Service (Sections 921 - 928)
- Subchapter III - Rural Electric and Telephone Direct Loan Programs (Sections 930 - 940h)
- Subchapter IV - Rural Telephone Bank (Sections 941 - 950b)
- Subchapter V - Rural Economic Development (Sections 950aa - 950aa-1)
- Subchapter VI - Rural Broadband Access (Sections 950bb - 950bb-2)
- Chapter 31A - Telemedicine and Distance Learning Services in Rural Areas (Sections 950aaa - 950aaa-5)
- Chapter 32 - Peanut Statistics (Sections 951 - 958)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 951 - Collection and publication; facts required; submission of report
- Sec. 952 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-105, §2, July 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 306
- Sec. 953 - Reports; by whom made; penalties
- Sec. 954 - Grades and standards for classification
- Sec. 955 - Limitation on use of statistical information
- Sec. 956 - Rules and regulations; cooperation with departments, etc.; officers and employees; expenses of administration; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 957 - Definitions
- Sec. 958 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1011(d), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 709
- Chapter 33 - Farm Tenancy (Sections 1000 - 1040)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1000 - Short title
- Subchapter I - Tenant Purchase Loans and Mortgage Insurance (Sections 1001 - 1006e)
- Subchapter II - Operating Loans (Sections 1007 - 1009)
- Subchapter III - Land Conservation and Land Utilization (Sections 1010 - 1013a)
- Subchapter IV - General Provisions (Sections 1014 - 1040)
- Chapter 34 - Sugar Production and Control (Sections 1100 - 1183)
- Sec. 1100 - Omitted
- Subchapter I - Definitions (Sections 1101 - 1101)
- Subchapter II - Quota Provisions (Sections 1111 - 1123)
- Subchapter III - Conditional-Payment Provisions (Sections 1131 - 1137)
- Subchapter IV - Administrative Provisions (Sections 1151 - 1161)
- Subchapter V - General Provisions (Sections 1171 - 1183)
- Chapter 35 - Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (Sections 1281 - 1407)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Content - General Provisions (Sections 1281 - 1282a)
- Subchapter I - Adjustment in Freight Rates, New Uses and Markets, and Disposition of Surpluses (Sections 1291 - 1293)
- Subchapter II - Loans, Parity Payments, Consumer Safeguards, Marketing Quotas, and Marketing Certificates (Sections 1301 - 1393)
- Subchapter III - Cotton Pool Participation Trust Certificates (Sections 1401 - 1407)
- Chapter 35A - Price Support of Agricultural Commodities (Sections 1421 - 1472)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - General Provisions (Sections 1421 - 1435)
- Subchapter II - Basic Agricultural Commodities (Sections 1441 - 1445k)
- Subchapter III - Nonbasic Agricultural Commodities (Sections 1446 - 1450)
- Subchapter IV - Acreage Base and Yield System (Sections 1461 - 1469)
- Subchapter V - Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (Sections 1471 - 1472)
- Chapter 36 - Crop Insurance (Sections 1501 - 1531)
- Chapter 37 - Seeds (Sections 1551 - 1611)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1551 - Short title
- Subchapter I - Definitions (Sections 1561 - 1562)
- Subchapter II - Interstate Commerce (Sections 1571 - 1575)
- Subchapter III - Foreign Commerce (Sections 1581 - 1586)
- Subchapter IV - General Provisions (Sections 1591 - 1610)
- Subchapter V - Sale of Uncertified Seed of Protected Variety (Sections 1611 - 1611)
- Chapter 38 - Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products (Sections 1621 - 1638d)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - General Provisions (Sections 1621 - 1632c)
- Subchapter II - Livestock Mandatory Reporting (Sections 1635 - 1636i)
- Subchapter III - Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting (Sections 1637 - 1637b)
- Subchapter IV - Country of Origin Labeling (Sections 1638 - 1638d)
- Chapter 39 - Stabilization of International Wheat Market (Sections 1641 - 1642)
- Chapter 40 - Halogeton Glomeratus Control (Sections 1651 - 1656)
- Chapter 41 - Food for Peace (Sections 1691 - 1738r)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1691 - United States policy
- Sec. 1691a - Food aid to developing countries
- Subchapter I - Barter (Sections 1692 - 1697)
- Subchapter II - Economic Assistance and Food Security (Sections 1701 - 1715)
- Subchapter III - Emergency and Private Assistance Programs (Sections 1721 - 1726c)
- Subchapter III-A - Food for Development (Sections 1727 - 1727g)
- Subchapter III-B - Emergency Food Assistance (Sections 1728 - 1728b)
- Subchapter IV - General Authorities and Requirements (Sections 1731 - 1736cc)
- Subchapter V - Farmer-to-Farmer Program (Sections 1737 - 1737)
- Subchapter VI - Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (Sections 1738 - 1738r)
- Chapter 42 - Agricultural Commodity Set-Aside (Sections 1741 - 1749)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1741 - Maximum and minimum quantities for set-aside; "commodity set-aside" defined
- Sec. 1742 - Determination of commodity value for set-aside
- Sec. 1743 - Reduction of set-aside
- Sec. 1744 - Sale of commodities in set-aside; exemption from pricing limitations
- Sec. 1745 - Computation of carryover
- Sec. 1746 - Records and accounts
- Sec. 1747 - Authorization of appropriations; determination of value of transferred commodity
- Sec. 1748 - Annual reports by agricultural attachs
- Sec. 1749 - Attach educational program
- Chapter 43 - Foreign Market Development (Sections 1761 - 1769)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - General Provisions; Agricultural Counselors and Agricultural Attachés (Sections 1761 - 1765)
- Subchapter II - United States Agricultural Trade Offices (Sections 1765a - 1765g)
- Subchapter III - Representation Allowances, Regulations, General Provisions, and Authorization for Appropriations (Sections 1765h - 1769)
- Chapter 44 - Wool Program (Sections 1781 - 1787)
- Chapter 45 - Soil Bank Program (Sections 1801 - 1838)
- Chapter 46 - Surplus Disposal of Agricultural Commodities (Sections 1851 - 1860)
- Table of Contents
- Secs. 1851, 1852 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title II, §§274, 275, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976
- Sec. 1852a - Repealed. Pub. L. 90-475, §8, Aug. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 703
- Sec. 1853 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-465, title IV, §412(c), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4964
- Sec. 1854 - Agreements limiting imports
- Sec. 1855 - Supplemental appropriations to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products
- Sec. 1856 - Transfer of bartered materials to supplemental stockpile; limitation of acquisition to certain programs; authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 1857 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title II, §274, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976
- Sec. 1858 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-544, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 658
- Sec. 1859 - Donation to penal and correctional institutions
- Sec. 1860 - Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control projects
- Chapter 47 - Interchange of Department of Agriculture and State Employees (Sections 1881 - 1888)
- Chapter 48 - Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter (Sections 1901 - 1907)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1901 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 1902 - Humane methods
- Sec. 1903 - Repealed. Pub. L. 95-445, §5(b), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1069
- Sec. 1904 - Methods research; designation of methods
- Sec. 1905 - Repealed. Pub. L. 95-445, §5(b), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1069
- Sec. 1906 - Exemption of ritual slaughter
- Sec. 1907 - Practices involving nonambulatory livestock
- Chapter 49 - Consultation on Agricultural Programs (Sections 1911 - 1913)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1911 - Consultation of Secretary of Agriculture with farmers, farm and commodity organizations and other persons and organizations; travel and per diem expenses
- Sec. 1912 - Submission of legislative proposals
- Sec. 1913 - Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under other provisions of law and to establish and consult with advisory committees
- Chapter 50 - Agricultural Credit (Sections 1921 - 2009ee-3)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1921 - Congressional findings
- Subchapter I - Real Estate Loans (Sections 1922 - 1936b)
- Subchapter II - Operating Loans (Sections 1941 - 1949)
- Subchapter III - Emergency Loans (Sections 1961 - 1971)
- Subchapter IV - Administrative Provisions (Sections 1981 - 2008v)
- Subchapter V - Rural Community Advancement Program (Sections 2009 - 2009n)
- Subchapter VI - Delta Regional Authority (Sections 2009aa - 2009aa-13)
- Subchapter VII - Northern Great Plains Regional Authority (Sections 2009bb - 2009bb-13)
- Subchapter VIII - Rural Business Investment Program (Sections 2009cc - 2009cc-18)
- Subchapter IX - Rural Collaborative Investment Program (Sections 2009dd - 2009dd-7)
- Subchapter X - Search Grants for Small Communities (Sections 2009ee - 2009ee-3)
- Chapter 51 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Sections 2011 - 2036c)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2011 - Congressional declaration of policy
- Sec. 2012 - Definitions
- Sec. 2012a - Publicly operated community health centers
- Sec. 2013 - Establishment of supplemental nutrition assistance program
- Sec. 2014 - Eligible households
- Sec. 2015 - Eligibility disqualifications
- Sec. 2016 - Issuance and use of program benefits
- Sec. 2017 - Value of allotment
- Sec. 2018 - Approval of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns
- Sec. 2019 - Redemption of program benefits
- Sec. 2020 - Administration
- Sec. 2021 - Civil penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns
- Sec. 2022 - Disposition of claims
- Sec. 2023 - Administrative and judicial review; restoration of rights
- Sec. 2024 - Violations and enforcement
- Sec. 2025 - Administrative cost-sharing and quality control
- Sec. 2026 - Research, demonstration, and evaluations
- Sec. 2027 - Appropriations and allotments
- Sec. 2028 - Consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa
- Sec. 2029 - Workfare
- Sec. 2030 - Repealed. Pub. L. 110-234, title IV, §4115(b)(14), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1108, and Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title IV, §4115(b)(14), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1870
- Sec. 2031 - Minnesota Family Investment Project
- Sec. 2032 - Automated data processing and information retrieval systems
- Sec. 2033 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title IV, §4124(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 326
- Sec. 2034 - Assistance for community food projects
- Sec. 2035 - Simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program
- Sec. 2036 - Availability of commodities for emergency food assistance program
- Sec. 2036a - Nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program
- Sec. 2036b - Retail food store and recipient trafficking
- Sec. 2036c - Annual State report on verification of SNAP participation
- Chapter 52 - Farm Labor Contractor Registration (Sections 2041 - 2055)
- Chapter 53 - Cotton Research and Promotion (Sections 2101 - 2119)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2101 - Congressional declaration of policy
- Sec. 2102 - Orders of Secretary to cotton handlers
- Sec. 2103 - Notice and hearing upon proposed orders
- Sec. 2104 - Finding and issuance of orders
- Sec. 2105 - Permissive terms and conditions in orders
- Sec. 2106 - Required terms and conditions in orders
- Sec. 2107 - Referenda
- Sec. 2108 - Suspension and termination of orders
- Sec. 2109 - Provisions applicable to amendments
- Sec. 2110 - Refund of producer assessments
- Sec. 2111 - Administrative review of orders; petition; hearing; judicial review
- Sec. 2112 - Enforcement of orders; penalty for willful violation
- Sec. 2113 - Certification of cotton producer organizations
- Sec. 2114 - Rules and regulations
- Sec. 2115 - Investigations by Secretary; subpenas; oaths and affirmations; judicial aid
- Sec. 2116 - Definitions
- Sec. 2117 - Separability
- Sec. 2118 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 2119 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-366, §1, July 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 991
- Chapter 54 - Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals (Sections 2131 - 2159)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2131 - Congressional statement of policy
- Sec. 2132 - Definitions
- Sec. 2133 - Licensing of dealers and exhibitors
- Sec. 2134 - Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required
- Sec. 2135 - Time period for disposal of dogs or cats by dealers or exhibitors
- Sec. 2136 - Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors
- Sec. 2137 - Purchase of dogs or cats by research facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors
- Sec. 2138 - Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors
- Sec. 2139 - Principal-agent relationship established
- Sec. 2140 - Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers
- Sec. 2141 - Marking and identification of animals
- Sec. 2142 - Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales
- Sec. 2143 - Standards and certification process for humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals
- Sec. 2144 - Humane standards for animals by United States Government facilities
- Sec. 2145 - Consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governmental bodies by Secretary of Agriculture
- Sec. 2146 - Administration and enforcement by Secretary
- Sec. 2147 - Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies
- Sec. 2148 - Importation of live dogs
- Sec. 2149 - Violations by licensees
- Sec. 2150 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-279, §14, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 421
- Sec. 2151 - Rules and regulations
- Sec. 2152 - Separability
- Sec. 2153 - Fees and authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 2154 - Effective dates
- Sec. 2155 - Omitted
- Sec. 2156 - Animal fighting venture prohibition
- Sec. 2157 - Release of trade secrets
- Sec. 2158 - Protection of pets
- Sec. 2159 - Authority to apply for injunctions
- Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture (Sections 2201 - 2279h)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2201 - Establishment of Department
- Sec. 2202 - Executive Department; Secretary
- Sec. 2203 - Seal
- Sec. 2204 - General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development
- Sec. 2204a - Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities
- Sec. 2204b - Rural development policy
- Sec. 2204b-1 - Rural development
- Sec. 2204c - Water management for rural areas
- Sec. 2204d - Encouragement of private contracting
- Sec. 2204e - Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Sec. 2204f - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title VI, §6403(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 429
- Sec. 2204g - Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture
- Sec. 2204h - Local food production and program evaluation
- Sec. 2205 - Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary
- Sec. 2206 - Custody of property and records
- Sec. 2206a - Conveyance of excess Federal personal property
- Sec. 2206b - Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas
- Sec. 2207 - Reports
- Sec. 2207a - Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure
- Sec. 2207b - Program metrics
- Sec. 2208 - Expenditure of appropriations; accounting
- Sec. 2208a - Loan levels provided to Department of Agriculture
- Sec. 2209 - Additional statement of expenditures
- Sec. 2209a - Advances to chiefs of field parties
- Sec. 2209b - Availability of appropriations
- Sec. 2209c - Use of funds for one-year contracts to be performed in two fiscal years
- Sec. 2209d - Statement of percentage and dollar amount of Federal funding
- Sec. 2209e - Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants
- Sec. 2209f - Restriction on commodity purchase program payments
- Sec. 2209g - Availability of funds for uniforms or allowances
- Sec. 2209h - Reimbursement of Office of the General Counsel
- Sec. 2209i - Funding for preparation of final agency decisions regarding discrimination complaints
- Sec. 2209j - Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud
- Sec. 2210 - Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; appointment
- Sec. 2211 - Powers and duties of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Sec. 2211a - Omitted
- Secs. 2211b to 2212c - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-354, title II, §§218(e)(2)-(6), 231(f)(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3213, 3219
- Sec. 2213 - Omitted
- Sec. 2214 - General Counsel; appointment
- Sec. 2215 - Chief clerk
- Sec. 2216 - Repealed. Pub. L. 92-310, title II, §221(a), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 205
- Sec. 2217 - Oaths, affirmations, and affidavits taken by officers, agents, or employees of Department; use and effect
- Sec. 2218 - Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits
- Sec. 2219 - Salaries; how paid
- Sec. 2219a - Overtime and holiday pay
- Sec. 2220 - Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees
- Sec. 2221 - Details of persons from or to office of Secretary
- Sec. 2222 - Details of law clerks
- Sec. 2223 - Details of employees from and to library and bureaus and offices
- Sec. 2224 - Details of employees from and to Division of Accounts and Disbursements and bureaus and offices; traveling expenses
- Sec. 2224a - Utilization of employees of agencies for part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies; exclusion of overtime resulting from natural disasters from staff year ceilings
- Sec. 2225 - Employment of temporary personnel
- Sec. 2225a - Contracts for consulting services
- Sec. 2225b - Personal service contracts for veterinarians
- Sec. 2225c - Employment contracts for services abroad
- Sec. 2225d - Availability of Department of Agriculture funds for temporary employment
- Sec. 2226 - Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals
- Sec. 2227 - Traveling expenses
- Sec. 2228 - Emergency subsistence for employees
- Sec. 2229 - Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees
- Sec. 2230 - Employees in Alaska; subsistence, equipment, and supplies
- Sec. 2231 - Official expenses of employees stationed abroad
- Sec. 2231a - Reimbursement of employees for costs of State licenses and certification fees
- Sec. 2231b - First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
- Sec. 2232 - Stenographic reporting service
- Sec. 2233 - Funds available for expenses of advisory committees
- Sec. 2234 - Purchases for bureaus from appropriations for contingent expenses
- Sec. 2235 - Working capital fund established; use of central services by bureaus, etc., of the Department
- Sec. 2235a - Deposit and retention of credit card refunds or rebates
- Sec. 2236 - Working capital fund for Agricultural Research Center; establishment
- Sec. 2237 - Use of field work funds for employment of men with equipment, etc.
- Sec. 2238 - Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition
- Sec. 2239 - Funds for printing, binding, and scientific and technical article reprint purchases
- Sec. 2240 - Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops
- Sec. 2241 - Sale or exchange of animals or animal products
- Sec. 2241a - Exchange or sale authority
- Sec. 2242 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, §1606(b)(1), (2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3715
- Sec. 2242a - User fees for reports, publications, and software
- Sec. 2242b - Translation of publications into foreign languages
- Sec. 2243 - Sale of photographic prints and maps
- Sec. 2244 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, §1606(b)(3), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3715
- Sec. 2245 - Sale of prints and lantern slides
- Sec. 2246 - Loan, rental, or sale of films
- Sec. 2247 - Sale of samples of pure sugars
- Sec. 2248 - Statistics relating to turpentine and rosin
- Sec. 2249 - Amount and character of cooperation
- Sec. 2250 - Construction and repair of buildings and public improvements
- Sec. 2250a - Erection of buildings and other structures on non-Federal lands; duration of use of such lands; removal of structures after termination of use; availability of funds for expenses of acquiring long-term leases or other agreements
- Sec. 2250b - Nonrecurring expenses fund
- Sec. 2251 - Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for expenses of maintaining registers of indebtedness and making set-offs
- Sec. 2252 - Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for costs of procuring agricultural commodities for nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments
- Sec. 2253 - Adjustment by Secretary of titles to lands acquired by Government and subject to his control
- Sec. 2254 - Operation, maintenance and purchase of aircraft by Agricultural Research Service; construction and repair of buildings
- Sec. 2254a - Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products
- Sec. 2254b - Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products; exception
- Sec. 2255 - Membership in International Wheat Advisory Committee, International Sugar Council, etc.
- Sec. 2255a - Financial assistance to national and international conferences
- Sec. 2255b - Department of Agriculture conference transparency
- Sec. 2256 - Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement
- Sec. 2257 - Interchangeability of funds for miscellaneous expenses and general expenses
- Sec. 2258 - Purchase of newspapers
- Sec. 2259 - Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence
- Secs. 2260, 2260a - Repealed. Pub. L. 107-171, title X, §10418(a)(3), (4), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 507
- Sec. 2261 - Credit of donations and proceeds from exhibitions to appropriations concerned with foreign market development programs
- Sec. 2262 - Employee liability insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries
- Sec. 2262a - Overseas tort claims
- Sec. 2263 - Transfer of funds
- Sec. 2264 - National Agricultural Library; acceptance of gifts, bequests, or devises; conditional gifts
- Sec. 2265 - Deposit of money accepted for benefit of National Agricultural Library; disbursement
- Sec. 2266 - Congressional reaffirmation of policy to foster and encourage family farms
- Sec. 2267 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100-387, title I, §101(b)(1), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 931
- Sec. 2268 - Public lands; relinquishment
- Sec. 2269 - Gifts of property; acceptance and administration by Secretary of Agriculture; Federal tax law consideration; separate fund in Treasury; regulations
- Sec. 2270 - Authority of Office of Inspector General
- Sec. 2270a - Office of Inspector General; transfer of forfeiture funds for law enforcement activities
- Sec. 2270b - Department of Agriculture Inspector General investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths
- Sec. 2270c - Submission of results
- Sec. 2271 - Marketing education programs for small and medium size family farm operations
- Sec. 2271a - Advanced marketing training for farmers and ranchers
- Sec. 2272 - Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs
- Sec. 2272a - Funds for incidental expenses and promotional items relating to volunteers
- Sec. 2273 - Local search and rescue operations
- Sec. 2274 - Firearm authority of employees engaged in animal quarantine enforcement
- Sec. 2274a - Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations
- Sec. 2275 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, §1572(3), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3702
- Sec. 2276 - Confidentiality of information
- Sec. 2277 - Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad
- Sec. 2278 - Consistency with international obligations of United States
- Sec. 2279 - Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers
- Sec. 2279-1 - Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
- Sec. 2279-2 - Report of civil rights complaints, resolutions, and actions
- Sec. 2279a - Fair and equitable treatment of socially disadvantaged producers
- Sec. 2279b - Department of Agriculture educational, training, and professional development activities
- Sec. 2279c - Student internship programs
- Sec. 2279d - Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Sec. 2279e - Civil penalty
- Sec. 2279f - Subpoena authority
- Sec. 2279g - Marketing services; cooperative agreements
- Sec. 2279h - Cross-servicing activities of National Finance Center
- Chapter 55A - Department of Agriculture Advisory Committees (Sections 2281 - 2289)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2281 - Congressional declaration of purpose
- Sec. 2282 - Definitions
- Sec. 2283 - Membership on advisory committees
- Sec. 2284 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-362, title I, §101(c), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3281
- Sec. 2285 - Budget prohibitions
- Sec. 2286 - Termination of committees
- Secs. 2287 to 2289 - Omitted
- Chapter 56 - Unfair Trade Practices Affecting Producers of Agricultural Products (Sections 2301 - 2306)
- Chapter 57 - Plant Variety Protection (Sections 2321 - 2583)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - Plant Variety Protection Office (Sections 2321 - 2372)
- Subchapter II - Protectability of Plant Varieties and Certificates of Protection (Sections 2401 - 2504)
- Subchapter III - Plant Variety Protection and Rights (Sections 2531 - 2583)
- Chapter 58 - Potato Research and Promotion (Sections 2611 - 2627)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2611 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 2612 - Definitions
- Sec. 2613 - Authority for issuance and amendment of plan
- Sec. 2614 - Notice and hearings
- Sec. 2615 - Finding and issuance of plan
- Sec. 2616 - Regulations
- Sec. 2617 - Required terms and conditions of plans
- Sec. 2618 - Permissive terms and conditions of plans
- Sec. 2619 - Assessments
- Sec. 2620 - Procedural rights of persons subject to plan
- Sec. 2621 - Enforcement
- Sec. 2622 - Investigations
- Sec. 2623 - Referendum
- Sec. 2624 - Suspension or termination of plans
- Sec. 2625 - Amendment procedure
- Sec. 2626 - Separability
- Sec. 2627 - Authorization
- Chapter 59 - Rural Fire Protection, Development, and Small Farm Research and Education (Sections 2651 - 2670)
- Chapter 60 - Egg Research and Consumer Information (Sections 2701 - 2718)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2701 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 2702 - Definitions
- Sec. 2703 - Orders of Secretary to egg producers, etc.
- Sec. 2704 - Notice and hearing upon proposed orders
- Sec. 2705 - Findings and issuance of orders
- Sec. 2706 - Permissive terms and conditions in orders
- Sec. 2707 - Required terms and conditions in orders
- Sec. 2708 - Referendum among egg producers
- Sec. 2709 - Termination or suspension of orders
- Sec. 2710 - Applicability of provisions to amendments to orders
- Sec. 2711 - Exempted egg producers and breeding hen flocks; conditions and procedures
- Sec. 2712 - Refund of assessment from Egg Board
- Sec. 2713 - Administrative review of orders; petition; hearing; judicial review
- Sec. 2714 - Civil enforcement proceedings
- Sec. 2715 - Certification of organizations; required contents of report as criteria
- Sec. 2716 - Regulations
- Sec. 2717 - Investigations by Secretary; oaths and affirmations; subpenas; judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process
- Sec. 2718 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 61 - Noxious Weeds (Sections 2801 - 2814)
- Chapter 62 - Beef Research and Information (Sections 2901 - 2918)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2901 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 2902 - Definitions
- Sec. 2903 - Issuance of orders
- Sec. 2904 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 2905 - Certification of organizations to nominate
- Sec. 2906 - Requirement of referendum
- Sec. 2907 - Refunds
- Sec. 2908 - Enforcement
- Sec. 2909 - Investigations by Secretary; oaths and affirmations; subpenas; judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process
- Sec. 2910 - Preemption of other Federal and State programs; applicability of provisions to amendments to orders
- Sec. 2911 - Authorization of appropriations
- Secs. 2912 to 2918 - Omitted
- Chapter 63 - Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing (Sections 3001 - 3007)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3001 - Congressional statement of purpose
- Sec. 3002 - Definitions
- Sec. 3003 - Survey
- Sec. 3004 - Direct marketing assistance within the States
- Sec. 3005 - Farmers' Market and Local Food Promotion Program
- Sec. 3006 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 3007 - Seniors farmers' market nutrition program
- Chapter 64 - Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (Sections 3101 - 3371)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Findings, Purposes, and Definitions (Sections 3101 - 3103)
- Subchapter II - Coordination and Planning of Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (Sections 3121 - 3130)
- Subchapter III - Agricultural Research and Education Grants and Fellowships (Sections 3151 - 3156)
- Subchapter IV - National Food and Human Nutrition Research and Extension Program (Sections 3171 - 3179)
- Subchapter V - Animal Health and Disease Research (Sections 3191 - 3202)
- Subchapter VI - 1890 Land-Grant College Funding (Sections 3221 - 3224)
- Subchapter VII - Programs for Hispanic, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (Sections 3241 - 3243)
- Subchapter VIII - International Research, Extension, and Teaching (Sections 3291 - 3294)
- Subchapter IX - Studies (Sections 3301 - 3304)
- Subchapter X - Funding and Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 3310 - 3319j)
- Subchapter XI - Aquaculture (Sections 3321 - 3324)
- Subchapter XII - Rangeland Research (Sections 3331 - 3336)
- Subchapter XIII - Biosecurity (Sections 3351 - 3354)
- Subchapter XIV - Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (Sections 3361 - 3363)
- Subchapter XV - General Provisions (Sections 3371 - 3371)
- Chapter 65 - Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education (Sections 3401 - 3417)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3401 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 3402 - Definitions
- Sec. 3403 - Issuance of orders
- Sec. 3404 - Permissive terms and conditions of orders
- Sec. 3405 - Wheat Industry Council
- Sec. 3406 - Exemption for retail bakers
- Sec. 3407 - Referendum
- Sec. 3408 - Refund of processed wheat assessment
- Sec. 3409 - Petition and review
- Sec. 3410 - Enforcement of orders and regulations
- Sec. 3411 - Suspension and termination of orders
- Sec. 3412 - Investigations; power to subpena and take oaths and affirmations; aid of courts
- Sec. 3413 - Certification of organizations
- Sec. 3414 - Other programs relating to wheat or wheat food research or nutrition education
- Sec. 3415 - Regulations
- Sec. 3416 - Amendments to orders
- Sec. 3417 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 66 - Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure (Sections 3501 - 3508)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3501 - Reporting requirements
- Sec. 3502 - Civil penalty
- Sec. 3503 - Investigative actions
- Sec. 3504 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-362, title I, §101(f), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3281
- Sec. 3505 - Reports to the States
- Sec. 3506 - Public inspection
- Sec. 3507 - Regulations
- Sec. 3508 - Definitions
- Chapter 67 - Implementation of International Sugar Agreement, 1977 (Sections 3601 - 3606)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3601 - Definitions
- Sec. 3602 - Implementation of Agreement
- Sec. 3603 - Delegation of powers and duties
- Sec. 3604 - Criminal offenses
- Sec. 3605 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, §2219(a)(5), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-817
- Sec. 3606 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-362, title I, §101(g), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3281
- Chapter 68 - Agricultural Subterminal Facilities (Sections 3701 - 3703)
- Chapter 69 - Swine Health Protection (Sections 3801 - 3813)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3801 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- Sec. 3802 - Definitions
- Sec. 3803 - Prohibition of certain garbage feeding; exemption
- Sec. 3804 - Permits to operate garbage treatment facility
- Sec. 3805 - Civil penalties
- Sec. 3806 - Criminal penalties
- Sec. 3807 - General enforcement provisions
- Sec. 3808 - Cooperation with States
- Sec. 3809 - Primary enforcement responsibility
- Sec. 3810 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title IX, §914(b)(1), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1186
- Sec. 3811 - Issuance of regulations; maintenance of records
- Sec. 3812 - Authority in addition to other laws; effect on State laws
- Sec. 3813 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 70 - Animal Cancer Research (Sections 3901 - 3904)
- Chapter 71 - Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjustment (Sections 4001 - 4005)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4001 - Trade suspension reserves
- Sec. 4002 - Alcohol processor grain reserve program
- Sec. 4003 - Study of potential for expansion of United States agricultural export markets; report to President and Congress
- Sec. 4004 - Food bank special nutrition projects
- Sec. 4004a - Applicability of supplemental nutrition assistance requirements
- Sec. 4005 - "Fuel conversion price" defined
- Chapter 72 - National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board (Sections 4101 - 4110)
- Chapter 73 - Farmland Protection Policy (Sections 4201 - 4209)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4201 - General provisions
- Sec. 4202 - Identifying effects of Federal programs on conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses
- Sec. 4203 - Existing policies and procedures; review, etc.
- Sec. 4204 - Technical assistance
- Sec. 4205 - Farmland resource information
- Sec. 4206 - Grants, contracts, etc., authority
- Sec. 4207 - Reporting requirement
- Sec. 4208 - Limitations
- Sec. 4209 - Prohibition on maintenance of actions
- Chapter 74 - Floral Research and Consumer Information (Sections 4301 - 4319)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4301 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 4302 - Definitions
- Sec. 4303 - Floral research and promotion orders
- Sec. 4304 - Notice and hearing
- Sec. 4305 - Finding and issuance of orders
- Sec. 4306 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 4307 - Permissive terms in orders
- Sec. 4308 - Referendum; necessity, etc.
- Sec. 4309 - Suspension and termination of orders
- Sec. 4310 - Amendments to orders
- Sec. 4311 - Exemption from assessments
- Sec. 4312 - Refund of assessments
- Sec. 4313 - Administrative and judicial review; procedures applicable
- Sec. 4314 - Enforcement of provisions
- Sec. 4315 - Certification of organizations; applicable criteria and considerations
- Sec. 4316 - Regulations
- Sec. 4317 - Investigations; subpena powers, etc.; enforcement
- Sec. 4318 - Separability
- Sec. 4319 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 75 - International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Sections 4401 - 4406)
- Chapter 76 - Dairy Research and Promotion (Sections 4501 - 4538)
- Chapter 77 - Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information (Sections 4601 - 4613)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4601 - Findings and purposes
- Sec. 4602 - Definitions
- Sec. 4603 - Honey research, promotion, and consumer information order
- Sec. 4604 - Notice and hearing
- Sec. 4605 - Findings and issuance of order
- Sec. 4606 - Required terms of order
- Sec. 4607 - Permissive terms and provisions
- Sec. 4608 - Collection of assessments; refunds
- Sec. 4609 - Petition and review
- Sec. 4610 - Enforcement
- Sec. 4610a - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 4611 - Requirements of referendum
- Sec. 4612 - Termination or suspension
- Sec. 4613 - Implementation of amendments made by Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
- Chapter 78 - Agricultural Productivity Research (Sections 4701 - 4710)
- Chapter 79 - Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information (Sections 4801 - 4819)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4801 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- Sec. 4802 - Definitions
- Sec. 4803 - Pork and pork product orders
- Sec. 4804 - Notice and hearing
- Sec. 4805 - Findings and issuance of orders
- Sec. 4806 - National Pork Producers Delegate Body
- Sec. 4807 - Selection of Delegate Body
- Sec. 4808 - National Pork Board
- Sec. 4809 - Assessments
- Sec. 4810 - Permissive provisions
- Sec. 4811 - Referendum
- Sec. 4812 - Suspension and termination of orders
- Sec. 4813 - Refunds
- Sec. 4814 - Petition and review
- Sec. 4815 - Enforcement
- Sec. 4816 - Investigations
- Sec. 4817 - Preemption
- Sec. 4818 - Administrative provision
- Sec. 4819 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 80 - Watermelon Research and Promotion (Sections 4901 - 4916)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4901 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 4902 - Definitions
- Sec. 4903 - Issuance of plans
- Sec. 4904 - Notice and hearings
- Sec. 4905 - Regulations
- Sec. 4906 - Required terms in plans
- Sec. 4907 - Permissive terms in plans
- Sec. 4908 - Assessment procedures
- Sec. 4909 - Petition and review
- Sec. 4910 - Enforcement
- Sec. 4911 - Investigation and power to subpoena
- Sec. 4912 - Requirement of referendum
- Sec. 4913 - Suspension or termination of plans
- Sec. 4914 - Amendment procedure
- Sec. 4915 - Separability
- Sec. 4916 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 81 - National Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy (Sections 5001 - 5007)
- Chapter 82 - State Agricultural Loan Mediation Programs (Sections 5101 - 5106)
- Chapter 83 - Agricultural Competitiveness and Trade (Sections 5201 - 5235)
- Chapter 84 - National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research (Sections 5301 - 5342)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 5301 - Congressional statement of purposes
- Sec. 5302 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research (Sections 5311 - 5316)
- Subchapter II - National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council (Sections 5331 - 5332)
- Subchapter III - Dietary Guidance (Sections 5341 - 5342)
- Chapter 85 - Administration of Environmental Programs (Sections 5401 - 5405)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 5401 - Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality
- Sec. 5402 - Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality
- Sec. 5403 - Environmental Quality Policy Statement
- Sec. 5404 - Good Neighbor Environmental Board
- Sec. 5405 - Agricultural air quality research oversight
- Chapter 86 - Water Quality Research, Education, and Coordination (Sections 5501 - 5506)
- Chapter 87 - Export Promotion (Sections 5601 - 5723)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - General Provisions (Sections 5601 - 5607)
- Subchapter II - Agricultural Export Programs (Sections 5621 - 5641)
- Subchapter III - Barriers to Exports (Sections 5651 - 5653)
- Subchapter IV - General Provisions (Sections 5661 - 5680)
- Subchapter V - Foreign Agricultural Service (Sections 5691 - 5695)
- Subchapter VI - Reports (Sections 5711 - 5713)
- Subchapter VII - Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (Sections 5721 - 5723)
- Chapter 88 - Research (Sections 5801 - 5940)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Sections 5801 - 5832)
- Subchapter II - National Genetic Resources Program (Sections 5841 - 5844)
- Subchapter III - National Agricultural Weather Information System (Sections 5851 - 5855)
- Subchapter IV - Research Regarding Production, Preparation, Processing, Handling, and Storage of Agricultural Products (Sections 5871 - 5874)
- Subchapter V - Plant and Animal Pest and Disease Control Program (Sections 5881 - 5885)
- Subchapter VI - Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization (Sections 5901 - 5909)
- Subchapter VII - Miscellaneous Research Provisions (Sections 5921 - 5940)
- Chapter 89 - Pecan Promotion and Research (Sections 6001 - 6013)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6001 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 6002 - Definitions
- Sec. 6003 - Issuance of plans
- Sec. 6004 - Regulations
- Sec. 6005 - Required terms in plans
- Sec. 6006 - Permissive terms in plans
- Sec. 6007 - Assessments
- Sec. 6008 - Petition and review
- Sec. 6009 - Enforcement
- Sec. 6010 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 6011 - Requirement of referendum
- Sec. 6012 - Suspension or termination of plan
- Sec. 6013 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 90 - Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information (Sections 6101 - 6112)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6101 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 6102 - Definitions
- Sec. 6103 - Issuance of orders
- Sec. 6104 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 6105 - Referenda
- Sec. 6106 - Petition and review
- Sec. 6107 - Enforcement
- Sec. 6108 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 6109 - Savings provision
- Sec. 6110 - Suspension or termination of orders
- Sec. 6111 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 6112 - Regulations
- Chapter 91 - Lime Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information (Sections 6201 - 6212)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6201 - Findings, purposes, and limitations
- Sec. 6202 - Definitions
- Sec. 6203 - Issuance of orders
- Sec. 6204 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 6205 - Permissive terms in orders
- Sec. 6206 - Petition and review
- Sec. 6207 - Enforcement
- Sec. 6208 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 6209 - Initial referendum
- Sec. 6210 - Suspension and termination
- Sec. 6211 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 6212 - Regulations
- Chapter 92 - Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information (Sections 6301 - 6311)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6301 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 6302 - Definitions
- Sec. 6303 - Issuance and amendment of orders
- Sec. 6304 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 6305 - Referenda
- Sec. 6306 - Petition and review
- Sec. 6307 - Enforcement
- Sec. 6308 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 6309 - Administrative provisions
- Sec. 6310 - Suspension or termination of orders
- Sec. 6311 - Authorization of appropriations; regulations
- Chapter 93 - Processor-Funded Milk Promotion Program (Sections 6401 - 6417)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6401 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 6402 - Definitions
- Sec. 6403 - Authority to issue orders
- Sec. 6404 - Notice and comment
- Sec. 6405 - Findings and issuance of orders
- Sec. 6406 - Regulations
- Sec. 6407 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 6408 - Permissive terms
- Sec. 6409 - Assessments
- Sec. 6410 - Petition and review
- Sec. 6411 - Enforcement
- Sec. 6412 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 6413 - Requirement of initial referendum
- Sec. 6414 - Suspension or termination of orders
- Sec. 6415 - Amendments
- Sec. 6416 - Independent evaluation of programs
- Sec. 6417 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 94 - Organic Certification (Sections 6501 - 6523)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6501 - Purposes
- Sec. 6502 - Definitions
- Sec. 6503 - National organic production program
- Sec. 6504 - National standards for organic production
- Sec. 6505 - Compliance requirements
- Sec. 6506 - General requirements
- Sec. 6507 - State organic certification program
- Sec. 6508 - Prohibited crop production practices and materials
- Sec. 6509 - Animal production practices and materials
- Sec. 6510 - Handling
- Sec. 6511 - Additional guidelines
- Sec. 6512 - Other production and handling practices
- Sec. 6513 - Organic plan
- Sec. 6514 - Accreditation program
- Sec. 6515 - Requirements of certifying agents
- Sec. 6516 - Peer review of certifying agents
- Sec. 6517 - National List
- Sec. 6518 - National Organic Standards Board
- Sec. 6519 - Recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement
- Sec. 6520 - Administrative appeal
- Sec. 6521 - Administration
- Sec. 6522 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 6523 - National organic certification cost-share program
- Chapter 95 - Rural Revitalization Through Forestry (Sections 6601 - 6617)
- Chapter 96 - Global Climate Change (Sections 6701 - 6711)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6701 - Global Climate Change Program
- Sec. 6702 - Study of global climate change, agriculture, and forestry
- Sec. 6703 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, §868, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175
- Sec. 6704 - Office of International Forestry
- Sec. 6705 - Line item
- Sec. 6706 - Institutes of Tropical Forestry
- Sec. 6707 - Urban forestry demonstration projects
- Sec. 6708 - Biomass energy demonstration projects
- Sec. 6709 - Interagency cooperation to maximize biomass growth
- Sec. 6710 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 6711 - Carbon cycle research
- Chapter 97 - Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information (Sections 6801 - 6814)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6801 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 6802 - Definitions
- Sec. 6803 - Issuance of orders
- Sec. 6804 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 6805 - Exclusion; determinations
- Sec. 6806 - Referenda
- Sec. 6807 - Petition and review
- Sec. 6808 - Enforcement
- Sec. 6809 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 6810 - Confidentiality
- Sec. 6811 - Authority for Secretary to suspend or terminate order
- Sec. 6812 - Construction
- Sec. 6813 - Regulations
- Sec. 6814 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 98 - Department of Agriculture Reorganization (Sections 6901 - 7035)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 6901 - Purpose
- Sec. 6902 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - General Reorganization Authorities (Sections 6911 - 6921)
- Subchapter II - Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (Sections 6931 - 6935)
- Subchapter III - Rural Economic and Community Development (Sections 6941 - 6945)
- Subchapter IV - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (Sections 6951 - 6953)
- Subchapter V - Natural Resources and Environment (Sections 6961 - 6963)
- Subchapter VI - Research, Education, and Economics (Sections 6971 - 6972)
- Subchapter VII - Food Safety (Sections 6981 - 6982)
- Subchapter VIII - National Appeals Division (Sections 6991 - 7002)
- Subchapter VIII-A - Marketing and Regulatory Programs (Sections 7005 - 7005)
- Subchapter IX - Miscellaneous Reorganization Provisions (Sections 7011 - 7014)
- Subchapter X - Freedom to E-File (Sections 7031 - 7035)
- Chapter 99 - Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information (Sections 7101 - 7111)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 7101 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 7102 - Definitions
- Sec. 7103 - Issuance and amendment of orders
- Sec. 7104 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 7105 - Referenda
- Sec. 7106 - Petition and review
- Sec. 7107 - Enforcement
- Sec. 7108 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 7109 - Administrative provisions
- Sec. 7110 - Regulations
- Sec. 7111 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 100 - Agricultural Market Transition (Sections 7201 - 7334)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - Short Title, Purpose, and Definitions (Sections 7201 - 7202)
- Subchapter II - Production Flexibility Contracts (Sections 7211 - 7218)
- Subchapter III - Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Sections 7231 - 7237)
- Subchapter IV - Other Commodities (Sections 7251 - 7272)
- Subchapter V - Administration (Sections 7281 - 7287)
- Subchapter VI - Permanent Price Support Authority (Sections 7301 - 7302)
- Subchapter VII - Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture (Sections 7311 - 7318)
- Subchapter VIII - Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions (Sections 7331 - 7334)
- Chapter 101 - Agricultural Promotion (Sections 7401 - 7491)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Commodity Promotion and Evaluation (Sections 7401 - 7401)
- Subchapter II - Issuance of Orders for Promotion, Research, and Information Activities Regarding Agricultural Commodities (Sections 7411 - 7425)
- Subchapter III - Canola and Rapeseed (Sections 7441 - 7452)
- Subchapter IV - Kiwifruit (Sections 7461 - 7473)
- Subchapter V - Popcorn (Sections 7481 - 7491)
- Chapter 102 - Emergency Food Assistance (Sections 7501 - 7517)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 7501 - Definitions
- Sec. 7502 - Availability of CCC commodities
- Sec. 7503 - State plan
- Sec. 7504 - Initial processing costs
- Sec. 7505 - Federal and State responsibilities
- Sec. 7506 - Assurances; anticipated use
- Sec. 7507 - State and local supplementation of commodities
- Sec. 7508 - Authorization and appropriations
- Sec. 7509 - Relationship to other programs
- Sec. 7510 - Commodities not income
- Sec. 7511 - Prohibition against certain State charges
- Sec. 7511a - Emergency food program infrastructure grants
- Sec. 7512 - Regulations
- Sec. 7513 - Finality of determinations
- Sec. 7514 - Incorporation of additional commodities
- Sec. 7515 - Allotment and delivery of commodities
- Sec. 7516 - Settlement and adjustment of claims
- Sec. 7517 - Food insecurity nutrition incentive
- Chapter 103 - Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform (Sections 7601 - 7672)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 7601 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Priorities, Scope, Review, and Coordination of Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education (Sections 7611 - 7614c)
- Subchapter II - New Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Initiatives (Sections 7621 - 7633)
- Subchapter III - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 7641 - 7672)
- Chapter 104 - Plant Protection (Sections 7701 - 7786)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 7701 - Findings
- Sec. 7702 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Plant Protection (Sections 7711 - 7721)
- Subchapter II - Inspection and Enforcement (Sections 7731 - 7736)
- Subchapter III - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 7751 - 7761)
- Subchapter IV - Authorization of Appropriations (Sections 7771 - 7772)
- Subchapter V - Noxious Weed Control and Eradication (Sections 7781 - 7786)
- Chapter 105 - Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information (Sections 7801 - 7813)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 7801 - Findings and declaration of policy
- Sec. 7802 - Definitions
- Sec. 7803 - Issuance of orders
- Sec. 7804 - Required terms in orders
- Sec. 7805 - Referenda
- Sec. 7806 - Petition and review
- Sec. 7807 - Enforcement
- Sec. 7808 - Investigations and power to subpoena
- Sec. 7809 - Confidentiality
- Sec. 7810 - Authority for Secretary to suspend or terminate order
- Sec. 7811 - Rules of construction
- Sec. 7812 - Regulations
- Sec. 7813 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 106 - Commodity Programs (Sections 7901 - 8002)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 7901 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments (Sections 7911 - 7918)
- Subchapter II - Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Sections 7931 - 7939)
- Subchapter III - Peanuts (Sections 7951 - 7960)
- Subchapter IV - Sugar (Sections 7971 - 7971)
- Subchapter V - Dairy (Sections 7981 - 7984)
- Subchapter VI - Administration (Sections 7991 - 8002)
- Chapter 107 - Renewable Energy Research and Development (Sections 8101 - 8114)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 8101 - Definitions
- Sec. 8102 - Biobased markets program
- Sec. 8103 - Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance
- Sec. 8104 - Repowering assistance
- Sec. 8105 - Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels
- Sec. 8106 - Biodiesel fuel education program
- Sec. 8107 - Rural Energy for America Program
- Sec. 8107a - Rural energy savings program
- Sec. 8108 - Biomass research and development
- Sec. 8109 - Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative
- Sec. 8110 - Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers
- Sec. 8111 - Biomass Crop Assistance Program
- Sec. 8112 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113-79, title IX, §9011, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 938
- Sec. 8113 - Community wood energy program
- Sec. 8114 - Sun grant program
- Chapter 108 - Tree Assistance Program (Sections 8201 - 8205)
- Chapter 109 - Animal Health Protection (Sections 8301 - 8322)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 8301 - Findings
- Sec. 8302 - Definitions
- Sec. 8303 - Restriction on importation or entry
- Sec. 8304 - Exportation
- Sec. 8305 - Interstate movement
- Sec. 8306 - Seizure, quarantine, and disposal
- Sec. 8307 - Inspections, seizures, and warrants
- Sec. 8308 - Detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests
- Sec. 8308a - National animal health laboratory network
- Sec. 8309 - Veterinary accreditation program
- Sec. 8310 - Cooperation
- Sec. 8311 - Reimbursable agreements
- Sec. 8312 - Administration and claims
- Sec. 8313 - Penalties
- Sec. 8314 - Enforcement
- Sec. 8315 - Regulations and orders
- Sec. 8316 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 8317 - Effect on regulations
- Sec. 8318 - Veterinary training
- Sec. 8319 - Surveillance of zoonotic diseases
- Sec. 8320 - Expansion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service activities
- Sec. 8321 - Pest and Disease Response Fund
- Sec. 8322 - National aquatic animal health plan
- Chapter 110 - Enhancing Controls on Dangerous Biological Agents and Toxins (Sections 8401 - 8411)
- Chapter 111 - Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication (Sections 8501 - 8507)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 8501 - Definitions
- Sec. 8502 - Sense of Congress regarding need for improved and better coordinated Federal policy for brown tree snake introduction, control, and eradication
- Sec. 8503 - Brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication
- Sec. 8504 - Establishment of quarantine protocols to control the introduction and spread of the brown tree snake
- Sec. 8505 - Treatment of brown tree snakes as nonmailable matter
- Sec. 8506 - Role of brown tree snake Technical Working Group
- Sec. 8507 - Miscellaneous matters
- Chapter 112 - Biomass Research and Development (Sections 8601 - 8609)
- Chapter 113 - Agricultural Commodity Support Programs (Sections 8701 - 8793)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 8701 - Definition of Secretary
- Sec. 8702 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments (Sections 8711 - 8719)
- Subchapter II - Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Sections 8731 - 8740)
- Subchapter III - Peanuts (Sections 8751 - 8758)
- Subchapter IV - Dairy (Sections 8771 - 8773)
- Subchapter V - Administration (Sections 8781 - 8793)
- Chapter 114 - Agricultural Security (Sections 8901 - 8922)
- Chapter 115 - Agricultural Commodity Policy and Programs (Sections 9001 - 9097)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 9001 - Definition of Secretary of Agriculture
- Subchapter I - Commodity Policy (Sections 9011 - 9019)
- Subchapter II - Marketing Loans (Sections 9031 - 9040)
- Subchapter III - Dairy (Sections 9051 - 9071)
- Subchapter IV - Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs (Sections 9081 - 9081)
- Subchapter V - Administration (Sections 9091 - 9097)
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