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documentPDFPage:-1 --> <!-- itempath:/070 --> <!-- itemsortkey:070AAAA --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 7-AGRICULTURE --> <!-- field-start:titlehead --> <h1 class="usc-title-head">TITLE 7&mdash;AGRICULTURE</h1> <!-- field-end:titlehead --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Commodity Exchanges</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cotton Standards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">51</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Grain Standards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">71</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Naval Stores</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">91</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Importation of Adulterated Seeds [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">111</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">121</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Laboratory Accreditation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">138</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Insect Pests Generally [Repealed, Omitted, or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">141</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Golden Nematode [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">150</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Plant Pests [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">150aa</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Plant Products [Repealed, Omitted, or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">151</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rubber and Other Critical Agricultural Materials</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">171</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Packers and Stockyards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">181</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Warehouses</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">241</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Honeybees</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">281</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Associations of Agricultural Products Producers</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">291</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Experiment Stations</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">361</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bureau of Animal Industry</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">391</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bureau of Dairy Industry</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Miscellaneous Matters</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">411</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cooperative Marketing</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">451</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cotton Statistics and Estimates</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">471</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Dumping or Destruction of Interstate Produce</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">491</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Perishable Agricultural Commodities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">499a</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tobacco Statistics</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tobacco Inspection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">511</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Tobacco Control [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">515</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21C.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tobacco Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">518</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Agricultural Marketing [Omitted or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">521</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Foreign Agricultural Service [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">541</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Perishable Agricultural Commodities [Transferred to Chapter 20A]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">551</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Export Standards for Apples</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">581</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Export Standards for Grapes and Plums</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">591</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Adjustment</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Marketing Agreements</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">671</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Cotton Marketing [Repealed or Omitted]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Tobacco Industry [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">751</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Potato Act of 1935 [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Anti-Hog-Cholera Serum and Hog-Cholera Virus</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">851</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">31.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rural Electrification and Telephone Service</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">31A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Telemedicine and Distance Learning Services in Rural Areas</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">950aaa</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">32.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Peanut Statistics</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">951</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">33.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Farm Tenancy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1000</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">34.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Sugar Production and Control [Omitted or Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1100</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">35.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1281</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">35A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Price Support of Agricultural Commodities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1421</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">36.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Crop Insurance</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">37.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Seeds</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1551</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">38.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1621</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">39.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Stabilization of International Wheat Market</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1641</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">40.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Halogeton Glomeratus Control [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1651</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">41.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Food for Peace</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1691</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">42.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Commodity Set-Aside</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1741</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">43.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Foreign Market Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1761</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">44.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Wool Program [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1781</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">45.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Soil Bank Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">46.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Surplus Disposal of Agricultural Commodities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1851</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">47.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Interchange of Department of Agriculture and State Employees [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1881</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">48.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">49.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Consultation on Agricultural Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1911</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">50.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Credit</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1921</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">51.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2011</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">52.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Farm Labor Contractor Registration [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2041</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">53.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cotton Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">54.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2131</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">55.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Department of Agriculture</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">55A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Department of Agriculture Advisory Committees</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2281</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">56.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Unfair Trade Practices Affecting Producers of Agricultural Products</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">57.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Plant Variety Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2321</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">58.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Potato Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2611</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">59.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rural Fire Protection, Development, and Small Farm Research and Education</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2651</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">60.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Egg Research and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">61.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Noxious Weeds</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">62.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Beef Research and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2901<!-- PDFPage:2 --></div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">63.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">64.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">65.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">66.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">67.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Implementation of International Sugar Agreement, 1977</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">68.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Subterminal Facilities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">69.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Swine Health Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">70.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Animal Cancer Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">71.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjustment</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">72.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board [Omitted]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">73.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Farmland Protection Policy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">74.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Floral Research and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">75.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">76.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Dairy Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">77.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">78.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Agricultural Productivity Research [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">79.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">80.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Watermelon Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">81.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">National Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy [Omitted]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">82.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">State Agricultural Loan Mediation Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">83.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Competitiveness and Trade</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">84.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">85.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Administration of Environmental Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">86.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Water Quality Research, Education, and Coordination</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">87.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Export Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">88.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">89.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Pecan Promotion and Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">90.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">91.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Lime Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">92.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">93.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Processor-Funded Milk Promotion Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">94.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Organic Certification</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">95.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rural Revitalization Through Forestry</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">96.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Global Climate Change</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">97.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">98.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Department of Agriculture Reorganization</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">99.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">100.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Market Transition</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">101.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">102.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Emergency Food Assistance</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">103.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">104.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Plant Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">105.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">106.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Commodity Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">107.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Renewable Energy Research and Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">108.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tree Assistance Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">109.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Animal Health Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">110.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Enhancing Controls on Dangerous Biological Agents and Toxins</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">111.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">112.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Biomass Research and Development [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">113.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Commodity Support Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">114.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Security</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8901</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- documentid:7_-ch1 currentthrough:20100201 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/070/CHAPTER 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:070AAAB --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 7-AGRICULTURE!@!CHAPTER 1-COMMODITY EXCHANGES --> <!-- field-start:structuralhead --> <h3 class="chapter-head"><strong>CHAPTER 1&mdash;COMMODITY EXCHANGES</strong></h3> <!-- field-end:structuralhead --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Short title.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2a to 4a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transferred.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Findings and purpose.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Excessive speculation.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts designed to defraud or mislead.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Prohibited transactions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in handling customer receipts; rules to avoid duplicative regulations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6f.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6g.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reporting and recordkeeping.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6h.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6i.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6j.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6k</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6<em>l.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6m.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6n.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6<em>o.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6<em>o</em>&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transferred.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6p.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Standards and examinations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6q.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers.<!-- PDFPage:3 --></div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Designation of boards of trade as contract markets.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Derivatives transaction execution facilities.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Derivatives clearing organizations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a&ndash;2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Common provisions applicable to registered entities.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a&ndash;3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exempt boards of trade.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b&ndash;2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Privacy.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of persons from privilege of &ldquo;registered entities&rdquo;; procedure for exclusion; review by court of appeals.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Assessment of money penalties.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Notice of investigations and enforcement actions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacation on request of designation or registration as &ldquo;registered entity&rdquo;; redesignation or reregistration.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Public disclosure.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left" id="wide">12&ndash;1 to 12&ndash;3. Omitted.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Trading ban violations; prohibition.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Disciplinary actions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Violations, prohibition against dealings in onion futures; punishment.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Enjoining or restraining violations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a&ndash;2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Jurisdiction of States.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment; misdemeanor or felony; separate offenses.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Responsibility as principal; minor violations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Enforcement powers of Commission.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Cotton futures contracts.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commission operations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Service fees and National Futures Association study.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability of 1936 amendment.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability of 1968 amendment.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Complaints against registered persons.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Market reports.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registered futures associations.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Research and information programs; reports to Congress.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Standardized contracts for certain commodities.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulations respecting commodity broker debtors; definitions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Private rights of action.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of identified banking products commonly offered on or before December 5, 2000.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of certain identified banking products offered by banks after December 5, 2000.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of certain other identified banking products.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Administration of the predominance test.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of covered swap agreements.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27f.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contract enforcement.</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- documentid:7_1 usckey:070000000000100000000000000000000 currentthrough:20100201 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/070/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:070AAAC --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 7-AGRICULTURE!@!CHAPTER 1-COMMODITY EXCHANGES!@!Sec. 1 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;1. Short title</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">This chapter may be cited as the &ldquo;Commodity Exchange Act.&rdquo;</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, &sect;1, 42 Stat. 998; June 15, 1936, ch. 545, &sect;1, 49 Stat. 1491.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:priorprovisions-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Prior Provisions</h4> <p class="note-body">This chapter superseded act Aug. 24, 1921, ch. 86, 42 Stat. 187, known as &ldquo;The Future Trading Act,&rdquo; which act was declared unconstitutional, at least in part, in <em>Hill v. Wallace</em>, Ill. 1922, 42 S.Ct. 453, 259 U.S. 44, 66 L.Ed. 822. Section 3 of that act was found unconstitutional as imposing a penalty in <em>Trusler v. Crooks</em>, Mo. 1926, 46 S.Ct. 165, 269 U.S. 475, 70 L.Ed. 365.</p> <!-- field-end:priorprovisions-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body">1936&mdash;Act June 15, 1936, substituted &ldquo;Commodity Exchange Act&rdquo; for &ldquo;The Grain Futures Act&rdquo;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1936 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Section 13 of act June 15, 1936, provided that: &ldquo;All provisions of this Act [see Tables for classification] authorizing the registration of futures commission merchants and floor brokers, the fixing of fees and charges therefor, the promulgation of rules, regulations and orders, and the holding of hearings precedent to the promulgation of rules, regulations, and orders shall be effective immediately. All other provisions of this Act shall take effect ninety days after the enactment of thi…

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