§ 136. Definitions


§ 1. Short title


§ 2011. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 6b. Contracts designed to defraud or mislead


§ 2. Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce


§ 136a. Registration of pesticides


§ 2023. Administrative and judicial review; restoration of rights


§ 2024. Violations and enforcement


§ 608c. Orders


§ 136v. Authority of States


§ 25. Private rights of action


§ 601. Declaration of conditions


§ 2014. Eligible households


§ 2013. Establishment of supplemental nutrition assistance program


§ 499a. Short title and definitions


§ 499e. Liability to persons injured


§ 9. Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information


§ 13. Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution


§ 2021. Civil penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns


§ 2020. Administration


§ 18. Complaints against registered persons


§ 6. Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions


§ 181. Short title


§ 6c. Prohibited transactions


§ 1926. Water and waste facility loans and grants


§ 499b. Unfair conduct


§ 2012. Definitions


§ 6912. Authority of Secretary to delegate transferred functions


§ 136n. Administrative procedure; judicial review


§ 1508. Crop insurance


§ 1981a. Loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures


§ 291. Authorization of associations; powers


§ 6o. Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons


§ 2131. Congressional statement of policy


§ 7. Designation of boards of trade as contract markets


§ 1921. Congressional findings


§ 499g. Reparation order


§ 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


§ 12a. Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities


§ 192. Unlawful practices enumerated


§ 1506. General powers


§ 2022. Disposition of claims


§ 136d. Administrative review; suspension


§ 136j. Unlawful acts


§ 2015. Eligibility disqualifications


§ 499h. Grounds for suspension or revocation of license


§ 602. Declaration of policy; establishment of price basing period; marketing standards; orderly supply flow; circumstances for continued regulation


§ 2016. Issuance and use of program benefits


§ 1501. Short title and application of other provisions


§ 1421. Price support


§ 13c. Responsibility as principal; minor violations


§ 901. Short title


§ 210. Proceedings before Secretary for violations


§ 2143. Standards and certification process for humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals


§ 499c. Licenses


§ 6999. Judicial review


§ 1446. Price support levels for designated nonbasic agricultural commodities


§ 1502. Purpose; definitions; protection of information; relation to other laws


§ 2019. Redemption of program benefits


§ 213. Prevention of unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive practices


§ 2025. Administrative cost-sharing and quality control


§ 6k. Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons


§ 1385. Finality of payments and loans; substitution of beneficiaries


§ 204. Bond and suspension of registrants


§ 209. Liability to individuals for violations; enforcement generally


§ 1281. Short title


§ 608a. Enforcement of chapter


§ 2018. Approval of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns


§ 2132. Definitions


§ 1365. Institution of proceeding for court review of committee findings


§ 1981. Farmers Home Administration


§ 2017. Value of allotment


§ 1631. Protection for purchasers of farm products


§ 499f. Complaints, written notifications, and investigations


§ 6m. Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law


§ 201. “Stockyard owner”; “stockyard services”; “market agency”; “dealer”; defined


§ 2149. Violations by licensees


§2156. Animal fighting venture prohibition


§ 610. Administration


§ 1361. Application of subpart


§ 1503. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; creation; offices


§ 5. Findings and purpose


§ 136h. Protection of trade secrets and other information


§ 1622. Duties of Secretary relating to agricultural products


§ 2146. Administration and enforcement by Secretary


§ 904. Loans for electrical plants and transmission lines


§1301. Definitions


§ 1366. Court review


§ 193. Procedure before Secretary for violations


§ 196. Statutory trust established; livestock


§ 1985. Security servicing


§ 2901. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 12. Public disclosure


§ 1854. Agreements limiting imports


§ 6a. Excessive speculation


§ 13a. Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses


§ 191. “Packer” defined


§ 2001. Debt restructuring and loan servicing


§ 1444. Cotton price support levels


§ 1a. Definitions


§ 136w. Authority of Administrator


§ 1961. Eligibility for loans


§ 21. Registered futures associations


§ 2305. Enforcement provisions


§ 2321. Establishment


§ 2904. Required terms in orders


§ 6n. Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account


§ 1621. Congressional declaration of purpose; use of existing facilities; cooperation with States


§ 208. Unreasonable or discriminatory practices generally; rights of stockyard owner of management and regulation


§ 222. Federal Trade Commission powers adopted for enforcement of chapter


§ 6501. Purposes


§ 6932. Farm Service Agency


§ 6f. Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment


§ 13b. Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment


§ 2541. Infringement of plant variety protection


§ 608. Powers of Secretary


§ 6101. Findings and declaration of policy


§ 6g. Reporting and recordkeeping


§ 6h. False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited


§ 1363. Review of quota; review committee


§ 1441. Price support levels


§ 182. Definitions


§ 19. Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws


§ 23. Standardized contracts for certain commodities


§ 26. Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection


§ 60. Penalties for violations


§ 71. Short title


§ 1308. Payment limitations


§ 1721. General authority


§ 1941. Persons eligible for loans


§ 2279. Farming opportunities training and outreach


§ 341. Cooperative extension work by colleges


§ 499d. Issuance of license


§ 511. Definitions


§ 612c. Appropriation to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products


§ 624. Limitation on imports; authority of President


§ 6e. Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited


§7701. Findings Congress finds that-


§ 9a. Assessment of money penalties


§ 1922. Persons eligible for real estate loans


§ 2133. Licensing of dealers and exhibitors


§ 2303. Prohibited practices


§ 6998. Director review of determinations of hearing officers


§ 902. General authority of Secretary of Agriculture


§ 12c. Disciplinary actions


§ 241. Definitions


§ 6991. Definitions


§ 6996. Right of participants to Division hearing


§ 907. Acquisition of property pledged for loans; disposition; sale of pledged property by borrower


§ 1431. Disposition of commodities to prevent waste


§ 1507. Personnel of Corporation


§ 16. Commission operations


§ 1989. Rules and regulations


§ 2301. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 518d. Use of assessments as source of funds for payments


§ 6997. Division hearings


§ 8. Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals


§ 1429. Determinations of Secretary as final and conclusive


§1691. United States policy It is the policy of the United States to use its abundant agricultural productivity to promote the foreign policy of the United States by enhancing the food security of the developing world through the use of agricultural commodities and local currencies accruing under this chapter to-


§ 1901. Findings and declaration of policy


§ 2028. Consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa


§ 221. Accounts and records of business; punishment for failure to keep


§ 228b. Prompt payment for purchase of livestock


§ 292. Monopolizing or restraining trade and unduly enhancing prices prohibited; remedy and procedure


§ 6517. National List


§ 1011. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture


§ 1425. Producer rights and liabilities


§ 194. Conclusiveness of order; appeal and review


§ 203. Activity as stockyard dealer or market agency; benefits to business and welfare of stockyard; registration; penalty for failure to register


§ 2302. Definitions


§ 2543. Right to save seed; crop exemption


§ 426. Transferred


§ 4801. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose


§ 608b. Marketing agreements; exemption from anti-trust laws; inspection requirements for handlers not subject to agreements


§ 6503. National organic production program


§ 6933. Office of Risk Management


§ 1367. Stay of proceedings and exclusive jurisdiction


§ 136k. Stop sale, use, removal, and seizure


§ 136p. Exemption of Federal and State agencies


§ 1375. Regulations


§ 1516. Funding


§ 1571. Prohibitions relating to interstate commerce in certain seeds


§ 1929a. Rural Development Insurance Fund


§ 1983. Special conditions and limitations on loans


§ 2000. Homestead protection


§ 206. Rates and charges generally; discrimination


§ 211. Order of Secretary as to charges or practices; prescribing rates and practices generally


§ 2134. Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required


§ 217a. Fees for inspection of brands or marks


§ 228. Authority of Secretary


§ 518. Definitions


§ 6994. Notice and opportunity for hearing


§ 7712. Regulation of movement of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, noxious weeds, articles, and means of conveyance


§ 903. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1010. Land conservation and land utilization


§ 1427. Commodity Credit Corporation sales price restrictions


§ 1561. Definition of terms


§ 1902. Humane methods


§ 1991. Definitions


§ 2151. Rules and regulations


§ 2201. Establishment of Department


§ 227. Powers of Federal Trade Commission and Secretary of Agriculture


§ 2905. Certification of organizations to nominate


§ 2906. Requirement of referendum


§ 301. Land grant aid of colleges


§ 6502. Definitions


§ 6504. National standards for organic production


§ 6992. National Appeals Division and Director


§ 7256. Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact


§ 7702. Definitions


§7711. Regulation of movement of plant pests


§ 1340. Supplemental provisions relating to wheat marketing quotas; marketing penalty for rice; crop loans on cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts


§ 1344. Apportionment of national acreage allotments


§ 136q. Storage, disposal, transportation, and recall


§ 1378. Transfer of acreage allotments ensuing from agency acquisition of farmlands


§ 1428. Definitions


§ 1551. Short title


§ 195. Punishment for violation of order


§ 1981d. Notice of loan service programs


§ 2276. Confidentiality of information


§ 2402. Right to plant variety protection; plant varieties protectable


§ 247. Fair treatment in storage of agricultural products


§ 2483. Contents and term of plant variety protection


§ 4809. Assessments


§ 499n. Inspection of perishable agricultural commodities


§ 511m. Regulation; hearings; employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations


§ 61. General regulations, investigations, tests, etc., by Secretary


§ 6507. State organic certification program


§ 6519. Recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement


§ 78. Use of official grade designations required; false or misleading grade designations for grain shipped out of the United States


§ 79. Official inspection


§ 7b. Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity


§ 1334. Apportionment of national acreage allotment


§ 136c. Experimental use permits


§ 1376. Court jurisdiction; duties of United States attorneys; remedies and penalties as additional


§ 183. When transaction deemed in commerce; “State” defined


§ 1982. Relief for mobilized military reservists from certain agricultural loan obligations


§ 202. “Stockyard” defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard


§ 205. General duty as to services; revocation of registration


§ 207. Schedule of rates


§ 2140. Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers


§ 2153. Fees and authorization of appropriations


§ 2266. Congressional reaffirmation of policy to foster and encourage family farms


§ 2401. Definitions and rules of construction


§ 242. Powers of Secretary


§ 2565. Attorney fees


§ 2567. Limitation of damages; marking and notice


§ 2707. Required terms and conditions in orders


§ 2903. Issuance of orders


§ 2908. Enforcement


§ 2909. Investigations by Secretary; oaths and affirmations; subpenas; judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process


§ 4201. General provisions


§ 4808. National Pork Board


§ 499p. Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents


§ 6520. Administrative appeal


§ 6901. Purpose


§ 6942. Rural Utilities Service


§ 6962. Transferred


§ 8303. Restriction on importation or entry


§ 1362. Publication of marketing quota; mailing of allotment notice


§ 1368. Effect of increase on other quotas


§ 136f. Books and records


§ 136i. Use of restricted use pesticides; applicators


§ 1374. Measurement of farms and report of plantings; remeasurement


§ 1509. Exemption of indemnities from levy


§ 1638. Definitions


§ 1638a. Notice of country of origin


§ 1929. Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund


§ 1932. Assistance for rural entities


§ 1946. Liability of borrower


§ 1983b. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program


§ 2027. Appropriations and allotments


§ 2145. Consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governmental bodies by Secretary of Agriculture


§ 228c. Federal preemption of State and local requirements


§ 2354. Subpoenas; witnesses


§ 251. Conditions for delivery of agricultural products


§ 252. Suspension or revocation of licenses


§ 255. Jurisdiction and arbitration


§ 2581. Intent


§ 427. Transferred


§ 4504. Required terms in orders


§ 455. Dissemination of crop, market, etc., information by cooperative marketing associations


§ 499o. Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes


§ 518a. Contract payments to tobacco quota holders


§ 518e. Tobacco Trust Fund


§ 609. Processing tax; methods of computation; rate; what constitutes processing; publicity as to tax to avoid profiteering


§ 6104. Required terms in orders


§ 63. Liability of principal for act of agent


§ 6505. Compliance requirements


§ 6518. National Organic Standards Board


§ 7211. Authorization for use of production flexibility contracts


§ 7253. Consolidation and reform of Federal milk marketing orders


§ 7254. Effect on fluid milk standards in State of California


§ 7283. Commodity Credit Corporation interest rate


§ 8791. Information gathering


§ 92. Definitions


§ 1000. Short title


§ 136g. Inspection of establishments, etc.


§ 1379d. Marketing restrictions


§ 1423. Adjustments of support prices


§ 1511. Tax exemption


§ 1637. Purpose


§ 1637b. Mandatory reporting for dairy products


§ 1723. Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives


§ 1927. Repayment requirements


§ 1928. Full faith and credit


§ 1964. Terms of loans


§ 197. Statutory trust established; poultry


§ 1983a. Prompt approval of loans and loan guarantees


§ 1997. Conservation easements


§ 2029. Workfare


§ 2101. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 2136. Registration of research facilities, handlers, carriers and unlicensed exhibitors


§ 22. Research and information programs; reports to Congress


§ 2202. Executive Department; Secretary


§ 24. Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions


§ 245. Bonding and other financial assurance requirements


§ 246. Maintenance of records


§ 249. Transfer of stored agricultural products


§ 2531. Ownership and assignment


§ 2902. Definitions


§ 2907. Refunds


§ 3508. Definitions


§ 361a. Congressional declaration of purpose; definitions


§ 4501. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 4509. Petition and review


§ 451. “Agricultural products” defined


§ 499m. Complaints; procedure, penalties, etc.


§ 504. “Person” defined


§ 5101. Qualifying States


§ 511a. Declaration of purpose


§ 519. Treatment of tobacco loan pool stocks and outstanding loan costs


§ 519a. Regulations


§ 5341. Establishment of dietary guidelines


§ 608d. Books and records


§ 6506. General requirements


§ 6510. Handling


§ 6515. Requirements of certifying agents


§ 7272. Sugar program


§ 74. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 7415. Permissive terms in orders


§ 7418. Petition and review of orders


§ 7756. Preemption


§ 7801. Findings and declaration of policy


§ 7991. Administration generally


§ 8301. Findings


§ 906. Funding for administrative expenses


§ 11. Vacation on request of designation or registration as “registered entity”; redesignation or reregistration


§ 1307. Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops


§ 1336. Referendum


§ 1346. Penalties


§ 136b. Transferred


§ 136e. Registration of establishments


§ 136m. Indemnities


§ 136r. Research and monitoring


§ 136t. Delegation and cooperation


§ 1379. Reconstitution of farms


§ 1424. Utilization of services and facilities of Commodity Credit Corporation


§ 1446b. Policy with regard to dairy products


§ 1447. Price support levels for other nonbasic agricultural commodities


§ 1514. Crimes and offenses


§ 1518. “Agricultural commodity” defined


§ 1523. Pilot programs


§ 1595. Seizure


§ 1596. Penalties


§ 1624. Cooperation with Government and State agencies, private research organizations, etc.; rules and regulations


§ 1639i. Federal preemption


§ 1639o. Definitions


§ 17. Separability


§ 1701. Economic assistance and food security


§ 1704. Use of local currency payment


§ 1733. General provisions


§ 1761. Foreign markets; collection of information


§ 1838. Conversion of cropland into vegetative cover, water storage, wildlife and conservation uses; contracts with farmers


§ 1904. Methods research; designation of methods


§ 1942. Purposes of loans


§ 1970. Eligibility for assistance based on production loss


§ 1984. Taxation


§ 20. Market reports


§ 2002. Transfer of inventory lands


§ 2003. Target participation rates


§ 2026. Research, demonstration, and evaluations


§ 2036. Availability of commodities for emergency food assistance program


§ 2138. Purchase of dogs or cats by United States Government facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors


§ 2141. Marking and identification of animals


§ 2142. Humane standards and recordkeeping requirements at auction sales


§ 2148. Importation of live dogs


§ 215. Failure to obey orders; punishment


§ 2158. Protection of pets


§ 2204. General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development


§ 223. Responsibility of principal for act or omission of agent


§ 224. Attorney General to institute court proceedings for enforcement


§ 2253. Adjustment by Secretary of titles to lands acquired by Government and subject to his control


§ 2269. Gifts of property; acceptance and administration by Secretary of Agriculture; Federal tax law consideration; separate fund in Treasury; regulations


§ 228a. Authority of Secretary to request temporary injunction or restraining order


§ 2421. Application for recognition of plant variety rights


§ 2422. Content of application


§ 2561. Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection


§ 304. Investment of proceeds of sale of land or scrip


§ 3101. Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education


§ 3103. Definitions


§ 342. Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture


§ 361b. Congressional statement of policy; researches, investigations and experiments


§ 4209. Prohibition on maintenance of actions


§ 450. Transferred


§ 4802. Definitions


§ 4803. Pork and pork product orders


§ 4806. National Pork Producers Delegate Body


§ 4812. Suspension and termination of orders


§ 499j. Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty


§ 499q. Separability


§ 51. Short title


§ 511d. Designation of markets; manner; inspection and related services; fees and charges


§ 518b. Contract payments for producers of quota tobacco


§ 518f. Limitation on total expenditures


§ 5623. Agricultural trade promotion and facilitation


§ 604. Borrowing money; expenditures; authority of Secretary


§ 614. Separability


§ 6407. Required terms in orders


§ 6509. Animal production practices and materials


§ 6513. Organic plan


§ 6514. Accreditation program


§ 6521. Administration


§ 6807. Petition and review


§ 7000. Implementation of final determinations of Division


§ 7413. Issuance of orders


§ 7417. Referenda


§ 7714. General remedial measures for new plant pests and noxious weeds


§ 7731. Inspections, seizures, and warrants


§ 7751. Cooperation


§ 7758. Repeal of superseded laws


§ 7804. Required terms in orders


§ 85. Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew licenses; hearing; grounds; temporary suspension


§ 87b. Prohibited acts


§ 87f. Enforcement provisions


§ 905. Fees for certain loan guarantees


§ 913. Definitions


§ 1012. Payments to counties


§ 1013a. Benefits extended to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands; “county” defined; payments to Governor or fiscal agent of county


§ 10a. Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association


§ 1282. Declaration of policy


§ 1291. Adjustments in freight rates


§ 12b. Trading ban violations; prohibition


§ 12d. Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements


§ 1308a. Cost reduction options


§ 1331. Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regulation


§ 1332. National marketing quota


§ 1333. National acreage allotment


§ 1339. Land use


§ 1341. Legislative findings


§ 1344b. Sale, lease, or transfer of cotton acreage allotments


§ 1348. Payments in kind to equalize cost of cotton to domestic and foreign users; rules and regulations; termination date; persons eligible; amount; terms and conditions; raw cotton in inventory


§ 1359aa. Definitions


§ 1359bb. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar


§ 1359cc. Establishment of flexible marketing allotments


§ 1359dd. Allocation of marketing allotments


§ 136l. Penalties


§ 136u. State cooperation, aid, and training


§ 1371. General adjustment of quotas


§ 1373. Reports and records


§ 1379a. Legislative findings


§ 1379b. Wheat marketing allocation; amount; national allocation percentage; commercial and noncommercial wheat-producing areas


§ 1379g. Authority to facilitate transition


§ 1379j. Regulations


§ 138. Definitions


§ 1387. Photographic reproductions and maps


§ 1388. Utilization of local agencies


§ 1441a. Cost of production study and establishment of current national weighted average cost of production


§ 1445a. Wheat price support levels; “cooperator” defined


§ 1445j. Deficiency and land diversion payments


§ 1504. Capital stock of Corporation


§ 1505. Management of Corporation


§ 1508b. Stacked Income Protection Plan for producers of upland cotton


§ 1515. Program compliance and integrity


§ 1522. Research and development


§ 1531. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance


§ 1574. Disclaimers, limited warranties and nonwarranties


§ 1575. False advertising


§ 1594. Prohibition against alterations


§ 1599. Cease and desist proceedings


§ 15b. Cotton futures contracts


§ 1600. Appeal to court of appeals


§ 1626. Definitions


§ 1635. Purpose


§ 1635d. Definitions


§ 1635f. Mandatory packer reporting of boxed beef sales


§ 1636. General provisions


§ 1639. Definitions


§ 1639b. Establishment of national bioengineered food disclosure standard


§ 1639j. Exclusion from Federal preemption


§ 1639p. State and tribal plans


§ 1641. Availability of wheat for export; utilization of funds and facilities; prices; authorization of appropriations


§ 166. Transferred


§ 1692. Transferred


§ 1722. Provision of agricultural commodities


§ 176. Sale of guayule shrub to Reconstruction Finance Corporation


§ 178j. Laws governing inventions under this subchapter


§ 1906. Exemption of ritual slaughter


§ 1912. Submission of legislative proposals


§ 1923. Purposes of loans


§ 1924. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program


§ 1925. Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans


§ 1934. Low-income farm ownership loan program; eligibility; repayment requirements


§ 1963. Purpose and extent of loans


§ 1966. Emergency Credit Revolving Fund utilization


§ 197c. Arbitration


§ 1986. Conflicts of interests


§ 1988. Appropriations


§ 2005. Payment of losses on guaranteed loans


§ 2008j. Transferred


§ 2103. Notice and hearing upon proposed orders


§ 2104. Finding and issuance of orders


§ 2105. Permissive terms and conditions in orders


§ 2106. Required terms and conditions in orders


§ 2110. Refund of producer assessments


§ 2114. Rules and regulations


§ 2115. Investigations by Secretary; subpenas; oaths and affirmations; judicial aid


§ 212. Prescribing rates and practices to prevent discrimination between intrastate and interstate commerce


§ 2135. Time period for disposal of dogs or cats by dealers or exhibitors


§ 2137. Purchase of dogs or cats by research facilities prohibited except from authorized operators of auction sales and licensed dealers or exhibitors


§ 2139. Principal-agent relationship established


§ 2147. Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies


§ 2159. Authority to apply for injunctions


§ 216. Proceedings to enforce orders; injunction


§ 217. Proceedings for suspension of orders


§ 2204g. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture


§ 2214. General Counsel; appointment


§ 2217. Oaths, affirmations, and affidavits taken by officers, agents, or employees of Department; use and effect


§ 2219. Salaries; how paid


§ 2243. Sale of photographic prints and maps


§ 225. Laws unaffected


§ 2268. Public lands; relinquishment


§ 2304. Disclaimer of intention to prohibit normal dealing


§ 244. Quality and value standards


§ 2482. How issued


§ 250. Warehouse receipts


§ 253. Public information


§ 254. Penalties for noncompliance


§ 2544. Research exemption


§ 2545. Intermediary exemption


§ 2564. Damages


§ 2568. False marking; cease and desist orders


§ 2569. Nonresident proprietors; service and notice


§ 2570. Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of plant variety protection


§ 2617. Required terms and conditions of plans


§ 2661. Statement of purposes and goals


§ 2662. Programs authorized


§ 2712. Refund of assessment from Egg Board


§ 2717. Investigations by Secretary; oaths and affirmations; subpenas; judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process


§ 27d. Administration of the predominance test


§ 2814. Management of undesirable plants on Federal lands


§ 309. Land grants in the State of North Dakota


§ 321. Secretary of Agriculture to administer annual college-aid appropriation


§ 323. Racial discrimination by colleges restricted


§ 3318. Contract, grant, and cooperative agreement authorities


§ 3362. Distance education grants for insular areas


§ 343. Appropriations; distribution; allotment and apportionment; Secretary of Agriculture; matching funds; cooperative extension activities


§ 345. Replacement of diminished, lost or misapplied funds; restrictions on use; reports of colleges


§ 349. “State” defined


§ 3501. Reporting requirements


§ 3601. Definitions


§ 361c. Authorization of appropriations and allotments of grants


§ 361g. Duties of Secretary; ascertainment of entitlement of State to funds; plans of work


§ 3802. Definitions


§ 3805. Civil penalties


§ 4202. Identifying effects of Federal programs on conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses


§ 4208. Limitations


§ 430. Transferred


§ 4306. Required terms in orders


§ 433. Transferred


§ 4503. Issuance of orders


§ 4505. Certification of organizations


§ 4506. Requirement of referendum


§ 4507. Suspension and termination of orders


§ 450a. Transferred


§ 450d. Transferred


§ 4510. Enforcement


§ 457. Separability


§ 4608. Collection of assessments; refunds


§ 473a. Cotton classification services


§ 4807. Selection of Delegate Body


§ 4811. Referendum


§ 4814. Petition and review


§ 4818. Administrative provision


§ 4906. Required terms in plans


§ 499i. Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty


§ 505. Access to internal-revenue records


§ 5102. Matching grants to States


§ 5103. Participation of Federal agencies


§ 511b. Official standards for classification; tentative standards; modification


§ 511h. Publication of information relating to tobacco


§ 518c. Administration


§ 5403. Environmental Quality Policy Statement


§ 5622. Export credit guarantee program


§ 57. Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards


§ 59. Offenses in relation to cotton standards


§ 5930. Reservation extension agents


§ 595. Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence


§ 597. Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies; compensation of officers and employees; effect on other laws


§ 598. Separability


§ 599. Definitions


§ 6008. Petition and review


§ 6102. Definitions


§ 6103. Issuance of orders


§ 612. Appropriation; use of revenues; administrative expenses


§ 618. Existing contracts; imposition of tax on vendee; collection


§ 6302. Definitions


§ 6304. Required terms in orders


§ 6508. Prohibited crop production practices and materials


§ 6701. Global Climate Change Program


§ 6932a. Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency


§ 6944. Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service


§ 6993. Transfer of functions


§ 6i. Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions


§ 6s. Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants


§ 7201. Short title and purpose


§ 7236. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton


§ 7281. Administration


§ 7284. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies


§ 7412. Definitions


§ 7414. Required terms in orders


§ 7419. Enforcement


§ 7464. National Kiwifruit Board


§ 76. Standards and procedures; establishment, amendment, and revocation


§ 77. Official inspection and weighing requirements; waiver; supervision by representatives of Secretary


§ 7734. Penalties for violation


§ 7736. Court jurisdiction


§ 7802. Definitions


§ 7901. Definitions


§ 7911. Establishment of base acres and payment acres for a farm


§ 7982. National dairy market loss payments


§ 79b. Testing of equipment


§ 8314. Enforcement


§ 8320. Expansion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service activities


§ 8351. Predatory and other wild animals


§ 84. Licensing of inspectors


§ 8401. Regulation of certain biological agents and toxins


§ 852. Marketing agreements with handlers; exemption from antitrust laws


§ 86. Refusal of inspection and weighing services; civil penalties


§ 87. Conflicts of interest


§ 8701. Definition of Secretary


§ 87d. Responsibility for acts of others


§ 908. Limitations on use of assistance


§ 912. Extension of time for repayment of loans


§ 925. Loan feasibility


§ 93. Establishment of official naval stores standards


§ 930. Congressional declaration of policy


§ 931. Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund


§ 935. Insured loans; interest rates and lending levels


§ 936. Guaranteed loans; accommodations and subordination of liens; interest rates; assignability of guaranteed loans and related guarantees


§ 936a. Prepayment of loans


§ 936c. Refinancing and prepayment of FFB loans


§ 95. Prohibition of acts deemed injurious to commerce in naval stores


§ 950bb. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas


§ 1006a. Loans to homestead or desertland entrymen and purchasers of lands in reclamation projects; security; first repayment installment


§ 1006b. Cancellation of entry or purchase upon loan default; entry or resale; conditions; satisfaction of indebtedness


§ 1010a. Soil, water, and related resource data


§ 1012a. Townsites


§ 1030. Consolidation of agricultural credit and service offices


§ 1031. Conveyance of mineral rights with land


§ 1032. Transfer of rights and duties of Reconstruction Finance Corporation arising out of rehabilitation and farm tenancy loans to Secretary of the Treasury


§ 1032a. Disbursing and certifying officers; exemption from liability for advances to defense relocation corporations


§ 1033. Sale of reserved mineral interests


§ 1034. Persons to whom mineral interests sold; conveyances


§ 1035. Sale of mineral interests; consideration; transfer of unsold interests to Secretary of the Interior


§ 1037. Sale of reserved mineral interests; disposition of proceeds


§ 1038. Regulations; delegations of authority


§ 1039. Time for filing purchase applications


§ 1040. Farmers’ Home Administration funds account


§ 1282a. Emergency supply of agricultural products


§ 1292. New uses and markets for commodities


§ 1293. Transferred


§ 1301a. References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after January 1, 1950


§ 1303. Parity payments


§ 1304. Consumer safeguards


§ 1305. Transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases on public lands upon request of State agencies


§ 1306. Projected yields; determination; base period


§ 1309. Normally planted acreage and target prices


§ 1310. American agriculture protection program


§ 1310a. Normal supply of commodity for 1986 through 1995 crops


§ 1321. Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regulation


§ 1326. Adjustment of farm marketing quotas


§ 1329a. Discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn


§ 1334b. Designation of States outside commercial wheat-producing areas


§ 1335. Small-farm exemption; small-farm base acreage; election; acreage allotment; land-use provisions; price support; wheat marketing certificates


§ 1338. Transfer of quotas


§ 1339b. Wheat diversion programs; credits in establishment of State, county and farm acreage allotments for wheat


§ 1339c. Feed grains diversion programs for 1964 and subsequent years; feed grain acreage considered wheat acreage and wheat acreage considered feed grain acreage


§ 1339d. Hay production on set-aside or diverted acreage; storage; emergency use; loans


§ 1342. National marketing quota; proclamation; amount; date of proclamation


§ 1342a. National cotton production goal


§ 1343. Referendum


§ 1344a. Exclusion of 1949 acreage in computation of future allotments


§ 1345. Farm marketing quotas; farm marketing excess


§ 1349. Export market acreage


§ 1350. National base acreage allotment


§ 1359ee. Reassignment of deficits


§ 1359ff. Provisions applicable to producers


§ 1359gg. Special rules


§ 1359hh. Regulations; violations; publication of Secretary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the courts; United States attorneys


§ 1359ii. Appeals


§ 1359jj. Administration


§ 1359kk. Administration of tariff rate quotas


§ 1359ll. Period of effectiveness


§ 1364. Compensation of review committee


§ 136o. Imports and exports


§ 136s. Solicitation of comments; notice of public hearings


§ 136x. Severability


§ 136y. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1372. Payment, collection, and refund of penalties


§ 1377. Preservation of unused acreage allotments


§ 1379c. Marketing certificates


§ 1379e. Assistance in purchase and sale of marketing certificates; regulations; administrative expenses; interest


§ 1379f. Conversion factors


§ 1379h. Applicability of provisions to designated persons; reports and records; examinations by the Secretary


§ 1379i. Penalties


§ 1383. Insurance of cotton; reconcentration


§ 1383a. Written consent for reconcentration of cotton


§ 1386. Exemption from laws prohibiting interest of Members of Congress in contracts


§ 1389. Personnel


§ 138a. National Laboratory Accreditation Program


§ 138b. Accreditation


§ 138c. Samples


§ 138d. Application


§ 138e. Reporting


§ 138f. Fees


§ 138g. Public disclosure


§ 138h. Regulations


§ 138i. Effect of other laws


§ 1390. Separability


§ 1391. Authorization of appropriations; loans from Commodity Credit Corporation


§ 1392. Administrative expenses; posting names and compensation of local employees


§ 1393. Allotment of appropriations


§ 1421a. Financial impact study


§ 1421b. Costs of production


§ 1421d. Commodity reports


§ 1422. Increase of price support levels


§ 1425a. Producers of honey; loan obligations and liabilities


§ 1427a. Reserve inventories for alleviation of distress of natural disaster


§ 1430. Retroactive effect


§ 1431a. Cotton donations to educational institutions


§ 1431b. Distribution of surplus commodities to other United States areas


§ 1431c. Enrichment and packaging of cornmeal, grits, rice, and white flour available for distribution


§ 1431d. Donations for school feeding programs abroad; student financing; priorities


§ 1431e. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects; reprocessing agreements with private companies


§ 1431f. Assistance to foreign countries to mitigate effects of HIV and AIDS


§ 1432. Extension of price support on long staple cotton seeds and products


§ 1433a. Forgiveness of violations; determinations


§ 1433b. Processing of surplus agricultural commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts


§ 1433c. Advance recourse commodity loans


§ 1434. Encouragement of production of crops of which United States is a net importer and for which price support programs are not in effect; authority to plant on set-aside acreage with no reduction in payment rate


§ 1435. Production of commodities for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuels or other fuels; terms and conditions; determinations; payments, etc., for program


§ 1436. Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing or grading agriculture commodities without charge


§ 1436a. Transfer of nonadministrative funds of Commodity Credit Corporation for classing and grading purposes


§ 1442. Price support and acreage requirements for corn and other feed grains


§ 1444a. Corn and feed grains and cotton programs


§ 1444b. Feed grains; price support program


§ 1445d. Special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for 1978 through 1990 crop years


§ 1445e. Farmer owned reserve program


§ 1445f. International Emergency Food Reserve


§ 1445g. Production of commodities for conversion into industrial hydrocarbons; terms and conditions; incentive payments; regulations; appropriations; effective date


§ 1445i. Multiyear set-aside contracts for 1986 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice


§ 1445k. Payments in commodities


§ 1446a. Dairy products; availability through Commodity Credit Corporation


§ 1446c. Domestic disposal programs for dairy products


§ 1448. Price support levels for storable nonbasic agricultural commodities


§ 1449. Determination of price support level


§ 1471. Definitions


§ 1471a. Emergency livestock assistance


§ 1471b. Determination of need for assistance


§ 1471c. Eligible producers


§ 1471d. Assistance programs


§ 1471e. Additional assistance


§ 1471f. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation


§ 1471g. Benefits limitation


§ 1471h. Ineligibility


§ 1471i. Administration


§ 1471j. Penalties


§ 1472. Assistance for livestock producers


§ 147b. Transferred


§ 1504a. Capitalization of Corporation


§ 1508a. Double insurance and prevented planting


§ 1508c. Peanut revenue crop insurance


§ 1508d. Coverage for forage and grazing


§ 1510. Deposit and investment of funds; Federal Reserve banks as fiscal agents


§ 1512. Corporation as fiscal agent of Government


§ 1513. Books of account and annual reports of Corporation


§ 1517. Separability


§ 1520. Producer eligibility


§ 1521. Ineligibility for catastrophic risk and noninsured assistance payments


§ 1524. Education and risk management assistance


§ 1562. False representations as certified seed; required provisions


§ 1572. Records


§ 1573. Exemptions


§ 1581. Prohibitions relating to importations


§ 1582. Procedure relating to importations; disposal of refuse; exceptions


§ 1585. Certain seeds not adapted for general agricultural use


§ 1586. Certain acts prohibited


§ 1591. Delegation of duties


§ 1592. Rules and regulations


§ 1593. Standards, tests, tolerances


§ 1593a. Seed variety information and survey


§ 1597. Agent’s acts as binding principal


§ 1598. Notice of intention to prosecute


§ 1601. Enforcement of order


§ 1602. Separability


§ 1603. Procedural powers; witness fees and mileage


§ 1604. Publication


§ 1605. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1606. Authorization of expenditures


§ 1607. Cooperation with other governmental agencies


§ 1608. Separability


§ 1609. Repeals


§ 1610. Effective date


§ 1611. Illegal sales of uncertified seed


§ 1622a. Authority to assist farmers and elevator operators


§ 1622b. Specialty crops market news allocation


§ 1623. Authorization of appropriations; allotments to States


§ 1625. Transfer and consolidation of functions, powers, bureaus, etc.


§ 1627. Appointment of personnel; compensation; employment of specialists


§ 1627a. Sheep production and marketing grant program


§ 1627b. National Sheep Industry Improvement Center


§ 1627c. Local agriculture market program


§ 1629. Establishment of committees to assist in research and service programs


§ 1632a. Agricultural marketing resource center pilot project


§ 1632b. Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program


§ 1632c. Acer access and development program


§ 1632d. Dairy business innovation initiatives


§ 1632e. Cattle Contracts Library


§ 1633. 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


§ 1635a. Definitions


§ 1635e. Mandatory reporting for live cattle


§ 1635i. Definitions


§ 1635j. Mandatory reporting for swine


§ 1635k. Mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts


§ 1635m. Mandatory reporting for lambs


§ 1636a. Unlawful acts


§ 1636b. Enforcement


§ 1636c. Fees


§ 1636d. Recordkeeping


§ 1636e. Voluntary reporting


§ 1636f. Publication of information on retail purchase prices for representative meat products


§ 1636g. Suspension authority regarding specific terms of price reporting requirements


§ 1636h. Federal preemption


§ 1636i. Termination of authority


§ 1637a. Definitions


§ 1638b. Enforcement


§ 1638c. Regulations


§ 1638d. Applicability


§ 1639a. Applicability


§ 1639c. Savings provisions


§ 1639q. Department of Agriculture


§ 1639r. Regulations and guidelines; effect on other law


§ 1639s. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1642. Enforcement by President


§ 1691a. Food aid to developing countries


§ 16a. Service fees and National Futures Association study


§ 1702. Agreements regarding eligible countries and private entities


§ 1703. Terms and conditions of sales


§ 1704a. Agreements for use of foreign currencies; reports to Congress


§ 1704c. Payments by Secretary of Defense in liquidation of amount due for foreign currencies


§ 171. Program for development of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants


§ 172. Authorization of Secretary to appoint employees; delegation of powers; cooperation with other agencies; allotment of funds; leases of facilities and disposal of water


§ 1724. Levels of assistance


§ 1725. Food Aid Consultative Group


§ 1726a. Administration


§ 1726b. International food relief partnership


§ 1726c. Local and regional food aid procurement projects


§ 1727. Bilateral grant program


§ 1727a. Eligible countries


§ 1727b. Grant programs


§ 1727c. Direct uses or sales of commodities


§ 1727d. Local currency accounts


§ 1727e. Use of local currency proceeds


§ 1728. Findings regarding emergency food assistance


§ 1728a. President’s Emergency Food Assistance Fund


§ 173. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1731. Commodity determinations


§ 1732. Definitions


§ 1734. Agreements


§ 1735. Consultation


§ 1736. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation


§ 1736a. Administrative provisions


§ 1736b. Expiration date


§ 1736dd. International food security technical assistance


§ 1736e. Debt forgiveness


§ 1736f. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1736g. Coordination of foreign assistance programs


§ 1736h. Congressional consultation on bilateral commodity supply agreements


§ 1736l. Consultation on grain marketing


§ 1736o. Food for progress


§ 1736p. Trade policy declaration


§ 1736r. Trade negotiations policy


§ 1736u. Cooperator market development program


§ 1736y. Contract sanctity and producer embargo protection


§ 1737. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program


§ 1738. Establishment of Facility


§ 1738a. Purpose


§ 1738b. Eligibility for benefits under Facility


§ 1738c. Reduction of certain debt


§ 1738d. Repayment of principal


§ 1738e. Interest of new obligations


§ 1738f. Environmental framework agreements


§ 1738g. Enterprise for the Americas environmental funds


§ 1738h. Disbursement of environmental funds


§ 1738i. Enterprise for the Americas Board


§ 1738j. Oversight


§ 1738k. Eligible activities and grantees


§ 1738l. Encouraging multilateral debt donations


§ 1738m. Annual report to Congress


§ 1738n. Consultations with Congress


§ 1738o. Sale of qualified debt to eligible countries


§ 1738p. Sale, reduction, or cancellation of qualified debt to facilitate certain debt swaps


§ 1738q. Notification to congressional committees


§ 1738r. “Qualified debt” defined


§ 1741. Maximum and minimum quantities for set-aside; “commodity set-aside” defined


§ 1742. Determination of commodity value for set-aside


§ 1743. Reduction of set-aside


§ 1744. Sale of commodities in set-aside; exemption from pricing limitations


§ 1745. Computation of carryover


§ 1746. Records and accounts


§ 1747. Authorization of appropriations; determination of value of transferred commodity


§ 1748. Annual reports by agricultural attachés


§ 1749. Attaché educational program


§ 175. Lease or sublease of unsuitable lands; disposal of water supply


§ 1762. Personnel


§ 1763. Transferred


§ 1764. Reports and dispatches


§ 1765. Foreign service appropriations; applicability


§ 1765a. Agricultural Trade Offices


§ 1765b. Functions


§ 1765c. Performance of functions in foreign localities


§ 1765d. Acquisition of property


§ 1765e. Location of offices


§ 1765f. Availability of agency services, personnel, and facilities


§ 1765g. Availability of reports and dispatches


§ 1765h. Representation allowance


§ 1766. Rules and regulations; advance payment for rent and other service; funds for courtesies to foreign representatives


§ 1766a. Presidential regulations


§ 1766b. Language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad


§ 1766c. Allowances and benefits


§ 1767. Authorization of appropriations


§ 1768. Foreign Operations Administration unaffected


§ 1769. “Agricultural commodity” defined


§ 178. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 178a. Definitions


§ 178b. Joint Commission on Research and Development of Critical Agricultural Materials


§ 178c. Research and development program by Secretary of Agriculture


§ 178d. Research and development program by Secretary of Commerce


§ 178e. Cooperative projects with Mexico, Australia, and Israel


§ 178f. Assistance from States and public agencies; contracts and agreements


§ 178g. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture


§ 178h. Powers of Secretary of Commerce


§ 178i. Coordination of activities with Federal agencies


§ 178k. Disposition of byproducts and strategic and industrially important products


§ 178l. Rules and regulations


§ 178m. Report to President and Congress


§ 178n. Administration and funding


§ 17a. Separability of 1936 amendment


§ 17b. Separability of 1968 amendment


§ 1831a. Contract restrictions


§ 1855. Supplemental appropriations to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products


§ 1856. Transfer of bartered materials to supplemental stockpile; limitation of acquisition to certain programs; authorization of appropriations


§ 1859. Donation to penal and correctional institutions


§ 1860. Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control projects


§ 1907. Practices involving nonambulatory livestock


§ 1911. Consultation of Secretary of Agriculture with farmers, farm and commodity organizations and other persons and organizations; travel and per diem expenses


§ 1913. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under other provisions of law and to establish and consult with advisory committees


§ 1926a. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program


§ 1926c. Water and waste facility loans and grants to alleviate health risks


§ 1926d. Water systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska


§ 1926e. Rural decentralized water systems


§ 1926f. Contracts with not-for-profit third parties


§ 1927a. Loan interest rates charged by Farmers Home Administration; grant funds associated with loans


§ 1929b. Purchase of guaranteed portions of loans; terms and conditions; exercise of authorities


§ 1930. Continued availability of appropriated funds for direct real estate loans to farmers and ranchers


§ 1933. Guaranteed rural housing loans; Hawaiian home lands


§ 1935. Down payment loan program


§ 1936. Beginning farmer or rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher contract land sales program


§ 1936a. Use of rural development loans and grants for other purposes


§ 1936b. Intermediary relending program


§ 1936c. Relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland


§ 1943. Limitations on amount of operating loans


§ 1944. Soil conservation district loans; limitation; purchase of conservation equipment


§ 1949. Graduation of borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to private commercial credit


§ 1962. Loan determination factors; written credit declinations


§ 1967. Addition to Emergency Credit Revolving Fund of sums from liquidation of loans; authorization of appropriations


§ 197a. Production contracts


§ 197b. Choice of law and venue


§ 198. Definitions


§ 1981b. Farm loan interest rates


§ 1981c. Oil and gas royalty payments on loans


§ 1981e. Planting and production history guidelines


§ 1981f. Underwriting forms and standards


§ 1983c. Provision of information to borrowers


§ 1983d. Farmer loan pilot projects


§ 1987. Debt adjustment and credit counseling; “summary period” defined; loan summary statements


§ 198a. Swine packer marketing contracts offered to producers


§ 198b. Report on the Secretary’s jurisdiction, power, duties, and authorities


§ 1990. Transfer of lands to Secretary


§ 1990a. Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt


§ 1992. Loan limitations


§ 1993. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit


§ 1994. Maximum amounts for loans authorized; long-term cost projections


§ 1995. Participation and financial and technical assistance by other Federal departments, etc., to program participants


§ 1996. Loans to resident aliens


§ 1998. Guaranteed farm loan programs


§ 1999. Interest rate reduction program


§ 1b. Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term “swap”


§ 2001a. Debt restructuring and loan servicing for community facility loans


§ 2004. Expedited clearing of title to inventory property


§ 2006. Waiver of mediation rights by borrowers


§ 2006a. Borrower training


§ 2006b. Loan assessments


§ 2006c. Supervised credit


§ 2006d. Market placement


§ 2006e. Prohibition on use of loans for certain purposes


§ 2006f. Rural development certified lenders program


§ 2008. Rural development and farm loan program activities


§ 2008a. Equitable relief


§ 2008b. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers


§ 2008c. Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training


§ 2008d. Recordkeeping of loans by borrower’s gender


§ 2008e. Prohibition under rural development programs


§ 2008f. Crop insurance requirement


§ 2008g. Payment of interest as condition of loan servicing for borrowers


§ 2008h. Loan and loan servicing limitations


§ 2008i. Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance


§ 2008k. Making and servicing of loans by personnel of State, county, or area committees


§ 2008l. Eligibility of employees of State, county, or area committee for loans and loan guarantees


§ 2008m. National Rural Development Partnership


§ 2008p. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters


§ 2008s. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program


§ 2008u. Health care services


§ 2008v. Strategic economic and community development


§ 2008w. Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program


§ 2008x. Reporting


§ 2009. Definitions


§ 2009a. Establishment


§ 2009aa. Definitions


§ 2009b. National objectives


§ 2009bb. Definitions


§ 2009c. Strategic plans


§ 2009cc. Definitions


§ 2009d. Rural Development Trust Fund


§ 2009e. Transfers of funds


§ 2009f. Grants to States


§ 2009g. Guarantee and commitment to guarantee loans


§ 2009h. Local involvement


§ 2009i. Interstate collaboration


§ 2009j. Annual report


§ 2009k. Rural development interagency working group


§ 2009l. Duties of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices


§ 2009m. Electronic transfer


§ 2012a. Publicly operated community health centers


§ 2014a. Notice of change in State of residence of certified household


§ 2016a. EBT benefit fraud prevention


§ 2026a. Healthy fluid milk incentives projects


§ 2031. Minnesota Family Investment Project


§ 2032. Automated data processing and information retrieval systems


§ 2034. Assistance for community food projects


§ 2035. Simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program


§ 2036a. Nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program


§ 2036b. Retail food store and recipient trafficking


§ 2036c. Annual State report on verification of SNAP participation


§ 2036d. Pilot projects to encourage the use of public-private partnerships committed to addressing food insecurity


§ 2102. Orders of Secretary to cotton handlers


§ 2107. Referenda


§ 2108. Suspension and termination of orders


§ 2109. Provisions applicable to amendments


§ 2111. Administrative review of orders; petition; hearing; judicial review


§ 2112. Enforcement of orders; penalty for willful violation


§ 2113. Certification of cotton producer organizations


§ 2116. Definitions


§ 2117. Separability


§ 2118. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2120. Cotton; investigation of new uses; cooperation with State and other agencies


§ 2121. Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results; cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies


§ 2122. Authorization of appropriations for cotton ginning studies


§ 214. Effective date of orders


§ 2144. Humane standards for animals by United States Government facilities


§ 2146a. Searchable database requirements


§ 2152. Separability


§ 2154. Effective dates


§ 2157. Release of trade secrets


§ 2160. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption


§ 217b. Statutory trust established; dealer


§ 2203. Seal


§ 2204a. Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities


§ 2204b. Rural development policy


§ 2204c. Water management for rural areas


§ 2204d. Encouragement of private contracting


§ 2204e. Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis


§ 2204h. Local food production and program evaluation


§ 2204i. Reports on land access and farmland ownership data collection


§ 2204j. National agriculture imagery program


§ 2205. Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary


§ 2206. Custody of property and records


§ 2206a. Conveyance of excess Federal personal property


§ 2206b. Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas


§ 2207. Reports


§ 2207a. Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure


§ 2207b. Program metrics


§ 2207c. Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations and of college extension work; publication and distribution


§ 2207d. Reports on disbursement of funds for agricultural research and extension at 1862 and 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University


§ 2208. Expenditure of appropriations; accounting


§ 2208a. Loan levels provided to Department of Agriculture


§ 2209. Additional statement of expenditures


§ 2209a. Advances to chiefs of field parties


§ 2209b. Availability of appropriations


§ 2209c. Use of funds for one-year contracts to be performed in two fiscal years


§ 2209d. Statement of percentage and dollar amount of Federal funding


§ 2209e. Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants


§ 2209f. Restriction on commodity purchase program payments


§ 2209g. Availability of funds for uniforms or allowances


§ 2209h. Reimbursement of Office of the General Counsel


§ 2209i. Funding for preparation of final agency decisions regarding discrimination complaints


§ 2209j. Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud


§ 2209k. Prohibition on payments to fossil fuel refiners and importers


§ 2210. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; appointment


§ 2211. Powers and duties of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture


§ 2215. Chief clerk


§ 2217a. Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.


§ 2218. Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits


§ 2219a. Overtime and holiday pay


§ 2220. Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees


§ 2221. Details of persons from or to office of Secretary


§ 2222. Details of law clerks


§ 2223. Details of employees from and to library and bureaus and offices


§ 2224. Details of employees from and to Division of Accounts and Disbursements and bureaus and offices; traveling expenses


§ 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


§ 2225. Employment of temporary personnel


§ 2225a. Contracts for consulting services


§ 2225b. Personal service contracts for veterinarians


§ 2225c. Employment contracts for services abroad


§ 2225d. Availability of Department of Agriculture funds for temporary employment


§ 2226. Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals


§ 2227. Traveling expenses


§ 2228. Emergency subsistence for employees


§ 2229. Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees


§ 2230. Employees in Alaska; subsistence, equipment, and supplies


§ 2231. Official expenses of employees stationed abroad


§ 2231a. Reimbursement of employees for costs of State licenses and certification fees


§ 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture


§ 2232. Stenographic reporting service


§ 2233. Funds available for expenses of advisory committees


§ 2234. Purchases for bureaus from appropriations for contingent expenses


§ 2235. Working capital fund established; use of central services by bureaus, etc., of the Department


§ 2235a. Deposit and retention of credit card refunds or rebates


§ 2236. Working capital fund for Agricultural Research Center; establishment


§ 2237. Use of field work funds for employment of men with equipment, etc.


§ 2238. Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition


§ 2239. Funds for printing, binding, and scientific and technical article reprint purchases


§ 2240. Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops


§ 2241. Sale or exchange of animals or animal products


§ 2241a. Exchange or sale authority


§ 2241b. Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution


§ 2242a. User fees for reports, publications, and software


§ 2242b. Translation of publications into foreign languages


§ 2245. Sale of prints and lantern slides


§ 2246. Loan, rental, or sale of films


§ 2247. Sale of samples of pure sugars


§ 2247a. Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical forms, etc.


§ 2248. Statistics relating to turpentine and rosin


§ 2249. Amount and character of cooperation


§ 2250. Construction and repair of buildings and public improvements


§ 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


§ 2250b. Nonrecurring expenses fund


§ 2251. Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for expenses of maintaining registers of indebtedness and making set-offs


§ 2252. Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for costs of procuring agricultural commodities for nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments


§ 2254. Operation, maintenance and purchase of aircraft by Agricultural Research Service; construction and repair of buildings


§ 2254a. Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products


§ 2254b. Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products; exception


§ 2254c. Research


§ 2255. Membership in International Wheat Advisory Committee, International Sugar Council, etc.


§ 2255a. Financial assistance to national and international conferences


§ 2255b. Department of Agriculture conference transparency


§ 2256. Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement


§ 2257. Interchangeability of funds for miscellaneous expenses and general expenses


§ 2258. Purchase of newspapers


§ 2259. Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence


§ 226. Powers of Interstate Commerce Commission unaffected


§ 2261. Credit of donations and proceeds from exhibitions to appropriations concerned with foreign market development programs


§ 2262. Employee liability insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries


§ 2262a. Overseas tort claims


§ 2263. Transfer of funds


§ 2264. National Agricultural Library; acceptance of gifts, bequests, or devises; conditional gifts


§ 2265. Deposit of money accepted for benefit of National Agricultural Library; disbursement


§ 2266a. Century Farms program


§ 2266b. Eligibility for operators on heirs property land to obtain a farm number


§ 2268a. Acquisition of land; options


§ 2270. Authority of Office of Inspector General


§ 2270a. Office of Inspector General; transfer of forfeiture funds for law enforcement activities


§ 2270b. Department of Agriculture Inspector General investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths


§ 2270c. Submission of results


§ 2271. Marketing education programs for small and medium size family farm operations


§ 2271a. Advanced marketing training for farmers and ranchers


§ 2272. Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs


§ 2272a. Funds for incidental expenses and promotional items relating to volunteers


§ 2273. Local search and rescue operations


§ 2274. Firearm authority of employees engaged in animal quarantine enforcement


§ 2274a. Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations


§ 2277. Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad


§ 2278. Consistency with international obligations of United States


§ 2279a. Fair and equitable treatment of socially disadvantaged producers


§ 2279b. Department of Agriculture educational, training, and professional development activities


§ 2279c. Student internship programs


§ 2279d. Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973


§ 2279e. Civil penalty


§ 2279f. Subpoena authority


§ 2279g. Marketing services; cooperative agreements


§ 2279h. Cross-servicing activities of National Finance Center


§ 2279i. Cooperation with State and other agencies; expenditures


§ 2279j. Conversion authority


§ 2279k. Authorization of protection operations for the Secretary of Agriculture and others


§ 2279l. National Detector Dog Training Center


§ 2281. Congressional declaration of purpose


§ 2282. Definitions


§ 2283. Membership on advisory committees


§ 2285. Budget prohibitions


§ 2286. Termination of committees


§ 228d. Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries


§ 229b. Right to discuss terms of contract


§ 229c. Separability


§ 2306. Separability


§ 2322. Seal


§ 2323. Organization


§ 2324. Restrictions on employees as to interest in plant variety protection


§ 2326. Regulations


§ 2327. Plant Variety Protection Board


§ 2328. Library


§ 2329. Register of protected plant varieties


§ 2330. Publications


§ 2331. Copies for public libraries


§ 2351. Day for taking action falling on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday


§ 2352. Form of papers filed


§ 2353. Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases


§ 2355. Effect of defective execution


§ 2356. Regulations for practice before the Office


§ 2357. Unauthorized practice


§ 2371. Plant variety protection fees


§ 2372. Payment of plant variety protection fees; return of excess amounts


§ 2403. Reciprocity limits


§ 2404. Public interest in wide usage


§ 2423. Joint breeders


§ 2424. Death or incapacity of breeder


§ 2425. Benefit of earlier filing date


§ 2426. Confidential status of application


§ 2427. Publication


§ 243. Imposition and collection of fees


§ 2441. Examination of application


§ 2442. Notice of refusal; reconsideration


§ 2443. Initial appeal


§ 2461. Appeals


§ 2462. Civil action against Secretary


§ 248. Commingling of agricultural products


§ 2481. Plant variety protection


§ 2484. Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake


§ 2485. Correction of applicant’s mistake


§ 2486. Correction of named breeder


§ 24a. Swap data repositories


§ 2501. Reexamination after issue


§ 2504. Interfering plant variety protection


§ 2532. Ownership during testing


§ 2542. Grandfather clause


§ 256. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2562. Presumption of validity; defenses


§ 2563. Injunction


§ 2566. Time limitation on damages


§ 2582. Severability


§ 2611. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 2612. Definitions


§ 2613. Authority for issuance and amendment of plan


§ 2614. Notice and hearings


§ 2615. Finding and issuance of plan


§ 2616. Regulations


§ 2618. Permissive terms and conditions of plans


§ 2619. Assessments


§ 2620. Procedural rights of persons subject to plan


§ 2621. Enforcement


§ 2622. Investigations


§ 2623. Referendum


§ 2624. Suspension or termination of plans


§ 2625. Amendment procedure


§ 2626. Separability


§ 2627. Authorization


§ 2655. Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance program


§ 2663. Funding


§ 2664. Cooperating colleges and universities


§ 2665. Withholding funds


§ 2666. Definitions


§ 2667. Regulations


§ 2669. Pilot projects for production and marketing of industrial hydrocarbons and alcohols from agricultural commodities and forest products


§ 2671. Establishment of technical assistance program


§ 27. Definitions


§ 2701. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 2702. Definitions


§ 2703. Orders of Secretary to egg producers, etc.


§ 2704. Notice and hearing upon proposed orders


§ 2705. Findings and issuance of orders


§ 2706. Permissive terms and conditions in orders


§ 2708. Referendum among egg producers


§ 2709. Termination or suspension of orders


§ 2710. Applicability of provisions to amendments to orders


§ 2711. Exempted egg producers and breeding hen flocks; conditions and procedures


§ 2713. Administrative review of orders; petition; hearing; judicial review


§ 2714. Civil enforcement proceedings


§ 2715. Certification of organizations; required contents of report as criteria


§ 2716. Regulations


§ 2718. Authorization of appropriations


§ 27a. Exclusion of identified banking product


§ 27c. Exclusion of certain other identified banking products


§ 27f. Contract enforcement


§ 281. Honeybee importation


§ 282. Punishment for unlawful importation


§ 283. Propagation of stock and release of germ plasm


§ 284. Eradication and control of undesirable species and subspecies


§ 285. Uses of funds


§ 286. Authorization of appropriations


§ 2910. Preemption of other Federal and State programs; applicability of provisions to amendments to orders


§ 2911. Authorization of appropriations


§ 3001. Congressional statement of purpose


§ 3002. Definitions


§ 3003. Survey


§ 3004. Direct marketing assistance within the States


§ 3007. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program


§ 302. Method of apportionment and selection; issuance of land scrip


§ 303. Management expenses paid by State


§ 305. Conditions of grant


§ 307. Fees for locating land scrip


§ 308. Reports by State governors of sale of scrip


§ 3102. Additional purposes of agricultural research and extension


§ 3104. Agriculture research; declaration of policy; duties of Secretary of Agriculture; use of existing facilities


§ 3105. Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund


§ 3121. Responsibilities of Secretary and Department of Agriculture


§ 3123. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board


§ 3123a. Specialty crop committee


§ 3124. Existing research programs


§ 3124a. Federal-State partnership and coordination


§ 3125. Annual report of Secretary of Agriculture to President and Congress


§ 3125a. National Agricultural Library


§ 3125b. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse


§ 3126. Libraries and information network


§ 3127. Support for Advisory Board


§ 3128. General provisions


§ 3129. Accountability


§ 3129a. Exemption from chapter 10 of title 5 for competitive research, extension, and education programs


§ 3151. Grants to enhance research capacity in schools of veterinary medicine


§ 3151a. Veterinary medicine loan repayment


§ 3151b. Veterinary services grant program


§ 3152. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education


§ 3153. National Agricultural Science Award


§ 3155. Agricultural and food policy research centers


§ 3156. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions


§ 3157. Competitive, special, and facilities research grants


§ 3158. Next generation agriculture technology challenge


§ 3159. Land-grant designation


§ 3171. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 3172. Duties of Secretary of Agriculture


§ 3173. Research by Department of Agriculture


§ 3175. Nutrition education program


§ 3175a. Nutrition and consumer education; Congressional findings


§ 3175b. Expansion of effective food, nutrition, and consumer education services


§ 3175c. Program of food, nutrition, and consumer education by State cooperative extension services


§ 3175d. Administration of program of food, nutrition, and consumer education by State cooperative extension services


§ 3175e. Authorization of appropriations


§ 3178. Nutritional status monitoring


§ 3178a. Nutrition monitoring


§ 3179. Research on strategies to promote the selection and consumption of healthy foods


§ 3191. Purposes and findings relating to animal health and disease research


§ 3192. Definitions


§ 3193. Authorization to Secretary of Agriculture


§ 3195. Continuing animal health and disease, food security, and stewardship research, education, and extension programs


§ 3196. Research on national and regional animal health or disease problems


§ 3197. Availability of appropriated funds


§ 3198. Withholding of appropriated funds


§ 3199. Requirements for use of funds


§ 3200. Matching funds


§ 3201. Funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to other provisions of law


§ 3202. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria


§ 322. Annual appropriation


§ 3221. Extension at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University


§ 3222. Agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University


§ 3222a. Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions


§ 3222b. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University


§ 3222d. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities at eligible institutions


§ 3222e. New beginning for tribal students


§ 3223. Grants for acquisition and improvement of research facilities and equipment


§ 324. Time, manner, etc., of annual payments


§ 3241. Education grants programs for Hispanic-serving institutions


§ 3242. Transferred


§ 3243. Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities


§ 325. State to replace funds misapplied, etc.; restrictions on use of funds; reports by colleges


§ 326. Ascertainment and certification of amounts due States; certificates withheld from States; appeal to Congress


§ 326a. Annual appropriations for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau


§ 328. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved


§ 329. Additional appropriation for agricultural colleges


§ 3291. International agricultural research, extension, and teaching


§ 3292. Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching


§ 3292a. United States-Mexico joint agricultural research


§ 3292b. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs


§ 3293. Agricultural fellowship program for middle income countries, emerging democracies, and emerging markets


§ 3294. Center For North American Studies


§ 3295. International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program


§ 331. Retirement of land-grant college employees


§ 3310. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs


§ 3310a. Research equipment grants


§ 3311. Authorization of appropriations


§ 3312. Authorization of appropriations for extension education


§ 3313. Payment of funds


§ 3315. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements


§ 3315a. Availability of competitive grant funds


§ 3316. Rules and regulations


§ 3317. Program evaluation studies


§ 3318a. Cooperative research projects; agreements with and receipt of funds from State and other agencies


§ 3319. Restriction on treatment of indirect costs and tuition remission


§ 3319a. Cost-reimbursable agreements


§ 3319b. Joint requests for proposals


§ 3319d. Supplemental and alternative crops


§ 3319e. New Era Rural Technology Program


§ 3319g. Fees


§ 3319h. Funds for research facilities


§ 3319i. Capacity building grants for NLGCA Institutions


§ 3319j. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program


§ 3319k. Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot


§ 3321. Statement of purpose


§ 3322. Assistance programs


§ 3324. Authorization of appropriations


§ 3331. Congressional statement of purpose


§ 3332. Program; development, purposes, scope, etc.


§ 3333. Rangeland research grants


§ 3336. Authorization of appropriations; allocation of funds


§ 3351. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response


§ 3352. Agriculture research facility expansion and security upgrades


§ 3353. Agricultural biosecurity


§ 3354. Agricultural bioterrorism research and development


§ 3361. Definition


§ 3363. Resident instruction grants for insular areas


§ 3401. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 3402. Definitions


§ 3403. Issuance of orders


§ 3404. Permissive terms and conditions of orders


§ 3405. Wheat Industry Council


§ 3406. Exemption for retail bakers


§ 3407. Referendum


§ 3408. Refund of processed wheat assessment


§ 3409. Petition and review


§ 3410. Enforcement of orders and regulations


§ 3411. Suspension and termination of orders


§ 3412. Investigations; power to subpena and take oaths and affirmations; aid of courts


§ 3413. Certification of organizations


§ 3414. Other programs relating to wheat or wheat food research or nutrition education


§ 3415. Regulations


§ 3416. Amendments to orders


§ 3417. Authorization of appropriations


§ 343d. Transferred


§ 344. Ascertainment of entitlement of State to funds; time and manner of payment; State reporting requirements; plans of work


§ 347a. Disadvantaged agricultural areas


§ 348. Rules and regulations


§ 3502. Civil penalty


§ 3503. Investigative actions


§ 3505. Reports to the States


§ 3506. Public inspection


§ 3507. Regulations


§ 3602. Implementation of Agreement


§ 3603. Delegation of powers and duties


§ 3604. Criminal offenses


§ 361d. Use of funds


§ 361e. Payment of allotments to State agricultural experiment stations; directors and treasurers or other officers; accounting; reports to Secretary; replacement by States of diminished, lost or misapplied allotments; subsequent allotments or payments contingent on such replacement


§ 361f. Publications of experiment stations; free mailing


§ 361h. Relation of college or university to State unaffected; division of appropriations


§ 361i. Power to amend, repeal, etc., reserved


§ 363. Transferred


§ 365. Transferred


§ 3701. Congressional findings and declarations


§ 3702. Definitions


§ 3703. State and regional plans


§ 3801. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose


§ 3803. Prohibition of certain garbage feeding; exemption


§ 3804. Permits to operate garbage treatment facility


§ 3806. Criminal penalties


§ 3807. General enforcement provisions


§ 3808. Cooperation with States


§ 3809. Primary enforcement responsibility


§ 3811. Issuance of regulations; maintenance of records


§ 3812. Authority in addition to other laws; effect on State laws


§ 3813. Authorization of appropriations


§ 384. Card index of agricultural literature; copies to be furnished by Secretary


§ 385. South Carolina Experiment Station; cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture; lump sum appropriation


§ 385a. Authorization of appropriations


§ 387. Station for semi-arid or dry-land regions; establishment


§ 387a. Authorization of appropriations


§ 388. Station for southern Great Plains area; establishment


§ 388a. Authorization of appropriations


§ 389. Transfer of certain dry land and irrigation field stations to States


§ 389a. Conditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation field stations; reservation of mineral rights


§ 390. Definitions


§ 3901. Congressional findings


§ 3902. Research program on cancer in animals and birds


§ 3903. Annual program review to achieve coordination with National Cancer Institute program


§ 3904. Authorization of appropriations; restriction


§ 390a. Review process


§ 390b. Competitive grant program


§ 390c. Applicability of chapter 10 of title 5


§ 390d. Authorization of appropriations


§ 391. Establishment of bureau; appointment of chief; duties


§ 393. Sale of pathological and zoological specimens; disposition of moneys


§ 394a. Overtime of employees working at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products


§ 395. Fees for rabies diagnoses; disposition of moneys


§ 396. Inspection of livestock, hides, animal products, etc.; place; charges; disposition of funds


§ 398. Purchase and testing of serums or analogous products; dissemination of test results


§ 399. Domestic raising of fur-bearing animals; classification


§ 4001. Trade suspension reserves


§ 4002. Alcohol processor grain reserve program


§ 4003. Study of potential for expansion of United States agricultural export markets; report to President and Congress


§ 4004. Food bank special nutrition projects


§ 4004a. Applicability of supplemental nutrition assistance requirements


§ 4005. “Fuel conversion price” defined


§ 401. Establishment of bureau


§ 402. Chief of bureau; appointment and duties


§ 403. Transfer of activities of Department of Agriculture to bureau; employment of clerks, etc.


§ 404. Authorization of appropriations


§ 411b. Transferred


§ 412. Transferred


§ 413. Transferred


§ 414a. Transferred


§ 415. Transferred


§ 415e. Transferred


§ 417. Transferred


§ 418. Transferred


§ 420. Transferred


§ 4203. Existing policies and procedures; review, etc.


§ 4204. Technical assistance


§ 4205. Farmland resource information


§ 4206. Grants, contracts, etc., authority


§ 4207. Reporting requirement


§ 423. Transferred


§ 424. Transferred


§ 425. Transferred


§ 426b. Transferred


§ 426c. Transferred


§ 426d. Transferred


§ 427i. Transferred


§ 428a. Transferred


§ 428b. Transferred


§ 428c. Transferred


§ 4301. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 4302. Definitions


§ 4303. Floral research and promotion orders


§ 4304. Notice and hearing


§ 4305. Finding and issuance of orders


§ 4307. Permissive terms in orders


§ 4308. Referendum; necessity, etc.


§ 4309. Suspension and termination of orders


§ 431. Transferred


§ 4310. Amendments to orders


§ 4311. Exemption from assessments


§ 4312. Refund of assessments


§ 4313. Administrative and judicial review; procedures applicable


§ 4314. Enforcement of provisions


§ 4315. Certification of organizations; applicable criteria and considerations


§ 4316. Regulations


§ 4317. Investigations; subpena powers, etc.; enforcement


§ 4318. Separability


§ 4319. Authorization of appropriations


§ 432. Transferred


§ 434. Transferred


§ 440. Transferred


§ 4401. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose


§ 4402. Definitions


§ 4403. Duties of Secretary of Agriculture


§ 4404. Duties of Secretary of State


§ 4405. Fees and charges


§ 4406. Authorization of appropriations


§ 442. Transferred


§ 443. Transferred


§ 444. Transferred


§ 445. Transferred


§ 447. Transferred


§ 448. Transferred


§ 449. Transferred


§ 4502. Definitions


§ 4508. Cooperative association representation


§ 450b. Transferred


§ 450c. Transferred


§ 450e. Transferred


§ 450f. Transferred


§ 450g. Transferred


§ 450h. Transferred


§ 450i. Transferred


§ 450j. Transferred


§ 450k. Transferred


§ 450l. Transferred


§ 4511. Investigations; power to subpena and take oaths and affirmations; aid of courts


§ 4512. Administrative provisions


§ 4513. Authorization of appropriations


§ 4514. Dairy reports


§ 452. Supervision of division of cooperative marketing


§ 453. Authority and duties of division


§ 4531. Definitions


§ 4532. Establishment of National Dairy Research Endowment Institute


§ 4533. Issuance of order


§ 4534. Required terms of order; agreements under order; records


§ 4535. Petition and review; enforcement; investigations


§ 4536. Dairy Research Trust Fund


§ 4537. Termination of order, Institute, and Fund


§ 4538. Additional authority


§ 454. Advisers to counsel with Secretary of Agriculture; expenses and subsistence


§ 4551. 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


§ 4552. Authorization of appropriations for dairy farmer indemnities


§ 4553. Expiration of dairy farmer indemnity program


§ 456. Rules and regulations; appointment, removal, and compensation of employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations


§ 4601. Findings and purposes


§ 4602. Definitions


§ 4603. Honey research, promotion, and consumer information order


§ 4604. Notice and hearing


§ 4605. Findings and issuance of order


§ 4606. Required terms of order


§ 4607. Permissive terms and provisions


§ 4609. Petition and review


§ 4610. Enforcement


§ 4610a. Investigations and power to subpoena


§ 4611. Requirements of referendum


§ 4612. Termination or suspension


§ 4613. Implementation of amendments made by Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998


§ 471. Statistics and estimates of grades and staple length of cotton; collection and publication


§ 472. Information furnished of confidential character; penalty for divulging information


§ 473. Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information


§ 473b. Market supply, demand, condition and prices; collection and publication of information


§ 473c. Rules and regulations


§ 473d. Quality tests and analyses by Secretary for breeders and others; fees


§ 474. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; appropriation


§ 476. Acreage reports


§ 4804. Notice and hearing


§ 4805. Findings and issuance of orders


§ 4810. Permissive provisions


§ 4813. Refunds


§ 4815. Enforcement


§ 4816. Investigations


§ 4817. Preemption


§ 4819. Authorization of appropriations


§ 4901. Congressional findings and declaration of policy


§ 4902. Definitions


§ 4903. Issuance of plans


§ 4904. Notice and hearings


§ 4905. Regulations


§ 4907. Permissive terms in plans


§ 4908. Assessment procedures


§ 4909. Petition and review


§ 491. Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty


§ 4910. Enforcement


§ 4911. Investigation and power to subpoena


§ 4912. Requirement of referendum


§ 4913. Suspension or termination of plans


§ 4914. Amendment procedure


§ 4915. Separability


§ 4916. Authorization of appropriations


§ 493. Enforcement of provisions; prosecution of cases


§ 494. Rules and regulations; cooperation with States, etc., officers and employees; expenditures


§ 495. Authorization of appropriations


§ 496. Validity of other statutes dealing with same subject


§ 497. Separability


§ 499k. Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission


§ 499l. Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs


§ 499s. Depositing appropriations in fund


§ 501. Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated tobacco


§ 502. Standards for classification; returns and blanks


§ 503. Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties


§ 506. Returns under oath; administration


§ 507. Limitation on use of statistical information


§ 508. Separability


§ 5104. Regulations


§ 5105. Report


§ 5106. Authorization of appropriations


§ 511c. Demonstration of official standards; samples; cost


§ 511e. Sampling and weighing; cost; disposition of moneys received; expenses; purpose


§ 511f. Reinspection and appeal inspection; certificate as evidence


§ 511g. Placing of grade on warehouse tickets, etc.; form


§ 511i. Offenses


§ 511j. Publication of violations


§ 511k. Penalty for violations


§ 511l. Act of agent as that of principal


§ 511n. Hearings; examination of witnesses; refusal to testify or produce evidence


§ 511o. Separability


§ 511p. Delegation of duties by Secretary of Agriculture


§ 511q. Short title


§ 511s. Grading of tobacco


§ 51a. Extension of classification facilities to cotton growers


§ 51b. Licensing samplers; revocation and suspension of license


§ 52. Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted


§ 5201. Findings


§ 5202. Policy


§ 5203. Purpose


§ 5213. Joint development assistance agreements with certain trading partners


§ 5214. Reorganization evaluation


§ 5234. Cooperator organizations


§ 5235. Authorization of additional appropriations


§ 53. Licensing classifiers; revocation and suspension of license


§ 5301. Congressional statement of purposes


§ 5302. Definitions


§ 5311. Establishment of coordinated program


§ 5311a. Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities


§ 5312. Functions of Secretaries


§ 5313. Development of comprehensive plan for National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program


§ 5314. Implementation of comprehensive plan


§ 5315. Scientific research and development in support of coordinated program and comprehensive plan


§ 5316. Annual budget submission


§ 5331. Structure of Council


§ 5332. Functions of Council


§ 5342. Nutrition training report


§ 54. Classification by Department of Agriculture; certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for classification


§ 5401. Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality


§ 5402. Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality


§ 5404. Good Neighbor Environmental Board


§ 5405. Agricultural air quality research oversight


§ 55. Fees and charges for cotton classing and related services; criteria; disposition of moneys and samples


§ 5506. Water policy with respect to agrichemicals


§ 56. Establishment of cotton standards; furnishing copies of established standards sold


§ 5601. Purpose


§ 5602. Definitions


§ 5603. Agricultural export promotion strategy


§ 5603a. Global market strategy


§ 5604. Preservation of traditional markets


§ 5605. Independence of authorities


§ 5606. Implementation of commitments under Uruguay Round Agreements


§ 5607. Exporter assistance initiative


§ 5608. Foreign trade missions


§ 5621. Direct credit sales program


§ 5624. Barter of agricultural commodities


§ 5625. Combination of programs


§ 5641. Funding levels


§ 5652. Relief from unfair trade practices


§ 5653. Equitable treatment of high-value and value-added United States agricultural commodities


§ 5661. Program controls for export programs


§ 5662. Compliance provisions


§ 5663. Departmental administration system


§ 5671. Agricultural embargo protection


§ 5672. Development of plans to alleviate adverse impact of embargoes


§ 5673. Contracting authority to expand agricultural export markets


§ 5674. Trade consultations concerning imports


§ 5675. Technical assistance in trade negotiations


§ 5676. Limitation on use of certain export promotion programs


§ 5677. Trade compensation and assistance programs


§ 5678. Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural Export Excellence Award


§ 5679. Biotechnology and agricultural trade program


§ 5692. Administrator of Foreign Agricultural Service


§ 5693. Duties of Foreign Agricultural Service


§ 5694. Staff of Foreign Agricultural Service


§ 5695. Authorization of appropriations


§ 5712. Export reporting and contract sanctity


§ 57a. Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards


§ 58. General inspection and sampling of cotton


§ 5801. Purpose and definitions


§ 581. Standards of export; establishment; shipping without certificate forbidden; hearings


§ 5811. Research and extension projects


§ 5812. Program administration


§ 5813. Federal-State matching grant program


§ 5814. Authorization of appropriations


§ 582. Notice of establishment of standards; shipments under contracts made before adoption of standards


§ 5821. Integrated management systems


§ 583. Foreign standards; certification of compliance


§ 5831. Technical guides and handbooks


§ 5832. National Training Program


§ 584. Exemptions


§ 5841. Establishment, purpose, and functions of National Genetic Resources Program


§ 5842. Appointment and authority of Director


§ 5843. Advisory council


§ 5844. Definitions and authorization of appropriations


§ 585. Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence


§ 5851. Short title and purposes


§ 5852. Agricultural Weather Office


§ 5854. State agricultural weather information systems


§ 5855. Funding


§ 5856. Improvements to United States Drought Monitor


§ 586. Refusal of certificates for violations of laws; penalties for violations


§ 587. Rules and regulations; cooperation with other agencies; compensation of officers and employees; effect on other laws


§ 588. Separability


§ 589. Definitions


§ 590. Authorization of appropriations


§ 590a. Estimates of apple production


§ 591. Standards of export; establishment; shipping without certificate forbidden; hearings


§ 592. Notice of establishment of standards; shipments under contracts made before adoption of standards


§ 5921. Biotechnology risk assessment research


§ 5924. Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative


§ 5925. High-priority research and extension initiatives


§ 5925b. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative


§ 5925c. Organic production and market data initiatives


§ 5925d. International organic research collaboration


§ 5925f. Farm business management


§ 5925g. Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative


§ 5926. Centers of excellence


§ 593. Foreign standards; certification of compliance


§ 5933. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities


§ 5936. Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network


§ 5936a. Support for farm stress programs


§ 5937. Natural products research program


§ 5939. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research


§ 594. Exemption of minimum quantities


§ 5941. Purchase of cultures for soil and fertilizer investigations


§ 5942. Wheat and feed grains research; regional and national research programs; utilization of services of Federal, State and private agencies; authorization of appropriations


§ 5943. Rice research


§ 596. Refusal of certificates for violations of law; penalties for violations


§ 6001. Findings and declaration of policy


§ 6002. Definitions


§ 6003. Issuance of plans


§ 6004. Regulations


§ 6005. Required terms in plans


§ 6006. Permissive terms in plans


§ 6007. Assessments


§ 6009. Enforcement


§ 6010. Investigations and power to subpoena


§ 6011. Requirement of referendum


§ 6012. Suspension or termination of plan


§ 6013. Authorization of appropriations


§ 603. Government owned cotton; transfer to Secretary of Agriculture; powers of Secretary


§ 607. Sale by Secretary; additional options; validation of assignments; publication of information


§ 6105. Referenda


§ 6106. Petition and review


§ 6107. Enforcement


§ 6108. Investigations and power to subpoena


§ 6109. Savings provision


§ 611. “Basic agricultural commodity” defined; exclusion of commodities


§ 6110. Suspension or termination of orders


§ 6111. Authorization of appropriations


§ 6112. Regulations


§ 613. Termination date; investigations and reports


§ 615. Refunds of tax; exemptions from tax; compensating tax; compensating tax on foreign goods; covering into Treasury


§ 616. Stock on hand when tax takes effect or terminates


§ 617. Refund on goods exported; bond to suspend tax on commodity intended for export


§ 619. Collection of tax; provisions of internal revenue laws applicable; returns


§ 619a. Cotton tax, time for payment


§ 61a. Annual review meetings with cotton industry representatives; purposes, etc.


§ 62. Definitions


§ 620. Falsely ascribing deductions or charges to taxes; penalty


§ 6201. Findings, purposes, and limitations


§ 6202. Definitions


§ 6203. Issuance of orders


§ 6204. Required terms in orders


§ 6205. Permissive terms in orders


§ 6206. Petition and review


§ 6207. Enforcement


§ 6208. Investigations and power to subpoena


§ 6209. Initial referendum


§ 621. Machinery belting processed from cotton; exemption from tax


§ 6210. Suspension and termination


§ 6211. Authorization of appropriations


§ 6212. Regulations


§ 623. Actions relating to tax; legalization of prior taxes


§ 626. Import inventory


§ 627. Dairy forward pricing pilot program


§ 6301. Findings and declaration of policy


§ 6303. Issuance and amendment of orders


§ 6305. Referenda


§ 6306. Petition and review


§ 6307. Enforcement


§ 6308. Investigations and power to subpoena


§ 6309. Administrative provisions


§ 6310. Suspension or termination of orders


§ 6311. Authorization of appropriations; regulations


§ 64. Appropriation for expenses; appointment by Secretary of officers and agents; compensation


§ 6401. Findings and declaration of policy


§ 6402. Definitions


§ 6403. Authority to issue orders


§ 6404. Notice and comment


§ 6405. Findings and issuance of orders


§ 6406. Regulations


§ 6408. Permissive terms


§ 6409. Assessments


§ 6410. Petition and review


§ 6411. Enforcement


§ 6412. Investigations and power to subpoena


§ 6413. Requirement of initial referendum


§ 6414. Suspension or termination of orders


§ 6415. Amendments


§ 6416. Independent evaluation of programs


§ 6417. Authorization of appropriations


§ 65. Separability


§ 6511. Additional guidelines


§ 6512. Other production and handling practices


§ 6516. Peer review of certifying agents


§ 6521a. Organic agricultural product imports interagency working group


§ 6522. Funding


§ 6523. National organic certification cost-share program


§ 6524. Organically produced food


§ 6601. Forestry rural revitalization


§ 6611. Findings and purposes


§ 6612. Definitions


§ 6613. Rural natural resources and economic diversification action teams


§ 6614. Action plan implementation


§ 6615. Training and education