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7 U.S.C. § 7101 — Findings and declaration of policy
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds that—
(1) sheep and sheep products are important goods;
(2) the production of sheep and sheep products play a significant role in the economy of the United States in that sheep and sheep products are produced throughout the United States and used by millions of people throughout the United States and foreign countries;
(3) sheep and sheep products must be high quality, readily available, handled properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate supply of sheep products;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and development of new markets for sheep and sheep products are vital to the welfare of sheep producers and persons concerned with marketing, using, and producing sheep and sheep products, as well as to the general economy of the United States, and necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of sheep and sheep products;
(5) there exist established State organizations conducting sheep and sheep product promotion, research, and industry and consumer education programs that are invaluable to the efforts of promoting the consumption of sheep and sheep products;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation of a coordinated national program of sheep and sheep product promotion, research, consumer information, education, and industry information are necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for sheep and sheep products; and
(7) sheep and sheep products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and sheep and sheep products that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in sheep and sheep products.
**(b) Policy** It is the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to a
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds that—
(1) sheep and sheep products are important goods;
(2) the production of sheep and sheep products play a significant role in the economy of the United States in that sheep and sheep products are produced throughout the United States and used by millions of people throughout the United States and foreign countries;
(3) sheep and sheep products must be high quality, readily available, handled properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate supply of sheep products;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and development of new markets for sheep and sheep products are vital to the welfare of sheep producers and persons concerned with marketing, using, and producing sheep and sheep products, as well as to the general economy of the United States, and necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of sheep and sheep products;
(5) there exist established State organizations conducting sheep and sheep product promotion, research, and industry and consumer education programs that are invaluable to the efforts of promoting the consumption of sheep and sheep products;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation of a coordinated national program of sheep and sheep product promotion, research, consumer information, education, and industry information are necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for sheep and sheep products; and
(7) sheep and sheep products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and sheep and sheep products that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in sheep and sheep products.
**(b) Policy** It is the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in this chapter, of an orderly procedure for developing, financing (through adequate assessments on sheep and sheep products produced or imported into the United States), and carrying out an effective, continuous, coordinated program of promotion, research, consumer information, education, and industry information designed to—
(1) strengthen the position of the sheep and sheep product industry in the marketplace;
(2) maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets and uses for sheep and sheep products; and
(3) develop new markets and uses for sheep and sheep products.
**(c) Construction** Nothing in this chapter provides for the control of production, or otherwise limits, the right of any person to produce sheep or sheep products.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is not published in the Code. A current version of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is maintained and published periodically by the United States International Trade Commission and is available at their website and for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
#### Reference to Tariff Schedules To Be Treated as Reference to Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Reference in any law to “Tariff Schedules of the United States”, “the Tariff Schedules”, “such Schedules”, and any other general reference to the old Schedules to be treated as reference to Harmonized Tariff Schedule, see [section 3012 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3012&num=0&edition=prelim).
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This chapter may be cited as the “Tariff Act of 1930.”
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**(a) Schedule of fees** In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall charge and collect the following fees (subject to adjustment under subsection (l)) for the provision of customs services in connection with the following:
(1) For the arrival of a commercial vessel of 100 net tons or more, $397.
(2) For the arrival of a commercial truck, $5.
(3) For the arrival of each railroad car carrying passengers or commercial freight, $7.50.
(4) For all arrivals made during a calendar year by a private vessel or private aircraft, $25.
(5)
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), for the arrival of each passenger aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from a place outside the United States (other than a place referred to in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) of this section), $5.
(B) For the arrival of each passenger aboard a commercial vessel from a place referred to in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) of this section, $1.75.
(6) For each item of dutiable mail for which a document is prepared by a customs officer (other than an item subject to a fee under subsection (b)(9)(D)), $5.
(7) For each customs broker permit held by an individual, partnership, association, or corporate customs broker, $125 per year.
(8) For the arrival of a barge or other bulk carrier from Canada or Mexico, $100.
(9)
(A) For the processing of merchandise that is formally entered or released during any fiscal year, a fee in an amount equal to 0.21 11 See Rates for Merchandise Processing Fees notes below. percent ad valorem, unless adjusted under subparagraph (B).
(B)
(i) The Secretary of the Treasury may adjust the ad valorem rate specified in subparagraph (A) to an ad valorem rate (but not to a rate of more than 0.21 1 percent nor less than 0.15 percent) an
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**(a) “Commodity promotion law” defined** In this section, the term “commodity promotion law” means a Federal law that provides for the establishment and operation of a promotion program regarding an agricultural commodity that includes a combination of promotion, research, industry information, or consumer information activities, is funded by mandatory assessments on producers or processors, and is designed to maintain or expand markets and uses for the commodity (as determined by the Secretary). The term includes—
(1) the marketing promotion provisions under [section 608c(6)(I) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section608c/6/I&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) Public Law 89–502 ([7 U.S.C. 2101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(3) title III of Public Law 91–670 ([7 U.S.C. 2611](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2611&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(4) Public Law 93–428 ([7 U.S.C. 2701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(5) Public Law 94–294 ([7 U.S.C. 2901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(6) subtitle B of title I of Public Law 98–180 ([7 U.S.C. 4501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section4501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(7) Public Law 98–590 ([7 U.S.C. 4601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section4601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(8) subtitle B of title XVI of Public Law 99–198 ([7 U.S.C. 4801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-secti
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In this Act, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Page 1958
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7035
(1) conform to sections 7031(c) and 7032(b) of
this title; and
(2) prescribe—
(A) the location and type of data to be
made available to agricultural producers;
(B) the location where agricultural pro-
ducers can electronically file their paper-
work; and
(C) the responsibilities of the applicable
parties, including agricultural producers,
the Risk Management Agency, the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation, approved insur-
ance providers, crop insurance agents, and
brokers.
(c) Implementation
Not later than December 1, 2001, the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation and the Risk Man-
agement Agency shall complete implementation
of the plan submitted under subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 106–222, § 5, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 355.)
§ 7035. Confidentiality
In carrying out this subchapter, the Sec-
retary—
(1) may not make available any information
over the Internet that would otherwise not be
available for release under section 552 or 552a
of title 5; and
(2) shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that the confidentiality of persons
is maintained.
(Pub. L. 106–222, § 6, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 355.)
CHAPTER 99—SHEEP PROMOTION,
RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION
Sec.
7101.
Findings and declaration of policy.
7102.
Definitions.
7103.
Issuance and amendment of orders.
7104.
Required terms in orders.
7105.
Referenda.
7106.
Petition and review.
7107.
Enforcement.
7108.
Investigations and power to subpoena.
7109.
Administrative provisions.
7110.
Regulations.
7111.
Authorization of appropriations.
§ 7101. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) sheep and sheep products are important
goods;
(2) the production of sheep and sheep prod-
ucts play a significant role in the
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