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7 U.S.C. § 2204g — Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture
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**(a) Census of agriculture required**
(1) **In general** — In 1998 and every fifth year thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take a census of agriculture.
(2) **Inclusion of specialty crops** — Effective beginning with the census of agriculture required to be conducted in 2008, the Secretary shall conduct as part of each census of agriculture a census of specialty crops (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 ([7 U.S.C. 1621](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1621&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 108–465)).
**(b) Methods** In connection with the census, the Secretary may conduct any survey or other information collection, and employ any sampling or other statistical method, that the Secretary determines is appropriate.
**(c) Year of information** The information collected in each census taken under this section shall relate to the year immediately preceding the year in which the census is taken.
**(d) Enforcement**
(1) **Fraud** — A person over 18 years of age who willfully gives an answer that is false to a question, which is authorized by the Secretary to be submitted to the person in connection with a census under this section, shall be fined not more than $500.
(2) **Refusal or neglect to answer questions** — A person over 18 years of age who refuses or willfully neglects to answer a question, which is authorized by the Secretary to be submitted to the person in connection with a census under this section, shall be fined not more than $100.
(3) **Social Security number** — The failure or refusal of a person to disclose the person’s Social Security number in response to a request made in connection with any census or other activity under this section sha
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**(a) Census of agriculture required**
(1) **In general** — In 1998 and every fifth year thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take a census of agriculture.
(2) **Inclusion of specialty crops** — Effective beginning with the census of agriculture required to be conducted in 2008, the Secretary shall conduct as part of each census of agriculture a census of specialty crops (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 ([7 U.S.C. 1621](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1621&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 108–465)).
**(b) Methods** In connection with the census, the Secretary may conduct any survey or other information collection, and employ any sampling or other statistical method, that the Secretary determines is appropriate.
**(c) Year of information** The information collected in each census taken under this section shall relate to the year immediately preceding the year in which the census is taken.
**(d) Enforcement**
(1) **Fraud** — A person over 18 years of age who willfully gives an answer that is false to a question, which is authorized by the Secretary to be submitted to the person in connection with a census under this section, shall be fined not more than $500.
(2) **Refusal or neglect to answer questions** — A person over 18 years of age who refuses or willfully neglects to answer a question, which is authorized by the Secretary to be submitted to the person in connection with a census under this section, shall be fined not more than $100.
(3) **Social Security number** — The failure or refusal of a person to disclose the person’s Social Security number in response to a request made in connection with any census or other activity under this section shall not be a violation under this subsection.
(4) **Religious information** — Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to the religious beliefs of the person or to membership of the person in a religious body.
**(e) Geographic coverage** A census under this section shall include—
(1) each of the several States of the United States;
(2) as determined appropriate by the Secretary, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam; and
(3) with the concurrence of the Secretary and the Secretary of State, any other possession or area over which the United States exercises jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty.
**(f) Cooperation with Secretary of Commerce**
(1) **Information provided to Secretary of Agriculture** — On a written request by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce may provide to the Secretary of Agriculture any information collected under title 13 that the Secretary of Agriculture considers necessary for the taking of a census or survey under this section.
(2) **Information provided to Secretary of Commerce** — On a written request by the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture may provide to the Secretary of Commerce any information collected in a census taken under this section that the Secretary of Commerce considers necessary for the taking of a census or survey under title 13.
(3) **Confidentiality** — Information obtained under this subsection may not be used for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which the information is supplied. For purposes of sections 9 and 214 of title 13, any information provided under paragraph (2) shall be considered information furnished under the provisions of title 13.
**(g) Regulations** A regulation necessary to carry out this section may be promulgated by—
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, to the extent that a matter under the jurisdiction of the Secretary is involved; and
(2) the Secretary of Commerce, to the extent that a matter under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce is involved.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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The Congress declares that a sound, efficient, and privately operated system for distributing and marketing agricultural products is essential to a prosperous agriculture and is indispensable to the maintenance of full employment and to the welfare, prosperity, and health of the Nation. It is further declared to be the policy of Congress to promote through research, study, experimentation, and through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, farm organizations, and private industry a scientific approach to the problems of marketing, transportation, and distribution of agricultural products similar to the scientific methods which have been utilized so successfully during the past eighty-four years in connection with the production of agricultural products so that such products capable of being produced in abundance may be marketed in an orderly manner and efficiently distributed. In order to attain these objectives, it is the intent of Congress to provide for (1) continuous research to improve the marketing, handling, storage, processing, transportation, and distribution of agricultural products; (2) cooperation among Federal and State agencies, producers, industry organizations, and others in the development and effectuation of research and marketing programs to improve the distribution processes; (3) an integrated administration of all laws enacted by Congress to aid the distribution of agricultural products through research, market aids and services, and regulatory activities, to the end that marketing methods and facilities may be improved, that distribution costs may be reduced and the price spread between the producer and consumer may be narrowed, that dietary and nutritional standards may be improved, that new and wider markets for American agricultural produ
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**(a) General rule** Returns and return information shall be confidential, and except as authorized by this title—
(1) no officer or employee of the United States,
(2) no officer or employee of any State, any local law enforcement agency receiving information under subsection (i)(1)(C) or (7)(A), any tribal or local child support enforcement agency, or any local agency administering a program listed in subsection (l)(7)(D) who has or had access to returns or return information under this section or section 6104(c), and
(3) no other person (or officer or employee thereof) who has or had access to returns or return information under subsection (c), subsection (e)(1)(D)(iii), paragraph (10), (13), (14), or (15) of subsection (k), paragraph (6), (8), (10), (12), (13) (other than subparagraphs (D)(v) and (D)(vi) thereof), (16), (19), (20), or (21) of subsection (l), paragraph (2) or (4)(B) of subsection (m), or subsection (n),
shall disclose any return or return information obtained by him in any manner in connection with his service as such an officer or an employee or otherwise or under the provisions of this section. For purposes of this subsection, the term “officer or employee” includes a former officer or employee.
**(b) Definitions** For purposes of this section—
(1) **Return** — The term “return” means any tax or information return, declaration of estimated tax, or claim for refund required by, or provided for or permitted under, the provisions of this title which is filed with the Secretary by, on behalf of, or with respect to any person, and any amendment or supplement thereto, including supporting schedules, attachments, or lists which are supplemental to, or part of, the return so filed.
(2) **Return information** — The term “return information” means—
(
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There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
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**(a) In general** In the case of information furnished under a provision of law referred to in subsection (d), neither the Secretary of Agriculture, any other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or agency thereof, nor any other person may—
(1) use such information for a purpose other than the development or reporting of aggregate data in a manner such that the identity of the person who supplied such information is not discernible and is not material to the intended uses of such information;
(2) disclose such information to the public, unless such information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied particular information; or
(3) in the case of information collected under the authority described in paragraph (12) or (13) of subsection (d), disclose the information to any person or any Federal, State, local, or tribal agency outside the Department of Agriculture, unless the information has been converted into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person that supplied particular information.
**(b) Duty of Secretary; immunity from disclosure; necessary consent**
(1) In carrying out a provision of law referred to in subsection (d), no department, agency, officer, or employee of the Federal Government, other than the Secretary of Agriculture, shall require a person to furnish a copy of statistical information provided to the Department of Agriculture.
(2) A copy of such information—
(A) shall be immune from mandatory disclosure of any type, including legal process; and
(B) shall not, without the consent of such person, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or administrative pr
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1621
Sec.
1627b.
National Sheep Industry Improvement Cen-
ter.
1627c.
Local agriculture market program.
1628.
Repealed.
1629.
Establishment of committees to assist in re-
search and service programs.
1630.
Omitted.
1631.
Protection for purchasers of farm products.
1632.
Repealed.
1632a.
Agricultural marketing resource center pilot
project.
1632b.
Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstra-
tion Program.
1632c.
Acer access and development program.
1632d.
Dairy business innovation initiatives.
1632e.
Cattle Contracts Library.
1633.
Cooperation with State agencies in adminis-
tration and enforcement of laws relating to
marketing of agricultural products and con-
trol or eradication of plant and animal dis-
eases and pests; coordination of administra-
tion of Federal and State laws.
SUBCHAPTER II—LIVESTOCK MANDATORY
REPORTING
PART A—PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS
1635.
Purpose.
1635a.
Definitions.
PART B—CATTLE REPORTING
1635d.
Definitions.
1635e.
Mandatory reporting for live cattle.
1635f.
Mandatory packer reporting of boxed beef
sales.
PART C—SWINE REPORTING
1635i.
Definitions.
1635j.
Mandatory reporting for swine.
1635k.
Mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts.
PART D—LAMB REPORTING
1635m.
Mandatory reporting for lambs.
PART E—ADMINISTRATION
1636.
General provisions.
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.
SUBCHAPTER III—DAIRY PRODUCT MANDATORY
REPORTING
1637.
Purpose.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 2204h
1998, 112 Stat. 557; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title
VII, § 753(c)(1)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–33, re-
lated to Fund for Rural America.
§ 2204g. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to
conduct census of agriculture
(a) Census of agriculture required
(1) In general
In 1998 and every fifth year thereafter, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall take a census of
agriculture.
(2) Inclusion of specialty crops
Effective beginning with the census of agri-
culture required to be conducted in 2008, the
Secretary shall conduct as part of each census
of agriculture a census of specialty crops (as
that term is defined in section 3 of the Spe-
cialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7
U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465)).
(b) Methods
In connection with the census, the Secretary
may conduct any survey or other information
collection, and employ any sampling or other
statistical method, that the Secretary deter-
mines is appropriate.
(c) Year of information
The information collected in each census
taken under this section shall relate to the year
immediately preceding the year in which the
census is taken.
(d) Enforcement
(1) Fraud
A person over 18 years of age who willfully
gives an answer that is false to a question,
which is authorized by the Secretary to be
submitted to the person in connection with a
census under this section, shall be fined not
more than $500.
(2) Refusal or neglect to answer questions
A person over 18 years of age who refuses or
willfully neglects to answer a question, which
is authorized by the Secretary to be submitted
to the person in connection with a census
under this section, shall be fined not more
than $100.
(3) Social Security number
The failure or re
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