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7 U.S.C. § 241 — Definitions
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In this chapter:
(1) **Agricultural product** — The term “agricultural product” means an agricultural commodity, as determined by the Secretary, including a processed product of an agricultural commodity.
(2) **Approval** — The term “approval” means the consent provided by the Secretary for a person to engage in an activity authorized by this chapter.
(3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
(4) **Electronic document** — The term “electronic document” means a document that is generated, sent, received, or stored by electronic, optical, or similar means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy.
(5) **Electronic receipt** — The term “electronic receipt” means a receipt that is authorized by the Secretary to be issued or transmitted under this chapter in the form of an electronic document.
(6) **Holder** — The term “holder” means a person that has possession in fact or by operation of law of a receipt or any electronic document.
(7) **Person** — The term “person” means—
(A) a person (as defined in [section 1 of title 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title1-section1&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) a State; and
(C) a political subdivision of a State.
(8) **Receipt** — The term “receipt” means a warehouse receipt issued in accordance with this chapter, including an electronic receipt.
(9) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(10) **Warehouse** — The term “warehouse” means a structure or other approved storage facility, as determined by the Secretary, in which any agricultural product may be stored or handled for the purposes of interstate or foreign commerce.
(11) **Warehouse operator** — The term “warehouse ope
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In this chapter:
(1) **Agricultural product** — The term “agricultural product” means an agricultural commodity, as determined by the Secretary, including a processed product of an agricultural commodity.
(2) **Approval** — The term “approval” means the consent provided by the Secretary for a person to engage in an activity authorized by this chapter.
(3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.
(4) **Electronic document** — The term “electronic document” means a document that is generated, sent, received, or stored by electronic, optical, or similar means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy.
(5) **Electronic receipt** — The term “electronic receipt” means a receipt that is authorized by the Secretary to be issued or transmitted under this chapter in the form of an electronic document.
(6) **Holder** — The term “holder” means a person that has possession in fact or by operation of law of a receipt or any electronic document.
(7) **Person** — The term “person” means—
(A) a person (as defined in [section 1 of title 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title1-section1&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) a State; and
(C) a political subdivision of a State.
(8) **Receipt** — The term “receipt” means a warehouse receipt issued in accordance with this chapter, including an electronic receipt.
(9) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(10) **Warehouse** — The term “warehouse” means a structure or other approved storage facility, as determined by the Secretary, in which any agricultural product may be stored or handled for the purposes of interstate or foreign commerce.
(11) **Warehouse operator** — The term “warehouse operator” means a person that is lawfully engaged in the business of storing or handling agricultural products.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall have exclusive power, jurisdiction, and authority, to the extent that this chapter applies, with respect to—
(1) each warehouse operator licensed under this chapter;
(2) each person that has obtained an approval to engage in an activity under this chapter; and
(3) each person claiming an interest in an agricultural product by means of a document or receipt subject to this chapter.
**(b) Covered agricultural products** The Secretary shall specify, after an opportunity for notice and comment, those agricultural products for which a warehouse license may be issued under this chapter.
**(c) Investigations** The Secretary may investigate the storing, warehousing, classifying according to grade and otherwise, weighing, and certifying of agricultural products.
**(d) Inspections** The Secretary may inspect or cause to be inspected any person or warehouse licensed under this chapter and any warehouse for which a license is applied for under this chapter.
**(e) Suitability for storage** The Secretary may determine whether a licensed warehouse, or a warehouse for which a license is applied for under this chapter, is suitable for the proper storage of the agricultural product or products stored or proposed for storage in the warehouse.
**(f) Classification** The Secretary may classify a licensed warehouse, or a warehouse for which a license is applied for under this chapter, in accordance with the ownership, location, surroundings, capacity, conditions, and other qualities of the warehouse and as to the kinds of licenses issued or that may be issued for the warehouse under this chapter.
**(g) Warehouse operator’s duties** Subject to the other provisions of this chapter, the Secretary may prescribe the duties of a warehouse operator op
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In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise—
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Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to—
(1) alter the jurisdiction between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under applicable statutes, regulations, or agreements regarding voluntary inspection of non-amenable species under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ([7 U.S.C. 1621](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1621&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(2) alter the jurisdiction between the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under applicable statutes and regulations;
(3) limit the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under—
(A) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ([21 U.S.C. 301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) as in effect on the day before January 4, 2011; or
(B) the Public Health Service Act [[42 U.S.C. 201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] as in effect on the day before January 4, 2011;
(4) alter or limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under the laws administered by such Secretary, including—
(A) the Federal Meat Inspection Act ([21 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(B) the Poultry Products Inspection Act ([21 U.S.C. 451](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section451&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(C) the Egg Products Inspection Act ([21 U.S.C. 1031](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section1031&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
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**(a) Authority to offer insurance**
(1) **In general** — If sufficient actuarial data are available (as determined by the Corporation), the Corporation may insure, or provide reinsurance for insurers of, producers of agricultural commodities grown in the United States under 1 or more plans of insurance determined by the Corporation to be adapted to the agricultural commodity concerned. To qualify for coverage under a plan of insurance, the losses of the insured commodity must be due to drought, flood, or other natural disaster (as determined by the Secretary).
(2) **Period** — Except in the cases of tobacco, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hemp, insurance shall not extend beyond the period during which the insured commodity is in the field. As used in the preceding sentence, in the case of an aquacultural species, the term “field” means the environment in which the commodity is produced.
(3) **Exclusion of losses due to certain actions of producer**
(A) *Exclusions* — Insurance provided under this subsection shall not cover losses due to—
(i) the neglect or malfeasance of the producer;
(ii) the failure of the producer to reseed to the same crop in such areas and under such circumstances as it is customary to reseed; or
(iii) the failure of the producer to follow good farming practices, including scientifically sound sustainable and organic farming practices.
(B) *Good farming practices determination review*
(i) *Informal administrative process* — A producer shall have the right to a review of a determination regarding good farming practices made under subparagraph (A)(iii) in accordance with an informal administrative process to be established by the Corporation.
(ii) *Administrative review*
(I) *No adverse decision* — The determi
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On and after July 24, 1919, in the performance of the duties required of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in the administration or enforcement of provisions of Acts (United States Cotton Futures Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 476; United States Grain Standards Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 482 [[7 U.S.C. 71](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section71&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; United States Warehouse Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 486 [[7 U.S.C. 241](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section241&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; Standard Container Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 673; and the Acts making annual appropriations for the Department of Agriculture) relating to the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture, or any representative specifically authorized in writing by him for the purpose, shall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and call for the production of books and papers.
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall hold annual meetings with representatives of the cotton industry to review (1) activities and operations under the Cotton Standards Act [[7 U.S.C. 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section51&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act [[7 U.S.C. 471](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section471&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], (2) activities and operations relating to cotton under the United States Warehouse Act [[7 U.S.C. 241](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section241&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and (3) the effect of such activities and operations on prices received by producers and sales to domestic and foreign users, for the purpose of improving procedures for financing and administering such activities and operations for the benefit of the industry and the Government. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to insure that the universal cotton standards system and the licensing and inspection procedures for cotton warehouses are preserved and that the Government cotton classification system continues to operate so that the United States cotton crop is provided an official quality description.
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**(a) Official weighing in accordance with prescribed regulations** The Secretary shall cause official weighing under standards or procedures provided for in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be made of all grain required to be officially weighed as provided in [section 77 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section77&num=0&edition=prelim), in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
**(b) Official weighing or supervision of weighing at grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities located other than at export elevators at export port locations** The Secretary is authorized to cause official weighing or supervision of weighing under standards or procedures provided in [section 76 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section76&num=0&edition=prelim) to be performed at any grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility located other than at export elevators at export port locations at which official inspection is provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in such manner as the Secretary deems appropriate and under such regulations as the Secretary may provide.
**(c) Personnel performing official weighing or supervision of weighing at locations at which official inspection is provided**
(1) With respect to official weighing or supervision of weighing for locations at which official inspection is provided by the Secretary, the Secretary shall cause such official weighing or supervision of weighing to be performed by official inspection personnel employed by the Secretary.
(2) With respect to official weighing or
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 229c
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, which comprises this
chapter.
§ 229c. Separability
If any provision of this chapter or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or circumstances is
held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the
chapter and of the application of such provision
to other persons and circumstances shall not be
affected thereby.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 417, formerly
§ 408, 42 Stat. 169; renumbered § 411, Pub. L.
94–410, § 5, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1250; renum-
bered § 415, Pub. L. 100–173, § 9(1), Nov. 23, 1987,
101 Stat. 919; renumbered § 416, Pub. L. 106–472,
title III, § 312(e)(1), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2077; re-
numbered
§ 417,
Pub.
L.
110–234,
title
XI,
§ 11004(a)(1), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1355, and Pub.
L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XI, § 11004(a)(1), June 18,
2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2117.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 both renumbered
this section as section 417 of act Aug. 15, 1921. Pub. L.
110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 ef-
fective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L.
110–234.
Section was formerly classified to section 229 of this
title.
SUBCHAPTER VI—CHARGE FOR
INSPECTION
§ 231. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, act July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 689, was
from the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act,
1943, and provided for fees for inspection of brands ap-
pearing upon livestock. See section 217a of this title.
Similar provisions were contained in the following
prior appropriation acts:
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 432.
June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 557.
June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 970.
June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 721.
June 29, 1937
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