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7 U.S.C. § 2217a — Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
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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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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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 420 was editorially reclassified as [section 2217a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2217a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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This chapter may be cited as the “United States Grain Standards Act”.
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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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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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Page 1452
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 2215
relating to the General Counsel of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and
Human Services], is classified to section 3504 of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare. That part of such
section 301 relating to the General Counsel of the Post
Office Department was enacted as section 307 of Title 39
by Pub. L. 86–682, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 580. Such provi-
sions were eliminated from Title 39 by the Postal Reor-
ganization Act, Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 719.
Section was formerly classified to section 518a of
Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by
Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
§ 2215. Chief clerk
The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint a
chief clerk.
(R.S. § 523; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659;
Feb. 10, 1925, ch. 200, 43 Stat. 822.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 523 derived from act May 15, 1862, ch. 72, § 4, 12
Stat. 388.
Section was formerly classified to section 519 of Title
5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L.
89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ substituted in text for
‘‘Commissioner of Agriculture’’ pursuant to sections 1
and 4 of act Feb. 9, 1889, which are classified to section
2202 of this title. See, also, section 2205 of this title.
§ 2216. Repealed. Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 221(a),
June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 205
Section, R.S. § 524; acts Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 5, 28
Stat. 807; May 10, 1934, ch. 277, § 512(b), 48 Stat. 759, re-
lated to the bond of the chief clerk of the Department
of Agricu
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Page 356
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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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 71
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section is composed of the second sentence of section
11 of act Mar. 4, 1923. The first sentence of section 11 is
contained in section 62 of this title.
§ 64. Appropriation for expenses; appointment by
Secretary of officers and agents; compensa-
tion
There are authorized to be appropriated out of
any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, such sums as may be necessary for
carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, with-
in the limits of such appropriations, to appoint,
remove, and fix the compensations of such offi-
cers and employees, not in conflict with existing
law, and make such expenditures for rent out-
side the District of Columbia, printing, tele-
grams, telephones, law books, books of ref-
erence, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office
equipment, travel, and other supplies and ex-
penses as shall be necessary to the administra-
tion of this chapter in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 12, 42 Stat. 1519.)
§ 65. 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 the application of such provision to
other persons and circumstances shall not be af-
fected thereby.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 13, 42 Stat. 1520.)
CHAPTER 3—GRAIN STANDARDS
Sec.
71.
Short title.
72, 73.
Omitted.
74.
Congressional findings and declaration of pol-
icy.
75.
Definitions.
75a.
Repealed.
75b.
Omitted.
76.
Standards and procedures; establishment,
amendment, and revocation.
77.
Official inspection and weighing require-
ments; waiver; supervision by representa-
tives of Secretar
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