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7 U.S.C. § 1592 — Delegation of duties
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Any duties devolving upon the Secretary of Agriculture by virtue of the provisions of this chapter may with like force and effect be executed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary may designate for the purpose.
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Any duties devolving upon the Secretary of Agriculture by virtue of the provisions of this chapter may with like force and effect be executed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary may designate for the purpose.
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Sections 111 to 116 of this title are repealed on the one hundred and eightieth day after August 9, 1939: Provided, however, That the notices with respect to imported alfalfa and red clover seed promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture under the authority of sections 111 to 116 of this title, and in effect on August 9, 1939, shall remain with the same full force and effect as if promulgated under this chapter.
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**(a)** When used in this chapter—
(1) The term “United States” means the several States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
(2) The term “person” includes a partnership, corporation, company, society, or association.
(3) The term “interstate commerce” means—
(A) commerce between any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia, and any other State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia; or
(B) commerce between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or
(C) commerce within the District of Columbia.
(4) For the purposes of this chapter with respect to labeling for treatment, variety and origin (but not in anywise limiting the foregoing definition), seeds shall be considered to be in interstate commerce, or delivered for transportation in interstate commerce, if such seeds are part of, or delivered for transportation in, that current of commerce usual in the transportation and/or merchandising of seeds, whereby such seeds are sent from one State with the expectation that they will end their transit in another, including, in addition to cases within the above general description, all cases where seeds are transported or delivered for transportation to another State, or for processing or cleaning for seeding purposes within the State and shipment outside the State of the processed or cleaned seeds. Seeds normally in such current of commerce shall not be considered out of such current through resort being had to any means or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the provisions of this chapter.
(5) The term “foreign commerce” means commerce between the United States, its possessions, or any Territory of the United States, and
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It shall be unlawful for any person to transport or deliver for transportation in interstate commerce—
**(a)** Any agricultural seeds or any mixture of agricultural seeds for seeding purposes, unless each container bears a label giving the following information, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under [section 1592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim).
(1) The name of the kind or kind and variety for each agricultural seed component present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole and the percentage by weight of each: Provided, That (A), except with respect to seed mixtures intended for lawn and turf purposes, if any such component is one which the Secretary of Agriculture has determined, in rules and regulations prescribed under [section 1592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim), is generally labeled as to variety, the label shall bear, in addition to the name of the kind, either the name of such variety or the statement “Variety Not Stated”, (B) in the case of any such component which is a hybrid seed it shall, in addition to the above requirements, be designated as hybrid on the label, and (C) seed mixtures intended for lawn and turf purposes shall be designated as a mixture on the label and each seed component shall be listed on the label in the order of predominance;
(2) Lot number or other identification;
(3) Origin, stated in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, of each agricultural seed present which has been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as one on which a knowledge of the origin is important from the standpoint of crop production, if the origin is known, and
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**(a) Carrier transporting seeds** The provisions of sections 1571 and 1572 of this title shall not apply to any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier: Provided, That such carrier is not engaged in processing or merchandising seed subject to the provisions of this chapter; and such provisions shall not apply to seeds produced by any farmer on his own premises and sold by him directly to the consumer, provided such farmer is not engaged in the business of selling seeds not produced by him: And provided further, That such seeds produced or sold by him when transported or offered for transportation to any State, Territory, or District, shall not be exempted from the provisions of sections 1571 and 1572 of this title unless said seeds shall be in compliance with the operation and effect of the laws of such State, Territory, or District, enacted in the exercise of its police power, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such seed had been produced, sold, offered or exposed for sale in such State, Territory, or District, and shall not be exempted therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise: And provided further, That such seeds produced or sold by him are in compliance with the seed laws of the State into which the seed is transported.
**(b) Seeds not for seeding purposes** The provisions of section 1571(a), (b), or (i) of this title shall not apply—
(1) to seed or grain not intended for seeding purposes when transported or offered for transportation in ordinary channels of commerce usual for such seed or grain intended for manufacture or for feeding; or
(2) to seed intended for seeding purposes when transported or offered for transpor
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The importation into the United States is prohibited of—
(1) any agricultural or vegetable seeds if any such seed contains noxious-weed seeds or the labeling of which is false or misleading in any respect;
(2) screenings of any seeds subject to this subchapter (except that this shall not apply to screenings of wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, field corn, sorghum, broomcorn, flax, millet, proso, soybeans, cowpeas, field peas, or field beans, which are not imported for seeding purposes and are declared for cleaning, processing, or manufacturing purposes, and not for seeding purposes);
(3) any seed containing 10 per centum or more of any agricultural or vegetable seeds, unless the invoice pertaining to such seed and any other labeling of such seed bear a lot identification and the name of each kind and variety of vegetable seed present in any amount and each kind or kind and variety of agricultural seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole, and unless in the case of hybrid seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole it is designated as hybrid.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(4) any agricultural seeds or any mixture thereof, or any vegetable seeds or any mixture thereof, for seeding purposes, that have been treated, unless each container thereof bears a label giving the following information and statements in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under [section 1592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim):
(A) A word or statement indicating that the seeds have been treated;
(B) The commonly accepted coined, chemical (generic), or abbreviated chemical name of any substance used in such treatment;
(C) If the substance used in
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver to the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to joint rules and regulations prescribed under [section 1592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim), samples of seed and screenings which are being imported into the United States, or offered for import, giving notice thereof to the owner or consignee, and if it appears from the examination of such samples that any seed or screenings offered to be imported into the United States are subject to the provisions of this subchapter and do not comply with the provisions of this subchapter, or if the labeling of such seed is false or misleading in any respect, such seed or screenings shall be refused admission, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the owner or consignee, who may appear, however, before the Secretary of Agriculture and show cause why the seed or screenings should be admitted. Seed or screenings refused admission and not exported by the owner or consignee within twelve months from the date of notice of such refusal shall be destroyed in accordance with joint rules and regulations prescribed under [section 1592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize the delivery of seed or screenings which are being imported or offered for import to the owner or consignee thereof, pending decision as to the admission of such seed or screenings and for cleaning, labeling, or other reconditioning if required to bring such seed or screenings into compliance with the provisions of this chapter, upon the execution by such owner or consignee of a good and suff
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**(a)** The samplings, analyses, tests, or examinations of seeds made in connection with the administration of this chapter shall be made by methods set forth by rules and regulations prescribed under [section 1592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to make and promulgate by rules and regulations, reasonable tolerances as to the percentages and rates of occurrence required to be stated or required by this chapter.
**(c)** For the purpose of [section 1571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to investigate, determine, establish, and promulgate from time to time such reasonable standards of germination for each kind of vegetable seed as will in his judgment best protect crop production.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1593
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of the Secretary of Agri-
culture relating to agricultural import and entry in-
spection activities under this subchapter to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of re-
lated references, see sections 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557
of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November
25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542
of Title 6.
§ 1586. Certain acts prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person—
(a) To sell or offer for sale—
(1) any seed for seeding purposes if imported
under this subchapter for other than seeding
purposes;
(2) any screenings of any seeds for seeding
purposes if imported under this subchapter for
other than seeding purposes; or
(3) any seed which is prohibited entry under
the provisions of this chapter.
(b) To make any false or misleading represen-
tation with respect to any seed subject to this
subchapter being imported into the United
States or offered for import: Provided, That this
subsection shall not be deemed violated by any
person if the false or misleading representation
is the name of a variety indistinguishable in ap-
pearance from the seed being imported or of-
fered for import and the records and other perti-
nent facts reveal that such person relied in good
faith upon representations with respect to the
name of the indistinguishable variety made by
the shipper of the seed.
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 304, formerly
§ 306, 53 Stat. 1285; Pub. L. 85–581, § 15, Aug. 1,
1958, 72 Stat. 479; renumbered § 304, Pub. L.
97–439, § 5(b)(4), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2288; Pub. L.
103–465, title IV, § 441(4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat.
4973.)
Edito
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