7 U.S.C. § 501 — Collection and publication; facts required;

Page 433 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 503 § 499t. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 20, as added Aug. 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–414, § 2, 102 Stat. 1102, established Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Industry Ad- visory Committee, provided for its membership, com- pensation, etc., directed advisory committee to review Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act program and to make findings and recommendations to Congress and Secretary of Agriculture with respect to future oper- ations of program, with an interim report not later than Sept. 30, 1989, and a final report not later than May 1, 1990, containing results of its review and rec- ommendations, and provided that advisory committee cease to exist on date of its final report. CHAPTER 21—TOBACCO STATISTICS Sec. 501. Collection and publication; facts required; de- teriorated tobacco. 502. Standards for classification; returns and blanks. 503. Reports; necessity; by whom made; penalties. 504. ‘‘Person’’ defined. 505. Access to internal-revenue records. 506. Returns under oath; administration. 507. Limitation on use of statistical information. 508. Separability. 509. Repealed. § 501. Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated tobacco The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics of the quantity of leaf tobacco in all forms in the United States and Puerto Rico, owned by or in the possession of dealers, manufacturers, quasi- manufacturers, growers’ cooperative associa- tions, warehousemen, brokers, holders, or own- ers, other than the original growers of tobacco. The statistics shall show the quantity of to- bacco in such detail as to types, groups of grades, and such other subdivisions as to qual- ity, color, and/or grade for particular types, as the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem to be practical and necessary for the purposes of this chapter, shall be summarized as of January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, and an annual report on tobacco statistics shall be issued: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri- culture shall not be required to collect statistics of leaf tobacco from any manufacturer of to- bacco who, in the first three quarters of the pre- ceding calendar year, according to the returns of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or the record of the Treasurer of Puerto Rico, manu- factured less than thirty-five thousand pounds of tobacco, or from any manufacturer of cigars who, during the first three quarters of the pre- ceding calendar year, manufactured less than one hundred and eighty-five thousand cigars, or from any manufacturer of cigarettes who, dur- ing the first three quarters of the preceding year, manufactured less than seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes: And provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may omit the collection of statistics from any dealer, manu- facturer, growers’ cooperative association, ware- houseman, broker, holder, or owner who does not own and/or have in stock, in the aggregate, fifty thousand pounds or more of leaf tobacco on the date as of which the reports are made. For the purposes of this chapter, any tobacco which has deteriorated on account of age or other causes to the extent that it is not merchantable or is unsuitable for use in manufacturing to- bacco products shall be classified with other nondescript tobacco and reported in the ‘‘N’’ group of the type to which it belongs. (Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 1, 45 Stat. 1079; July 14, 1932, ch. 480, § 1, 47 Stat. 662; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, § 1, 49 Stat. 893.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1935—Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted ‘‘and Puerto Rico’’ after ‘‘United States’’, substituted ‘‘seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes’’ for ‘‘one million cigarettes’’ before second proviso and inserted second proviso. 1932—Act July 14, 1932, substituted ‘‘thirty-five’’ for ‘‘fifty’’ and ‘‘one hundred and eighty-five thousand ci- gars’’ and ‘‘one million’’ for ‘‘seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Porto Rico’’ changed to ‘‘Puerto Rico’’ by act May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158. SEPARABILITY Act Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, § 4, 49 Stat. 894, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [amending this sec- tion and sections 502 and 505 of this title], or the appli- cation of such provision to any person or cir- cumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provisions to persons or cir- cumstances other than those as to which it is held in- valid, shall not be affected thereby.’’ § 502. Standards for classification; returns and blanks The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish standards for the classification of leaf tobacco, and he is authorized to demonstrate such stand- ards, to prepare and distribute samples thereof, and to make reasonable charges therefor. He shall specify the types, groups of grades, quali- ties, colors, and/or grades, which shall be in- cluded in the returns required by this chapter. The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare ap- propriate blanks upon which the returns shall be made, shall, upon request, furnish copies to per- sons who are required by this chapter to make returns, and such returns shall show the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as the Secretary may require. (Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 2, 45 Stat. 1079; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, § 2, 49 Stat. 894.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1935—Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted ‘‘and such returns shall show the types, groups of grades, qualities, colors, and/or grades and such other information as the Sec- retary may require’’ in last sentence. § 503. Reports; necessity; by whom made; pen- alties It shall be the duty of every dealer, manufac- turer, quasi-manufacturer, growers’ cooperative