Federal
Title 7 — Agriculture
2,926 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 475 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 870 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1175
- § 476 — Acreage reports
- § 4801 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 4802 — Definitions
- § 4803 — Pork and pork product orders
- § 4804 — Notice and hearing
- § 4805 — Findings and issuance of orders
- § 4806 — National Pork Producers Delegate Body
- § 4807 — Selection of Delegate Body
- § 4808 — National Pork Board
- § 4809 — Assessments
- § 4810 — Permissive provisions
- § 4811 — Referendum
- § 4812 — Suspension and termination of orders
- § 4813 — Refunds
- § 4814 — Petition and review
- § 4815 — Enforcement
- § 4816 — Investigations
- § 4817 — Preemption
- § 4818 — Administrative provision
- § 4819 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 4901 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 4902 — Definitions
- § 4903 — Issuance of plans
- § 4904 — Notice and hearings
- § 4905 — Regulations
- § 4906 — Required terms in plans
- § 4907 — Permissive terms in plans
- § 4908 — Assessment procedures
- § 4909 — Petition and review
- § 491 — Destruction or dumping of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants, etc.; penalty
- § 4910 — Enforcement
- § 4911 — Investigation and power to subpoena
- § 4912 — Requirement of referendum
- § 4913 — Suspension or termination of plans
- § 4914 — Amendment procedure
- § 4915 — Separability
- § 4916 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 492 — Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 632, § 2 , 69 Stat. 553
- § 493 — Enforcement of provisions; prosecution of cases
- § 494 — Rules and regulations; cooperation with States, etc., officers and employees; expenditures
- § 495 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 496 — Validity of other statutes dealing with same subject
- § 497 — Separability
- § 499a — Short title and definitions
- § 499b — Unfair conduct
- § 499b–1 — Products produced in distinct geographic areas
- § 499c — Licenses
- § 499d — Issuance of license
- § 499e — Liability to persons injured
- § 499f — Complaints, written notifications, and investigations
- § 499g — Reparation order
- § 499h — Grounds for suspension or revocation of license
- § 499i — Accounts, records, and memoranda; duty of licensees to keep; contents; suspension of license for violation of duty
- § 499j — Orders; effective date; continuance in force; suspension, modification and setting aside; penalty
- § 499k — Injunctions; application of injunction laws governing orders of Interstate Commerce Commission
- § 499l — Violations; report to Attorney General; proceedings; costs
- § 499m — Complaints; procedure, penalties, etc.
- § 499n — Inspection of perishable agricultural commodities
- § 499o — Rules, regulations, and orders; appointment, removal, and compensation of officers and employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations; abrogation of inconsistent statutes
- § 499p — Liability of licensees for acts and omissions of agents
- § 499q — Separability
- § 499r — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1011(8) , Dec. 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1898
- § 499s — Depositing appropriations in fund
- § 499t — Omitted
- § 5 — Findings and purpose
- § 5001 to 5007 — Omitted
- § 501 — Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated 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. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 262 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 973
- § 51 — Short title
- § 5101 — Qualifying States
- § 5102 — Matching grants to States
- § 5103 — Participation of Federal agencies
- § 5104 — Regulations
- § 5105 — Report
- § 5106 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 511 — Definitions
- § 511a — Declaration of purpose
- § 511b — Official standards for classification; tentative standards; modification
- § 511c — Demonstration of official standards; samples; cost
- § 511d — Designation of markets; manner; inspection and related services; fees and charges
- § 511e — Sampling and weighing; cost; disposition of moneys received; expenses; purpose
- § 511f — Reinspection and appeal inspection; certificate as evidence
- § 511g — Placing of grade on warehouse tickets, etc.; form
- § 511h — Publication of information relating to tobacco
- § 511i — Offenses
- § 511j — Publication of violations
- § 511k — Penalty for violations
- § 511l — Act of agent as that of principal
- § 511m — Regulation; hearings; employees; expenditures; authorization of appropriations
- § 511n — Hearings; examination of witnesses; refusal to testify or produce evidence
- § 511o — Separability
- § 511p — Delegation of duties by Secretary of Agriculture
- § 511q — Short title
- § 511r — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(b) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522
- § 511s — Grading of tobacco
- § 515 to 515k — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(c) , Oct. 22, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1522
- § 516, 517 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1019 , Dec. 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1906
- § 518 — Definitions
- § 518a — Contract payments to tobacco quota holders
- § 518b — Contract payments for producers of quota tobacco
- § 518c — Administration
- § 518d — Use of assessments as source of funds for payments
- § 518e — Tobacco Trust Fund
- § 518f — Limitation on total expenditures
- § 519 — Treatment of tobacco loan pool stocks and outstanding loan costs
- § 519a — Regulations
- § 51a — Extension of classification facilities to cotton growers
- § 51a–1 — Contracts with cooperatives furnishing classers; amount and type of payment
- § 51b — Licensing samplers; revocation and suspension of license
- § 52 — Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted
- § 5201 — Findings
- § 5202 — Policy
- § 5203 — Purpose
- § 521 to 535 — Omitted or Transferred
- § 5211, 5212 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1571 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 5213 — Joint development assistance agreements with certain trading partners
- § 5214 — Reorganization evaluation
- § 5215, 5216 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1571 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 5231 to 5233 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1571 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
- § 5234 — Cooperator organizations
- § 5235 — Authorization of additional appropriations
- § 53 — Licensing classifiers; revocation and suspension of license
- § 5301 — Congressional statement of purposes
- § 5302 — Definitions
- § 5311 — Establishment of coordinated program
- § 5311a — Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities
- § 5312 — Functions of Secretaries
- § 5313 — Development of comprehensive plan for National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
- § 5314 — Implementation of comprehensive plan
- § 5315 — Scientific research and development in support of coordinated program and comprehensive plan
- § 5316 — Annual budget submission
- § 5331 — Structure of Council
- § 5332 — Functions of Council
- § 5341 — Establishment of dietary guidelines
- § 5342 — Nutrition training report
- § 54 — Classification by Department of Agriculture; certification thereof; effect of certificate; regulations for classification
- § 5401 — Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality
- § 5402 — Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality
- § 5403 — Environmental Quality Policy Statement
- § 5404 — Good Neighbor Environmental Board
- § 5405 — Agricultural air quality research oversight
- § 541 to 545 — Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957 , title XI, § 1131(56), 60 Stat. 1039
- § 55 — Fees and charges for cotton classing and related services; criteria; disposition of moneys and samples
- § 5501 to 5505 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–185, title III, § 302(c) , June 23, 1998 , 112 Stat. 563
- § 5506 — Water policy with respect to agrichemicals
- § 551 to 568 — Transferred
- § 56 — Establishment of cotton standards; furnishing copies of established standards sold
- § 5601 — Purpose
- § 5602 — Definitions
- § 5603 — Agricultural export promotion strategy
- § 5603a — Global market strategy
- § 5604 — Preservation of traditional markets
- § 5605 — Independence of authorities
- § 5606 — Implementation of commitments under Uruguay Round Agreements
- § 5607 — Exporter assistance initiative
- § 5608 — Foreign trade missions
- § 5621 — Direct credit sales program
- § 5622 — Export credit guarantee program
- § 5623 — Agricultural trade promotion and facilitation
- § 5623a — Supplemental agricultural trade promotion program
- § 5624 — Barter of agricultural commodities
- § 5625 — Combination of programs
- § 5641 — Funding levels
- § 5651 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–246, title III, § 3103(a) , June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1832
- § 5652 — Relief from unfair trade practices
- § 5653 — Equitable treatment of high-value and value-added United States agricultural commodities
- § 5661 — Program controls for export programs
- § 5662 — Compliance provisions
- § 5663 — Departmental administration system
- § 5664 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 248 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 969
- § 5671 — Agricultural embargo protection
- § 5672 — Development of plans to alleviate adverse impact of embargoes
- § 5673 — Contracting authority to expand agricultural export markets
- § 5674 — Trade consultations concerning imports
- § 5675 — Technical assistance in trade negotiations
- § 5676 — Limitation on use of certain export promotion programs
- § 5677 — Trade compensation and assistance programs
- § 5678 — Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural Export Excellence Award
- § 5679 — Biotechnology and agricultural trade program
- § 5680 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title III, § 3201(b)(4) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4617
- § 5691 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 225(e)(1) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3214
- § 5692 — Administrator of Foreign Agricultural Service
- § 5693 — Duties of Foreign Agricultural Service
- § 5694 — Staff of Foreign Agricultural Service
- § 5695 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 57 — Disposition of proceeds of sale of cotton and of copies of standards
- § 5711 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 241(c)(1) , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 964
- § 5712 — Export reporting and contract sanctity
- § 5713 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–188, title I, § 101(d) , Nov. 26, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2017
- § 5721 to 5723 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title III, § 3201(b)(2) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4616
- § 57a — Agreements with cotton associations, etc., in foreign countries to establish cotton standards
- § 58 — General inspection and sampling of cotton