Us Code § 1635k - Mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts
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§ 1635k. Mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts
(a) Reporting
The corporate officers or officially designated representatives of each packer shall report to the Secretary information concerning the price and volume of wholesale pork cuts, as the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate.
(b) Publication
The Secretary shall publish information reported under subsection (a) as the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate.
(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, §233, as added Pub. L. 111–239, §2(b)(1), Sept. 27, 2010, 124 Stat. 2501.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Negotiated Rulemaking Process
Pub. L. 111–239, §2(b)(2)–(4), Sept. 27, 2010, 124 Stat. 2501, as amended by Pub. L. 117–286, §4(a)(25), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4307, provided that:
"(2)
"(3)
"(A)
"(i) organizations representing swine producers;
"(ii) organizations representing packers of pork, processors of pork, retailers of pork, and buyers of wholesale pork;
"(iii) the Department of Agriculture; and
"(iv) among interested parties that participate in swine or pork production.
"(B)
"(4)
"(A) any recommendation for a proposed rule or report is provided to the Secretary of Agriculture not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 27, 2010]; and
"(B) a final rule is promulgated not later than one and a half years after the date of the enactment of this Act."
Part D—Lamb Reporting
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