Title 7 - United States Code - 2011 - Title 7 - - AGRICULTURE Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Sections 1 - 8922. 7 U.S.C. - AGRICULTURE United States Code, Supplement 5, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Category Bills and Statutes United States Code Contains Sections 1 to 8922 Date 2011 Laws in Effect as of Date January 3, 2012 Positive Law No Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Sections 1 - 8922. CHAPTER 1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGES (sections 1 - 27f) Table Of Contents Sec. 1 - Short title Sec. 1a - Definitions Sec. 1b - Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and... Sec. 2 - Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading... Secs. 2a to 4a - Transferred Sec. 5 - Findings and purpose Sec. 6 - Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions Sec. 6a - Excessive speculation Sec. 6b - Contracts designed to defraud or mislead Sec. 6b-1 - Enforcement authority Sec. 6c - Prohibited transactions Sec. 6d - Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in... Sec. 6e - Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited Sec. 6f - Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment Sec. 6g - Reporting and recordkeeping Sec. 6h - False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited Sec. 6i - Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled Sec. 6j - Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and... Sec. 6k - Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and... Sec. 6l - Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding Sec. 6m - Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading Sec. 6n - Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration... Sec. 6o - Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and Sec. 6o-1 - Transferred Sec. 6p - Standards and examinations Sec. 6q - Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers Sec. 6r - Reporting and recordkeeping for uncleared swaps Sec. 6s - Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants Sec. 6t - Large swap trader reporting Sec. 7 - Designation of boards of trade as contract markets Sec. 7a - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718 Sec. 7a-1 - Derivatives clearing organizations Sec. 7a-2 - Common provisions applicable to registered entities Sec. 7a-3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718 Sec. 7b - Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity Sec. 7b-1 - Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets Sec. 7b-2 - Privacy Sec. 7b-3 - Swap execution facilities Sec. 8 - Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility... Sec. 9 - Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information Sec. 9a - Assessment of money penalties Sec. 9b - Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices Sec. 9c - Notice of investigations and enforcement actions Sec. 10 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948 PDF | Text | More Sec. 10a - Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board... Sec. 11 - Vacation on request of designation or registration as âregistered entityâ; redesignation or... Sec. 12 - Public disclosure Secs. 12-1 to 12-3 - Omitted Sec. 12a - Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities Sec. 12b - Trading ban violations; prohibition Sec. 12c - Disciplinary actions Sec. 12d - Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements Sec. 12e - title I, §123(a)(21) Sec. 13 - Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution Sec. 13-1 - Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures Sec. 13a - Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and... Sec. 13a-1 - Enjoining or restraining violations Sec. 13a-2 - Jurisdiction of States Sec. 13b - Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered... Sec. 13c - Responsibility as principal; minor violations Sec. 14 - Repealed. Pub. L. 99-641, title I, §110(5), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3561 Sec. 15 - Omitted Sec. 15a - Repealed. Pub. L. 95-405, §24, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 877 Sec. 15b - Cotton futures contracts Sec. 16 - Commission operations Sec. 16a - Service fees and National Futures Association study Sec. 17 - Separability Sec. 17a - Separability of 1936 amendment Sec. 17b - Separability of 1968 amendment Sec. 18 - Complaints against registered persons Sec. 19 - Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws Sec. 20 - Market reports Sec. 21 - Registered futures associations Sec. 22 - Research and information programs; reports to Congress Sec. 23 - Standardized contracts for certain commodities Sec. 24 - Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions Sec. 24a - Swap data repositories Sec. 25 - Private rights of action Sec. 26 - Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection Sec. 27 - Definitions Sec. 27a - Exclusion of identified banking product Sec. 27b - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694 Sec. 27c - Exclusion of certain other identified banking products Sec. 27d - Administration of the predominance test Sec. 27e - Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, §725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694 Sec. 27f - Contract enforcement CHAPTER 2 - COTTON STANDARDS (sections 51 - 65) CHAPTER 3 - GRAIN STANDARDS (sections 71 - 87k) CHAPTER 4 - NAVAL STORES (sections 91 - 99) CHAPTER 5 - IMPORTATION OF ADULTERATED SEEDS (sections 111 - 116) CHAPTER 6 - INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL (sections 121 - 136y) CHAPTER 6A - NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION (sections 138 - 138i) e CHAPTER 7 - INSECT PESTS GENERALLY (sections 141 - 149) CHAPTER 7A - GOLDEN NEMATODE (sections 150 - 150g) CHAPTER 7B - PLANT PESTS (sections 150aa - 150jj) CHAPTER 8 - NURSERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS (sections 151 - 167) CHAPTER 8A - RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS (sections 171 - 178n) CHAPTER 9 - PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS (sections 181 - 231) CHAPTER 10 - WAREHOUSES (sections 241 - 256) CHAPTER 11 - HONEYBEES (sections 281 - 286) CHAPTER 12 - ASSOCIATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCERS (sections 291 - 292) CHAPTER 13 - AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES (sections 301 - 349) CHAPTER 14 - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS (sections 361 - 390d) CHAPTER 15 - BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY (sections 391 - 397) CHAPTER 16 - BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY (sections 401 - 404) CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS (sections 411 - 450l) CHAPTER 18 - COOPERATIVE MARKETING (sections 451 - 457) CHAPTER 19 - COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES (sections 471 - 476) CHAPTER 20 - DUMPING OR DESTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE PRODUCE (sections 491 - 497) CHAPTER 20A - PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 499a - 499t) CHAPTER 21 - TOBACCO STATISTICS (sections 501 - 509) CHAPTER 21A - TOBACCO INSPECTION (sections 511 - 511s) CHAPTER 21B - TOBACCO CONTROL (sections 515 - 517) CHAPTER 21C - TOBACCO REFORM (sections 518 - 519a) CHAPTER 22 - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING (sections 521 - 535) CHAPTER 23 - FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE (sections 541 - 545) CHAPTER 24 - PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 551 - 568) CHAPTER 25 - EXPORT STANDARDS FOR APPLES (sections 581 - 590) CHAPTER 25A - EXPORT STANDARDS FOR GRAPES AND PLUMS (sections 591 - 599) CHAPTER 26 - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT (sections 601 - 659) CHAPTER 26A - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGREEMENTS (sections 671 - 674) CHAPTER 27 - COTTON MARKETING (sections 701 - 726) CHAPTER 28 - TOBACCO INDUSTRY (sections 751 - 766) CHAPTER 29 - POTATO ACT OF 1935 (sections 801 - 833) CHAPTER 30 - ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS (sections 851 - 855) CHAPTER 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE (sections 901 - 950bb-1) CHAPTER 31A - TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS (sections 950aaa - 950aaa-5) CHAPTER 32 - PEANUT STATISTICS (sections 951 - 958) CHAPTER 33 - FARM TENANCY (sections 1000 - 1040) CHAPTER 34 - SUGAR PRODUCTION AND CONTROL (sections 1100 - 1183) CHAPTER 35 - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 (sections 1281 - 1407) CHAPTER 35A - PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 1421 - 1472) CHAPTER 36 - CROP INSURANCE (sections 1501 - 1531) CHAPTER 37 - SEEDS (sections 1551 - 1611) CHAPTER 38 - DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (sections 1621 - 1638d) CHAPTER 39 - STABILIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL WHEAT MARKET (sections 1641 - 1642) CHAPTER 40 - HALOGETON GLOMERATUS CONTROL (sections 1651 - 1656) CHAPTER 41 - FOOD FOR PEACE (sections 1691 - 1738r) CHAPTER 42 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SET-ASIDE (sections 1741 - 1749) CHAPTER 43 - FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT (sections 1761 - 1769) CHAPTER 44 - WOOL PROGRAM (sections 1781 - 1787) CHAPTER 45 - SOIL BANK PROGRAM (sections 1801 - 1838) CHAPTER 46 - SURPLUS DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (sections 1851 - 1860) CHAPTER 47 - INTERCHANGE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE EMPLOYEES (sections 1881 - 1888) CHAPTER 48 - HUMANE METHODS OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER (sections 1901 - 1907) CHAPTER 49 - CONSULTATION ON AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS (sections 1911 - 1913) CHAPTER 50 - AGRICULTURAL CREDIT (sections 1921 - 2009ee-3) CHAPTER 51 - SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 2011 - 2036a) CHAPTER 52 - FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (sections 2041 - 2055) CHAPTER 53 - COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 2101 - 2119) CHAPTER 54 - TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS (sections 2131 - 2159) CHAPTER 55 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (sections 2201 - 2279h) CHAPTER 55A - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEES (sections 2281 - 2289) CHAPTER 56 - UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AFFECTING PRODUCERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (sections 2301 â 2) CHAPTER 57 - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION (sections 2321 - 2583) CHAPTER 58 - POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 2611 - 2627) CHAPTER 59 - RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (sections 2651 - 2670) CHAPTER 60 - EGG RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 2701 - 2718) CHAPTER 61 - NOXIOUS WEEDS (sections 2801 - 2814) CHAPTER 62 - BEEF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION (sections 2901 - 2918) CHAPTER 63 - FARMER-TO-CONSUMER DIRECT MARKETING (sections 3001 - 3007) CHAPTER 64 - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING (sections 3101 - 3363) CHAPTER 65 - WHEAT AND WHEAT FOODS RESEARCH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION (sections 3401 - 3417) CHAPTER 66 - AGRICULTURAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE (sections 3501 - 3508) CHAPTER 67 - IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL SUGAR AGREEMENT, 1977 (sections 3601 - 3606) CHAPTER 68 - AGRICULTURAL SUBTERMINAL FACILITIES (sections 3701 - 3703) CHAPTER 69 - SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION (sections 3801 - 3813) CHAPTER 70 - ANIMAL CANCER RESEARCH (sections 3901 - 3904) CHAPTER 71 - AGRICULTURAL TRADE SUSPENSION ADJUSTMENT (sections 4001 - 4005) CHAPTER 72 - NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COST OF PRODUCTION STANDARDS REVIEW BOARD (sections 4101 - 4110) CHAPTER 73 - FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY (sections 4201 - 4209) CHAPTER 74 - FLORAL RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 4301 - 4319) CHAPTER 75 - INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS (sections 4401 - 4406) CHAPTER 76 - DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 4501 - 4538) CHAPTER 77 - HONEY RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 4601 - 4613) CHAPTER 78 - AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH (sections 4701 - 4710) CHAPTER 79 - PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 4801 - 4819) CHAPTER 80 - WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION (sections 4901 - 4916) CHAPTER 81 - NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY (sections 5001 - 5007) CHAPTER 82 - STATE AGRICULTURAL LOAN MEDIATION PROGRAMS (sections 5101 - 5106) CHAPTER 83 - AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE (sections 5201 - 5235) CHAPTER 84 - NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH (sections 5301 - 5342) CHAPTER 85 - ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS (sections 5401 - 5405) CHAPTER 86 - WATER QUALITY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COORDINATION (sections 5501 - 5506) CHAPTER 87 - EXPORT PROMOTION (sections 5601 - 5723) CHAPTER 88 - RESEARCH (sections 5801 - 5938) CHAPTER 89 - PECAN PROMOTION AND RESEARCH (sections 6001 - 6013) CHAPTER 90 - MUSHROOM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 6101 - 6112) CHAPTER 91 - LIME PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 6201 - 6212) CHAPTER 92 - SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION (sections 6301 - 6311) CHAPTER 93 - PROCESSOR-FUNDED MILK PROMOTION PROGRAM (sections 6401 - 6417) CHAPTER 94 - ORGANIC CERTIFICATION (sections 6501 - 6523) CHAPTER 95 - RURAL REVITALIZATION THROUGH FORESTRY (sections 6601 - 6617) CHAPTER 96 - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (sections 6701 - 6711) CHAPTER 97 - FRESH CUT FLOWERS AND FRESH CUT GREENS PROMOTION AND INFORMATION (sections 6801 - 6814) CHAPTER 98 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION (sections 6901 - 7035) CHAPTER 99 - SHEEP PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION (sections 7101 - 7111) CHAPTER 100 - AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION (sections 7201 - 7334) CHAPTER 101 - AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION (sections 7401 - 7491) CHAPTER 102 - EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE (sections 7501 - 7517) CHAPTER 103 - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM (sections 7601 - 7672) CHAPTER 104 - PLANT PROTECTION (sections 7701 - 7786) CHAPTER 105 - HASS AVOCADO PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION (sections 7801 - 7813) CHAPTER 106 - COMMODITY PROGRAMS (sections 7901 - 8002) CHAPTER 107 - RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 8101 - 8114) CHAPTER 108 - TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 8201 - 8205) CHAPTER 109 - ANIMAL HEALTH PROTECTION (sections 8301 - 8322) CHAPTER 110 - ENHANCING CONTROLS ON DANGEROUS BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (sections 8401 - 8411) CHAPTER 111 - BROWN TREE SNAKE CONTROL AND ERADICATION (sections 8501 - 8507) CHAPTER 112 - BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 8601 - 8609) CHAPTER 113 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS (sections 8701 - 8793) CHAPTER 114 - AGRICULTURAL SECURITY (sections 8901 - 8922) ...