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7 U.S.C. 1622: Duties of Secretary relating to agricultural products

Created in 1977 by Public Law 95-113. Changed by 8 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 2276, 21 U.S.C. 384d, 40 U.S.C. 113.

21 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture (8), Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture (7), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture (5), National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce (1).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2014Agricultural Act of 2014

2008Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

2000Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000

1998Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

1984Pub. L. 98-443

1984Pub. L. 98-403

1981Pub. L. 97-31

1977Pub. L. 95-113created it

7 U.S.C. 1622Duties of Secretary relating to agricultural products

(a)Determination of methods of processing, packaging, marketing, etc.; publication of results

(b)Determination of costs

(c)Improvement of standards of quality, condition, etc.; standard of quality for ice cream

(d)Elimination of artificial barriers to free movement

(e)Development of new markets

(f)Increasing consumer education

(g)Collection and dissemination of marketing information

(h)Inspection and certification of products in interstate commerce; credit and future availability of funds; investment; certificates as evidence; penaltiesadded to

(i)Development of facilities for assembling, processing, transporting, etc

(j)Improvement of transportation facilities and rates

(k)Collection and dissemination of marketing statistics

(l)Development of procurement standards and specifications

(m)Promotion of research for handling, storing, preserving, etc

(n)Grading program

(o)General research, services, and activities

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 7567Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026passed house

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 7567 Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 · passed house · would change (h)

How it got here

2014

Pub. L. 113–79, §6202, substituted "the Surface Transportation Board, the Federal Maritime Commission," for "the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Maritime Commission,,". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (j)
Pub. L. 113–79, §12106(a)(4), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "catfish (as defined by the Secretary under paragraph (2) of section 601(w) of title 21); and". (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (n)

2008

Pub. L. 110–246, §10402(a), designated the first to sixth sentences of existing provisions as pars. (1), (2)(A), (2)(B), and (3) to (5), respectively, and added par. (6). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (h)
Pub. L. 110–246, §11016(a), added subsec. (n) and redesignated former subsec. (n) as (o). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (n), (o)

2000

Pub. L. 106–472 inserted subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, and added par. (2). (Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000) Law text · (e)

1998

Pub. L. 105–277 inserted at end "Shell eggs packed under the voluntary grading program of the Department of Agriculture shall not have been shipped for sale previous to being packed under the program, as determined under a regulation promulgated by the Secretary." (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999) Law text · (h)

1984

Pub. L. 98–403 inserted provisions relating to the credit of certain funds to the trust fund account which incurs the cost of services provided under this subsection, the future availability of those funds, and investment thereof by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the … · (h)
Pub. L. 98–443 struck out "the Civil Aeronautics Board" after "the Maritime Commission,". · (j)

1981

Pub. L. 97–31 inserted reference to Secretary of Transportation. · (j)

1977

Pub. L. 95–113 inserted provisions relating to the setting of a standard of quality for ice cream. · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.