Volume 52
Public Law 75–599
To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended.
Approved June 23, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 7 (a)
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, amendment.
Reparation order directing immediate payment of undisputed amount to complainant.
of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended, is further amended by changing the semicolon at the end thereof to a period and adding the following language: “If, after the respondent has filed his answer to the complaint, it appears therein that the respondent has admitted liability for a portion of the amount claimed in the complaint as damages, the Secretary under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, unless the respondent has already made reparation to the person complaining, may issue an order directing the respondent to pay to the complainant the undisputed amount on or before the date fixed in the order, leaving the respondent’s liability for the disputed amount for subsequent determination. The remaining disputed amount shall be determined in
Determination of remaining disputed amount.
the same manner and under the same procedure as it would have been determined if no order had been issued by the Secretary with respect to the undisputed sum;”.
Approved, June 23, 1938.