§ 1572. Records

Statutory text

All persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, agricultural seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of origin, treatment, germination, and purity of each lot of such agricultural seeds, and all persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, vegetable seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of treatment, germination and variety of such vegetable seeds. The Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized agents, shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this chapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1939
Pub. L. 76–615 · 53 Stat. 1275
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1572
Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, § 202, 53 Stat. 1281
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, § 202, 53 Stat. 1281
1958
Pub. L. 85–581 § 9 · 72 Stat. 476
Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 1572
Pub. L. 85–581 required keeping of records of vegetable seeds
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 85–581 required keeping of records of vegetable seeds.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 9. Section 202 of said Act (7 U. S. C. 1572) is amended to read 7 USC 1572. as follows: “Sec. 202. All persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, Records. in interstate commerce, agricultural seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of origin, germination, and purity of each lot of such agricultural seeds, and all persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, vegetable seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of germination and variety or such vegetable seeds. The Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized agents, shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this Act.”
1966
Pub. L. 89–686 § 11 · 80 Stat. 975
Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 1572
Pub. L. 89–686 required record of treatment of agricultural and vegetable seeds
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 89–686 required record of treatment of agricultural and vegetable seeds.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 11. Section 202 of said Act (53 Stat. 1281, 72 Stat. 477; 7 U.S.C. 1572) is amended by inserting the word “treatment” followed by a comma immediately preceding the word “germination” wherever said word appears in said section.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1958–1966 · 2 rounds

1966

Pub. L. 89–686 required record of treatment of agricultural and vegetable seeds.

1958

Pub. L. 85–581 required keeping of records of vegetable seeds.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Credits

1939–1966 · 3 acts

1939Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, § 202, 53 Stat. 1281
1958Pub. L. 85–581, § 9, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 477
1966Pub. L. 89–686, § 11, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 978.

Show as published

(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title II, § 202, 53 Stat. 1281; Pub. L. 85–581, § 9, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 477; Pub. L. 89–686, § 11, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 978.)