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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 9 — Packers and Stockyards

§ 201. “Stockyard owner”; “stockyard services”; “market agency”; “dealer”; defined

Statutory text

In this chapter:

(a)

The term “stockyard owner” means any person engaged in the business of conducting or operating a stockyard.

(b)

The term “stockyard services” means services or facilities furnished at a stockyard in connection with the receiving, buying, or selling on a commission basis or otherwise, marketing, feeding, watering, holding, delivery, shipment, weighing, or handling in commerce, of livestock.

(c)

The term “market agency” means any person engaged in the business of (1) buying or selling in commerce livestock on a commission basis or (2) furnishing stockyard services. Beginning on , such term includes any person who engages in the business of buying or selling livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, through the use of online, video, or other electronic methods when handling or providing the means to handle receivables or proceeds from such buying or selling, so long as such person’s annual average of online, video, or electronic sales of livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, exceeds $250,000.

(d)

The term “dealer” means any person, not a market agency, engaged in the business of buying or selling in commerce livestock, either on his own account or as the employee or agent of the vendor or purchaser.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 67–64 · 42 Stat. 147

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 201

    Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 301, 42 Stat. 163

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 301, 42 Stat. 163

  2. Pub. L. 85–909 § 2(1) · 72 Stat. 1749

    Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 201(c); 7 U.S.C. § 201(d)

    Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “at a stockyard” after “livestock”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “at a stockyard” after “livestock”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by striking out the words “at a stockyard” from sections 301 (c) and 7 USC 201. 301 (d);

  3. Pub. L. 94–410 § 3(c) · 90 Stat. 1249

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 201(b)(d)

    Pub. L. 94–410 substituted “livestock” for “live stock”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 94–410 substituted “livestock” for “live stock”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended, is amended 7 USC 182, 183, 201, 207, 210, 212, 213. by striking out the words “live stock” and “live-stock” wherever they appear in the Act and substituting therefor “livestock”.

  4. Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–237 § 2(b)(1) · 130 Stat. 970

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 201

    Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(1), substituted “In this chapter:” for “When used in this chapter—” in introductory provisions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(1), substituted “In this chapter:” for “When used in this chapter—” in introductory provisions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by striking “When used in this Act—” and inserting “In this Act:”;

  5. Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–237 § 2(b)(2) · 130 Stat. 970

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 201(a)

    Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(2), substituted period for semicolon at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(2), substituted period for semicolon at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and

  6. Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–237 § 2(b)(3)(B) · 130 Stat. 970

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 201(b)

    Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(3)(B), substituted period for semicolon at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(3)(B), substituted period for semicolon at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period.

  7. Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–237 § 2(b)(3)(A) · 130 Stat. 970

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 201(b)

    Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(3)(A), which directed amendment of subsec. (b) by substituting “weighing” for “weighting”, could not be executed because the word “weighing” already appeared in text

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(3)(A), which directed amendment of subsec. (b) by substituting “weighing” for “weighting”, could not be executed because the word “weighing” already appeared in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) by striking “weighting” and inserting “weighing”; and

  8. Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–237 § 2(a) · 130 Stat. 970

    1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 201(c)

      Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(a), substituted period for “; and” after “stockyard services”

    2. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 201(c)

      Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(a), inserted at end “Beginning on October 7, 2016, such term includes any person who engages in the business of buying or selling livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, through the use of online, video, or other electronic methods when handling or providing the means to handle receivables or proceeds from such buying or selling, so long as such person’s annual average of online, video, or electronic sales of livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, exceeds $250,000.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(a), substituted period for “; and” after “stockyard services” and inserted at end “Beginning on October 7, 2016, such term includes any person who engages in the business of buying or selling livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, through the use of online, video, or other electronic methods when handling or providing the means to handle receivables or proceeds from such buying or selling, so long as such person’s annual average of online, video, or electronic sales of livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, exceeds $250,000.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Section 301(c) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 201(c)) is amended— (1) by striking “; and” at the end and inserting a period; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “Beginning on the date of the enactment of the Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016, such term includes any person who engages in the business of buying or selling livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, through the use of online, video, or other electronic methods when handling or providing the means to handle receivables or proceeds from such buying or selling, so long as such person’s annual average of online, video, or electronic sales of livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, exceeds $250,000.”.

8 of 9 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1958–2016 · 3 rounds

2016

Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(1), substituted “In this chapter:” for “When used in this chapter—” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(2), substituted period for semicolon at end.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(3)(B), substituted period for semicolon at end.

Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(b)(3)(A), which directed amendment of subsec. (b) by substituting “weighing” for “weighting”, could not be executed because the word “weighing” already appeared in text.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–237, § 2(a), substituted period for “; and” after “stockyard services” and inserted at end “Beginning on , such term includes any person who engages in the business of buying or selling livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, through the use of online, video, or other electronic methods when handling or providing the means to handle receivables or proceeds from such buying or selling, so long as such person’s annual average of online, video, or electronic sales of livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, exceeds $250,000.”

1976

Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 94–410 substituted “livestock” for “live stock”.

1958

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “at a stockyard” after “livestock”.

Credits

1921–2016 · 4 acts
  1. 1921Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 301, 42 Stat. 163
  2. 1958Pub. L. 85–909, § 2(1), , 72 Stat. 1750
  3. 1976Pub. L. 94–410, § 3(c), , 90 Stat. 1249
  4. 2016Pub. L. 114–237, § 2, , 130 Stat. 970.
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(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 301, 42 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 85–909, § 2(1), , 72 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 94–410, § 3(c), , 90 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 114–237, § 2, , 130 Stat. 970.)

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