§ 202. “Stockyard” defined; determination by Secretary as to particular yard

Statutory text

When used in this subchapter the term “stockyard” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.

The Secretary shall from time to time ascertain, after such inquiry as he deems necessary, the stockyards which come within the foregoing definition, and shall give notice thereof to the stockyard owners concerned, and give public notice thereof by posting copies of such notice in the stockyard, and in such other manner as he may determine. After the giving of such notice to the stockyard owner and to the public, the stockyard shall remain subject to the provisions of this subchapter until like notice is given by the Secretary that such stockyard no longer comes within the foregoing definition.

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.

1921
Pub. L. 67–64 · 42 Stat. 147
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 202
Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 302, 42 Stat. 163
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 302, 42 Stat. 163
1958
Pub. L. 85–909 § 2(2) · 72 Stat. 1749
Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 202(a)
Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “Said sections shall not apply to a stockyard of which the area normally available for handling livestock, exclusive of runs, alleys, or passage ways, is less than twenty thousand square feet.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “Said sections shall not apply to a stockyard of which the area normally available for handling livestock, exclusive of runs, alleys, or passage ways, is less than twenty thousand square feet.”
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by striking out the last sentence of section 302 (a): Provided, however, 7 USC 202. That nothing herein shall be deemed a definition of the term “public stockyards” as used in section 15 (5) of the 49 USC 15. Interstate Commerce Act;
1968
Pub. L. 90–446 § 1(a) · 82 Stat. 474
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 202(a)
Pub. L. 90–446 substituted “operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers” for “or operated for compensation or profit as a public market”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–446 substituted “operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers” for “or operated for compensation or profit as a public market”.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments1958–1968 · 2 rounds

1968

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–446 substituted “operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers” for “or operated for compensation or profit as a public market”.

1958

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–909 struck out “Said sections shall not apply to a stockyard of which the area normally available for handling livestock, exclusive of runs, alleys, or passage ways, is less than twenty thousand square feet.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transportation of Livestock

Pub. L. 85–909, § 2(2), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1750, provided in part: “That nothing herein [this section] shall be deemed a definition of the term ‘public stockyards’ as used in section 15(5) of the Interstate Commerce Act [former 49 U.S.C. 15(5)]”.

Credits

1921–1968 · 3 acts

1921Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 302, 42 Stat. 163
1958Pub. L. 85–909, § 2(2), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1750
1968Pub. L. 90–446, § 1(a), July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 474.

Show as published

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 302, 42 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 85–909, § 2(2), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 90–446, § 1(a), July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 474.)