Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 9 — Packers and Stockyards
§ 223. Responsibility of principal for act or omission of agent
Statutory text
When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any agent, officer, or other person acting for or employed by any packer, any swine contractor, and any live poultry dealer, stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such packer, any swine contractor, and any live poultry dealer, stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer, as well as that of such agent, officer, or other person.
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.
Pub. L. 67–64 · 42 Stat. 147
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 223
Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 403, 42 Stat. 168
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 403, 42 Stat. 168Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987
Pub. L. 100–173 § 6 · 101 Stat. 917
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 223
Pub. L. 100–173 substituted “, any live poultry dealer,” for “or any live poultry dealer or handler,” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–173 substituted “, any live poultry dealer,” for “or any live poultry dealer or handler,” in two places.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6. RECORDS AND RESPONSIBILITY. Sections 401 and 403 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 221, 223), are each amended by striking, “or any live poultry dealer or handler,” each place it appears and inserting “, any live poultry dealer,”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–173 effective 90 days after Nov. 23, 1987, see section 12 of Pub. L. 100–173, set out as a note under section 182 of this title.Pub. L. 107–171 title X § 10502(b)(2)(C) · 116 Stat. 134
Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 223
Pub. L. 107–171 inserted “any swine contractor, and” after “packer,” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–171 inserted “any swine contractor, and” after “packer,” in two places.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(C) Sections 401 and 403 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 221, 223), are amended by inserting “any swine contractor, and” after “packer,” each place it appears.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1935–2002 · 3 rounds
2002
Pub. L. 107–171 inserted “any swine contractor, and” after “packer,” in two places.
1987
Pub. L. 100–173 substituted “, any live poultry dealer,” for “or any live poultry dealer or handler,” in two places.
1935
Act , title V, § 503, as added , inserted “or any live poultry dealer or handler” after “packer” wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1987 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–173 effective 90 days after , see section 12 of Pub. L. 100–173, set out as a note under section 182 of this title.
Credits
1921–2002 · 4 acts
- 1921Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 403, 42 Stat. 168
- 1921Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title V, § 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 532, 49 Stat. 649
- 1987amended Pub. L. 100–173, § 6, , 101 Stat. 918
- 2002Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10502(b)(2)(C), , 116 Stat. 510.
Show as published
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 403, 42 Stat. 168; Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title V, § 503, as added Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 532, 49 Stat. 649; amended Pub. L. 100–173, § 6, , 101 Stat. 918; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10502(b)(2)(C), , 116 Stat. 510.)