§ 227. Powers of Federal Trade Commission and Secretary of Agriculture

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. 1921

   Pub. L. 67–64 · 42 Stat. 147

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 227

   Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 406, 42 Stat. 169

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 406, 42 Stat. 169

2. 1958

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

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 227

   Pub. L. 85–909 substituted subsecs. (b) to (e) for former provisions providing that Federal Trade Commission shall have no power or jurisdiction over matters within jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture except when Secretary requests Commission to make investigations and reports in any case, which were incorporated in subsecs. (b)(1) and (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–909 substituted subsecs. (b) to (e) for former provisions providing that Federal Trade Commission shall have no power or jurisdiction over matters within jurisdiction of Secretary of Agriculture except when Secretary requests Commission to make investigations and reports in any case, which were incorporated in subsecs. (b)(1) and (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) By amending section 202 by inserting after the word “unlawful” the words “with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, poultry, or poultry products”.

3. 1987

   Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–173 § 7(1)(A)(ii) · 101 Stat. 917

   Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 227(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(1)(A)(ii), which directed insertion of “or” before “livestock products in unmanufactured form.” was executed by making insertion before “livestock products in unmanufactured form,” as the probable intent of Congress

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(1)(A)(ii), which directed insertion of “or” before “livestock products in unmanufactured form.” was executed by making insertion before “livestock products in unmanufactured form,” as the probable intent of Congress.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (ii) by inserting “or” before “livestock products in unmanufactured form.”; and

   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.

4. 1987

   Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–173 § 7(1)(A)(i) · 101 Stat. 917

   Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 227(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(1)(A)(i), struck out “or poultry products” after “in unmanufactured form,”

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(1)(A)(i), struck out “or poultry products” after “in unmanufactured form,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (i) by striking “or poultry products”; and

   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.

5. 1987

   Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–173 § 7(1)(B) · 101 Stat. 917

   Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 227(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(1)(B), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “Over all transactions in commerce in margarine or oleomargarine and over retail sales of meat, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, and poultry products.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(1)(B), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “Over all transactions in commerce in margarine or oleomargarine and over retail sales of meat, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, and poultry products.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: “(3) Over all transactions in commerce in margarine, Margarine. Meat. oleo-margarine, or poultry products and over retail sales of meat, meat food products and livestock products in unmanufactured form.”;

   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.

6. 1987

   Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–173 § 7(2) · 101 Stat. 917

   1. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 227(d)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(2), amended subsec. (d) generally

   2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 227(d)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(2), striking out reference to poultry products in two places

   3. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 227(d)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(2), substituting “10 days” for “ten days”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(2), amended subsec. (d) generally, striking out reference to poultry products in two places and substituting “10 days” for “ten days”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: “(d) The Secretary of Agriculture shall exercise power or jurisdiction over oleomargarine or retail sales of meat, meat food products, or livestock products in unmanufactured form only when he determines, in any investigation of, or any proceeding for the prevention of, an alleged violation of this Act, that such action is necessary to avoid impairment of his power or jurisdiction over acts or transactions involving livestock, meat, meat food products, livestock products in unmanufactured form, or poultry other than retail sales thereof. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort by the Government and burdens upon the industry, the Secretary shall notify the Federal Trade Commission of such determination, the reasons therefor, and the acts or transactions involved, and shall not exercise power or jurisdiction with respect to acts or transactions involving oleomargarine or retail sales of meat, meat food products, or livestock products in unmanufactured form if the Commission within 10 days from the date of receipt of such notice notifies the Secretary that there is pending in the Commission an investigation of, or proceeding for the prevention of, an alleged violation of any Act administered by the Commission involving the same subject matter.”;

   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.

7. 1987

   Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–173 § 7(3) · 101 Stat. 917

   1. Added · 7 U.S.C. § 227(e)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(3), (4), added subsec. (e)

   2. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 227(e)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(3), (4), redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(3), (4), added subsec. (e) and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f);

   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.

8. 1987

   Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–173 § 7(3) · 101 Stat. 917

   1. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 227(f)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(3), (5), redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f)

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 227(f)

      Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(3), (5), substituted “subsections (b), (d), and (e)” for “subsections (b) and (d)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100–173, § 7(3), (5), redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f) and substituted “subsections (b), (d), and (e)” for “subsections (b) and (d)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f);

   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.

9. 1991

   Pub. L. 102–237 title X § 1008(2) · 105 Stat. 1818

   Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 227(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 102–237 struck out comma after “unmanufactured form,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102–237 struck out comma after “unmanufactured form,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in section 406(b)(2) (7 U.S.C. 227(b)(2)), by striking the comma after “unmanufactured form,”.

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