§ 608d. Books and records

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. 1933

   Pub. L. 74–25 · 49 Stat. 1098

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 608d

   May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 8d, as added Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 6, 49 Stat. 761

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 8d, as added Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, § 6, 49 Stat. 761

2. 1985

   Food Security Act of 1985

   Pub. L. 99–198 § 1663(1) · 99 Stat. 1354

   Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 608d(2)

   Pub. L. 99–198, § 1663(1), extended confidentiality requirement to include information for marketing order programs that is categorized as trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (2). Pub. L. 99–198, § 1663(1), extended confidentiality requirement to include information for marketing order programs that is categorized as trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) inserting in the first sentence after “pursuant to this section” the following: “, as well as information for marketing order programs that is categorized as trade secrets and commercial or financial information exempt under section 552(b)(4) of title 5 of the United States Code from disclosure under section 552 of such title,”; and

3. 1985

   Food Security Act of 1985

   Pub. L. 99–198 § 1663(2) · 99 Stat. 1354

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 608d(2)

   Pub. L. 99–198, § 1663(2), inserted provisions directing that confidential information relating to a marketing agreement or order applicable to milk may be released upon the authorization of any regulated milk handler to whom such information pertains and that the Secretary notify the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives not later than 10 legislative days before the contemplated release under law, of the names and addresses of producers participating in such marketing agreements and orders, and include in such notice a statement of reasons relied upon by the Secretary in making the determination to release such names and addresses

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–198, § 1663(2), inserted provisions directing that confidential information relating to a marketing agreement or order applicable to milk may be released upon the authorization of any regulated milk handler to whom such information pertains and that the Secretary notify the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives not later than 10 legislative days before the contemplated release under law, of the names and addresses of producers participating in such marketing agreements and orders, and include in such notice a statement of reasons relied upon by the Secretary in making the determination to release such names and addresses.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) inserting after the first sentence the following: “Notwithstanding Milk. the preceding sentence, any such information relating to a marketing agreement or order applicable to milk may be released upon the authorization of any regulated milk handler to whom such information pertains. The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives not later than 10 legislative days before the contemplated release under law, of the names and addresses of producers participating in such marketing agreements and orders, and shall include in such notice a statement of reasons relied upon by the Secretary in making the determination to release such names and addresses.”.

4. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–78 title VII § 757(b) · 113 Stat. 1135

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 608d(3)

   Pub. L. 106–78 added subsec. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (3). Pub. L. 106–78 added subsec. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Collection of Cranberry Inventory Data.— Section 8d of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608d), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Collection of cranberry inventory data.— “(A) In general.— If an order is in effect with respect to cranberries, the Secretary of Agriculture may require persons engaged in the handling or importation of cranberries or cranberry products (including producer-handlers, second handlers, processors, brokers, and importers) to provide such information as the Secretary considers necessary to effectuate the declared policy of this title, including information on acquisitions, inventories, and dispositions of cranberries and cranberry products. “(B) Delegation to Committee.— The Secretary may delegate the authority to carry out subparagraph (A) to any committee that is responsible for administering an order covering cranberries. “(C) Confidentiality.— Paragraph (2) shall apply to information provided under this paragraph. “(D) Violations.— Any person who violates this paragraph shall be subject to the penalties provided under section 8c(14).”.

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