Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 3 — Grain Standards
§ 87d. Responsibility for acts of others
Statutory text
When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, or corporation within the scope of the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such association, partnership, or corporation as well as that of the 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. 90–487 § 1 · 82 Stat. 761
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 87d
Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 15, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 768
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 15, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 768United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of 1993
Pub. L. 103–156 § 12(n) · 107 Stat. 1525
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 87d
Pub. L. 103–156, which directed amendment of “Section 15” by substituting “the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person” for “his employment or office”, without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 15 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–156, which directed amendment of “Section 15” by substituting “the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person” for “his employment or office”, without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 15 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(n) Section 15 (7 U.S.C. 87d) is amended by striking “his employment or office” and inserting “the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–156, which directed amendment of “Section 15” by substituting “the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person” for “his employment or office”, without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 15 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
For effective date of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this title.
Credits
1916–1993 · 2 acts
- 1916Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 15, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, , 82 Stat. 768
- 1993amended Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(n), , 107 Stat. 1529.
Show as published
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 15, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, , 82 Stat. 768; amended Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(n), , 107 Stat. 1529.)