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[CITE: 7USC1636a]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER 38--DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING
 
                         Part E--Administration
 
Sec. 1636a. Unlawful acts

    It shall be unlawful and a violation of this subchapter for any 
packer or other person subject to this subchapter (in the submission of 
information required under part B, C, or D of this subchapter, as 
determined by the Secretary) to willfully--
        (1) fail or refuse to provide, or delay the timely reporting of, 
    accurate information to the Secretary (including estimated 
    information);
        (2) solicit or request that a packer, the buyer or seller of 
    livestock or livestock products, or any other person fail to 
    provide, as a condition of any transaction, accurate or timely 
    information required under this subchapter;
        (3) fail or refuse to comply with this subchapter; or
        (4) report estimated information in any report required under 
    this subchapter in a manner that demonstrates a pattern of 
    significant variance in accuracy when compared to the actual 
    information that is reported for the same reporting period, or as 
    determined by any audit, oversight, or other verification procedures 
    of the Secretary.

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, Sec. 252, as added Pub. L. 106-78, 
title IX, Sec. 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1201.)

                         Termination of Section

        For termination of section by section 942 of Pub. L. 106-78, see 
    Livestock Mandatory Reporting note set out under section 1635 of 
    this title.
