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[CITE: 7USC1636d]

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


(a) In general

    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, each packer required to 
report information to the Secretary under this subchapter shall 
maintain, and make available to the Secretary on request, for 2 years--
        (1) the original contracts, agreements, receipts and other 
    records associated with any transaction relating to the purchase, 
    sale, pricing, transportation, delivery, weighing, slaughter, or 
    carcass characteristics of all livestock; and
        (2) such records or other information as is necessary or 
    appropriate to verify the accuracy of the information required to be 
    reported under this subchapter.

(b) Limitations

    Under subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Secretary may not 
require a packer to provide new or additional information if--
        (1) the information is not generally available or maintained by 
    packers; or
        (2) the provision of the information would be unduly burdensome.

(c) Purchases of cattle or swine

    A record of a purchase of a lot of cattle or a lot of swine by a 
packer shall evidence whether the purchase occurred--
        (1) before 10:00 a.m. Central Time;
        (2) between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Central Time; or
        (3) after 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, Sec. 255, as added Pub. L. 106-78, 
title IX, Sec. 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1203.)

                         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.
