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[CITE: 7USC1636g]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER 38--DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING
 
                         Part E--Administration
 
Sec. 1636g. Suspension authority regarding specific terms of 
        price reporting requirements
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary may suspend any requirement of this subchapter if the 
Secretary determines that application of the requirement is inconsistent 
with the purposes of this subchapter.

(b) Suspension procedure

                             (1) Period

        A suspension under subsection (a) of this section shall be for a 
    period of not more than 240 days.

                       (2) Action by Congress

        If an Act of Congress concerning the requirement that is the 
    subject of the suspension under subsection (a) of this section is 
    not enacted by the end of the period of the suspension established 
    under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall implement the requirement.

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, Sec. 258, as added Pub. L. 106-78, 
title IX, Sec. 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1205.)

                         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.
