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[CITE: 7USC2279f]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 55--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
Sec. 2279f. Subpoena authority


(a) In general

    The Secretary shall have power to subpoena the attendance and 
testimony of any witness, and the production of all documentary evidence 
relating to the enforcement of section 2279e of this title or any matter 
under investigation in connection with this section and section 2279e of 
this title.

(b) Location of production

    The attendance of any witness and the production of documentary 
evidence may be required from any place in the United States at any 
designated place of hearing.

(c) Enforcement of subpoena

    In the case of disobedience to a subpoena by any person, the 
Secretary may request the Attorney General to invoke the aid of any 
court of the United States within the jurisdiction in which the 
investigation is conducted, or where the person resides, is found, 
transacts business, is licensed to do business, or is incorporated, in 
requiring the attendance and testimony of any witness and the production 
of documentary evidence. In case of a refusal to obey a subpoena issued 
to any person, a court may order the person to appear before the 
Secretary and give evidence concerning the matter in question or to 
produce documentary evidence. Any failure to obey the court's order may 
be punished by the court as a contempt of the court.

(d) Compensation

    Witnesses summoned by the Secretary shall be paid the same fees and 
mileage that are paid to witnesses in courts of the United States, and 
witnesses whose depositions are taken, and the persons taking the 
depositions shall be entitled to the same fees that are paid for similar 
services in the courts of the United States.

(e) Procedures

    The Secretary shall publish procedures for the issuance of subpoenas 
under this section. Such procedures shall include a requirement that 
subpoenas be reviewed for legal sufficiency and signed by the Secretary. 
If the authority to sign a subpoena is delegated, the agency receiving 
the delegation shall seek review for legal sufficiency outside that 
agency.

(f) Scope of subpoena

    Subpoenas for witnesses to attend court in any judicial district or 
testify or produce evidence at an administrative hearing in any judicial 
district in any action or proceeding arising under section 2279e of this 
title may run to any other judicial district.

(Pub. L. 106-224, title V, Sec. 502, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 455.)
