Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§1636a Unlawful acts
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING › Part Part E— - Administration › § 1636a
Summary
It is illegal for any packer or person who must report under parts B, C, or D to on purpose not give, or to delay giving, accurate information to the Secretary (including estimates), to ask or force others to not give required information to make a sale or deal, to ignore the reporting rules, or to report estimates that repeatedly and greatly differ from the actual data or from the Secretary’s audits.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1636a
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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.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 1636a
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73