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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§2703 Orders of Secretary to egg producers, etc.

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 60— - EGG RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION › § 2703

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Under this chapter, the Secretary must make and update orders for people who hatch or sell egg-type baby chicks and started pullets, produce commercial eggs, handle or market eggs (including their own), or buy, sell, or process spent fowl. The orders apply to all production and marketing areas in the United States.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2703

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

To effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, issue and from time to time amend, orders applicable to persons engaged in the hatching and/or sale of egg-type baby chicks and started pullets, persons engaged in the production of commercial eggs and persons who receive or otherwise acquire eggs from such persons and who process, prepare for market, or market such eggs, including eggs of their own production, and persons engaged in the purchase, sale or processing of spent fowl. Such orders shall be applicable to all production or marketing areas, or both, in the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Amendment of Egg Promotion and Research Order Pub. L. 103–188, § 5, Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2257, provided that: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law: “(1) In general.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue

Amendments

to the egg promotion and research order issued under the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) to implement the

Amendments

made by this Act [see

Short Title

of 1993 Amendment note set out under section 2701 of this title]. The

Amendments

shall be issued after public notice and opportunity for comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, and without regard to section 556 and 557 of such title. The Secretary shall issue the proposed

Amendments

to the order not later than 80 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 14, 1993]. “(2)

Effective Date

.—The

Amendments

to the egg promotion and research order required by paragraph (1) shall become effective not later than—“(A) 30 days after the proposed

Amendments

are issued; or “(B) if the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines that the

Amendments

are a significant action that requires review by the Director, 50 days after the proposed

Amendments

are issued. “(3) Referendum.—The

Amendments

referred to in paragraph (2) shall not be subject to a referendum conducted under the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2703

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73