Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§13b Cooperative Association; Return of Net Earnings or Surplus

Title 15 › Chapter 1— MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 13b

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Cooperatives may return all or part of their profits to members, producers, or consumers based on purchases or sales.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §13b

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Nothing in this Act shall prevent a cooperative association from returning to its members, producers, or consumers the whole, or any part of, the net earnings or surplus resulting from its trading operations, in proportion to their purchases or sales from, to, or through the association.

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References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act June 19, 1936, ch. 592, 49 Stat. 1526, popularly known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act and also as the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, which enacted section 13a, 13b, and 21a of this title and amended section 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 13 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 13b

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60