§1635m Mandatory Reporting for Lambs

Lamb Reporting Pub. L. 114–54, title I, § 103, Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 514, provided that: “Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 2015], the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 59.300 of title 7, Code of Federal

, so that— “(1) the definition of the term ‘importer’—“(A) includes only those importers that imported an average of 1,000 metric tons of lamb meat products per year during the immediately preceding 4 calendar years; and “(B) may include any person that does not meet the requirement referred to in subparagraph (A), if the Secretary determines that the person should be considered an importer based on their volume of lamb imports; and “(2) the definition of the term ‘packer’—“(A) applies to any entity with 50 percent or more ownership in a facility; “(B) includes a federally inspected lamb processing plant which slaughtered or processed the equivalent of an average of 35,000 head of lambs per year during the immediately preceding 5 calendar years; and “(C) may include any other lamb processing plant that does not meet the requirement referred to in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary determines that the processing plant should be considered a packer after considering the capacity of the processing plant.”