Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§2111 Administrative Review of Orders; Petition; Hearing; Judicial Review

Title 7 › Chapter 53— COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION › § 2111

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

If you must follow an order, you can send a written request to the Secretary saying the order or part of it is not lawful and asking to change it or be excused. You will get a hearing under the Secretary’s rules. The Secretary will decide, and if the decision follows the law it is final. If you still disagree, you can ask a U.S. district court where you live or have your main business to review the decision. You must file a complaint within 20 days and give the Secretary a copy. If the court finds the decision unlawful, it will send the case back with instructions to make a lawful decision or take more steps. Filing a petition or lawsuit does not stop the government from seeking relief under section 2112(a).

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2111

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any person subject to any order may file a written petition with the Secretary, stating that any such order or any provision of such order or any obligation imposed in connection therewith is not in accordance with law and praying for a modification thereof or to be exempted therefrom. He shall thereupon be given an opportunity for a hearing upon such petition, in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary. After such hearing, the Secretary shall make a ruling upon the prayer of such petition which shall be final, if in accordance with law.

(b)The district courts of the United States in any district in which such person is an inhabitant, or has his principal place of business, are hereby vested with jurisdiction to review such ruling, provided a complaint for that purpose is filed within twenty days from the date of the entry of such ruling. Service of process in such proceedings may be had upon the Secretary by delivering to him a copy of the complaint. If the court determines that such ruling is not in accordance with law, it shall remand such proceedings to the Secretary with directions either (1) to make such ruling as the court shall determine to be in accordance with law, or (2) to take such further proceedings as, in its opinion, the law requires. The pendency of proceedings instituted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not impede, hinder, or delay the United States or the Secretary from obtaining relief pursuant to section 2112(a) of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2111

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60