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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§7486 Petition and Review

Title 7 › CHAPTER 101 — AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION › SUBCHAPTER V — POPCORN › § 7486

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If you are affected by an order, you can ask the Secretary in writing to change the order or to exempt you. Your petition must say the order or its terms are not lawful. For obligations, you must file the petition within 2 years after the obligation was put in place. You must be allowed a hearing under the Secretary’s rules. After the hearing, the Secretary must issue a ruling. That ruling is final if it follows the law. If you want the court to review that ruling, you must file a complaint in the U.S. district court where you live or do business within 20 days after the ruling. You serve the Secretary by giving them a copy of the complaint. If the court finds the ruling unlawful, it will send the case back to the Secretary and tell the Secretary to make a lawful ruling or take more steps the court requires. While a petition is pending, the Secretary and the Attorney General may still act under section 7487.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7486

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Petition
(1)In general
A person subject to an order may file with the Secretary a petition—
(A)stating that the order, a provision of the order, or an obligation imposed in connection with the order is not established in accordance with law; and
(B)requesting a modification of the order or obligation or an exemption from the order or obligation.
(2)Statute of limitations
A petition under paragraph (1) concerning an obligation may be filed not later than 2 years after the date of imposition of the obligation.
(3)Hearings
The petitioner shall be given the opportunity for a hearing on a petition filed under paragraph (1), in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary.
(4)Ruling
After a hearing under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall issue a ruling on the petition that is the subject of the hearing, which shall be final if the ruling is in accordance with applicable law.
(b)Review
(1)Commencement of action
The district court of the United States for any district in which a person who is a petitioner under subsection (a) resides or carries on business shall have jurisdiction to review a ruling on the petition, if the person files a complaint not later than 20 days after the date of issuance of the ruling under subsection (a)(4).
(2)Process
Service of process in a proceeding under paragraph (1) may be made on the Secretary by delivering a copy of the complaint to the Secretary.
(3)Remands
If the court determines, under paragraph (1), that a ruling issued under subsection (a)(4) is not in accordance with applicable law, the court shall remand the matter to the Secretary with directions—
(A)to make such ruling as the court shall determine to be in accordance with law; or
(B)to take such further proceedings as, in the opinion of the court, the law requires.
(c)Enforcement
The pendency of proceedings instituted under subsection (a) may not impede, hinder, or delay the Secretary or the Attorney General from taking action under section 7487 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7486

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110