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title: "7 U.S.C. § 511j"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 511j - Publication of violations

## Text

The Secretary is authorized to publish the facts regarding any violation of this chapter.

(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, § 11, 49 Stat. 734.)