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LegalText 7 U.S.C. § 213 Prevention of unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive practices us united_states_code code_section 7 AGRICULTURE 9 PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 213 7 U.S.C. § 213 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc07@119-100.zip /us/usc/t7/s213 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-07/usc07.xml 34ad916ef1a1ce7dbde1d8ea356146f10ee4630be719587daf955d48651bca92 50edab1679a711653797362c0aeb8f2273303fe473fb7fa16df1ee76bdd6e984 9d8f0f819bbdf16764c3ba27d9c1215c495b18f4cf73d0516eec6739a6b92a36 2026-07-04 official
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7 U.S.C. § 213 - Prevention of unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive practices

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice or device in connection with determining whether persons should be authorized to operate at the stockyards, or with the receiving, marketing, buying, or selling on a commission basis or otherwise, feeding, watering, holding, delivery, shipment, weighing, or handling of livestock.

(b) Whenever complaint is made to the Secretary by any person, or whenever the Secretary has reason to believe, that any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer is violating the provisions of subsection (a), the Secretary after notice and full hearing may make an order that he shall cease and desist from continuing such violation to the extent that the Secretary finds that it does or will exist. The Secretary may also assess a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation. In determining the amount of the civil penalty to be assessed under this section, the Secretary shall consider the gravity of the offense, the size of the business involved, and the effect of the penalty on the persons ability to continue in business. If, after the lapse of the period allowed for appeal or after the affirmance of such penalty, the person against whom the civil penalty is assessed fails to pay such penalty, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General who may recover such penalty by an action in the appropriate district court of the United States.

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 312, 42 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 85909, § 2(5), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 90446, § 1(e), July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 475; Pub. L. 94410, § 3, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1249.)

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Amendments1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94410, § 3(a), (c), struck out “in commerce” after “or handling” and substituted “livestock” for “live stock”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94410, § 3(b), inserted provisions dealing with authority of Secretary to assess a civil penalty for violations and, upon failure to pay, procedure for recovery of such penalty. 1968—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90446 inserted “determining whether persons should be authorized to operate at stockyards, or with” after “in connection with”. 1958—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85909 struck out “at a stockyard” after “in commerce”.