Fabio
00a184bb3c
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
54 lines
3.0 KiB
Markdown
54 lines
3.0 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "LegalText"
|
||
title: "7 U.S.C. § 4812"
|
||
description: "Suspension and termination of orders"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us"
|
||
corpus: "united_states_code"
|
||
kind: "code_section"
|
||
title_number: 7
|
||
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
|
||
chapter_number: "79"
|
||
chapter_name: "PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION"
|
||
section: "4812"
|
||
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 4812"
|
||
status: "current"
|
||
release_point: "119-100"
|
||
release_date: "2026-06-26"
|
||
source: "official"
|
||
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc07@119-100.zip"
|
||
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s4812"
|
||
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-07/usc07.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "1fc60b116854e7b623e42e8a491880ed5e3be0bbd210b59b8ea76f6287960a70"
|
||
raw_snapshot_hash: "50edab1679a711653797362c0aeb8f2273303fe473fb7fa16df1ee76bdd6e984"
|
||
text_hash: "f26c8ba27f9469ea30c369e8004be4a5ba67437ea5dbcaa3b79564bd051aeeeb"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
|
||
confidence: "official"
|
||
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# 7 U.S.C. § 4812 - Suspension and termination of orders
|
||
|
||
## Text
|
||
|
||
(a) Authority of Secretary If after the initial referendum provided for in section 4811(a) of this title the Secretary determines that an order, or a provision of the order, obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of such order or provision.
|
||
|
||
(b) Referendum to terminate or suspend; eligible voters; requirements for approval; termination or suspension date; one referendum within 2-year period (1) (A) Except as provided in paragraph (2), after the initial referendum provided for in section 4811(a) of this title, on the request of a number of persons equal to at least 15 percent of persons who have been producers and importers during a representative period, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum to determine whether the producers and importers favor the termination or suspension of the order.
|
||
|
||
(B) The Secretary shall—
|
||
|
||
(i) suspend or terminate collection of assessments under the order not later than 6 months after the date the Secretary determines that suspension or termination of the order is favored by a majority of the producers and importers voting in the referendum; and
|
||
|
||
(ii) terminate the order in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the date of such determination.
|
||
|
||
(2) Except with respect to a referendum required to be conducted under section 4811 of this title, the Secretary shall not be required by paragraph (1) to conduct more than one referendum under this chapter in a 2-year period.
|
||
|
||
(c) Termination or suspension not to be considered an order The termination or suspension of an order, or a provision of an order, shall not be considered an order within the meaning of this chapter.
|
||
|
||
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1623, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1618.)
|
||
|
||
## Notes
|
||
|
||
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
|
||
|
||
Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1986, see section 1631 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 4801 of this title.
|