7 USC § 228d - Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s228d"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 228d - Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "228d"
section_name: "Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 415, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title III, § 312(e)(2), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2077.)"
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# § 228d. Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries

Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report that—

**(1)** assesses the general economic state of the cattle and hog industries;

**(2)** describes changing business practices in those industries; and

**(3)** identifies market operations or activities in those industries that appear to raise concerns under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title IV, § 415, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title III, § 312(e)(2), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2077.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 415 of act , was renumbered section 417 and is classified to .