7 USC § 1636e - Voluntary reporting

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1636e"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1636e - Voluntary reporting"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1636e"
section_name: "Voluntary reporting"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Administration"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 256, as added Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1204.)"
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# § 1636e. Voluntary reporting

section 191 of this title

The Secretary shall encourage voluntary reporting by packers (as defined in ) to which the mandatory reporting requirements of this subchapter do not apply.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 256, as added Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 911(2), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1204.)