7 USC § 4207 - Reporting requirement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s4207"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 4207 - Reporting requirement"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "4207"
section_name: "Reporting requirement"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1546, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343; Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1255(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1518.)"
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# 1 Reporting requirement

So in original. The period probably should be a comma.

On January 1, 1987, and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year.[^1] the Secretary of Agriculture shall report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives on the progress made in implementing the provisions of this chapter. Such report shall include information on—

**(1)** the effects, if any, of Federal programs, authorities, and administrative activities with respect to the protection of United States farmland; and

**(2)** the results of the reviews of existing policies and procedures required under section 4203(a) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1546, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343; Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1255(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1518.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1985— substituted “On , and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year.” for “Within one year after ,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective six months after , see , set out as a note under .