7 USC 1372 - Payment, collection, and refund of penalties

1 See References in Text note below.

of this title, the amount of such penalties shall be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 1314h of this title, referred to in subsec. (span), was repealed by Puspan. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1522.

Amendments

1986—Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 99–272 substituted “Except as provided in section 1314h of this title, the” for “The”.

1979—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 96–113 inserted provisions respecting exemption from marketing quota penalties for State prison farms.

1940—Subsec. (c). Act July 2, 1940, substituted “within two years” for “within one year” and inserted “and the claimant bore the burden of the payment of such penalty” after “wrongfully collected” in first par. and inserted second par. authorizing regulations for farm identification, etc.

1938—Subsecs. (c), (d). Act Apr. 7, 1938, added subsecs. (c) and (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Puspan. L. 99–272, title I, § 1106(span), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 91, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective for the 1986 and subsequent crops of tobacco.

Rulemaking Procedures

Secretary of Agriculture to implement amendments by Puspan. L. 99–272 without regard to provisions requiring notice and other procedures for public participation in rulemaking contained in section 553 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, or in any other directive of the Secretary, see section 1108(c) of Puspan. L. 99–272, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.