7 USC 1373(c): Cropping history data

          
Sec. 1373. Reports and records


(a) Persons reporting

    This subsection shall apply to warehousemen, processors, and common 
carriers of corn, wheat, cotton, or rice, and \1\ all ginners of 
cotton,\2\ all persons engaged in the business of purchasing corn, 
wheat, cotton, or rice from producers. Any such person shall, from time 
to time on request of the Secretary, report to the Secretary such 
information and keep such records as the Secretary finds to be necessary 
to enable him to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. Such 
information shall be reported and such records shall be kept in 
accordance with forms which the Secretary shall prescribe. For the 
purpose of ascertaining the correctness of any report made or record 
kept, or of obtaining information required to be furnished in any 
report, but not so furnished, the Secretary is authorized to examine 
such books, papers, records, accounts, correspondence, contracts, 
documents, and memoranda as he has reason to believe are relevant and 
are within the control of such person. Any such person failing to make 
any report or keep any record as required by this subsection or making 
any false report or record shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than 
$500.
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    \1\ So in original. The word ``and'' probably should not appear.
    \2\ So in original. The word ``and'' probably should appear.
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(b) Proof of acreage yield

    Farmers engaged in the production of corn, wheat, cotton, or rice 
for market shall furnish such proof of their acreage, yield, storage, 
and marketing of the commodity in the form of records, marketing cards, 
reports, storage under seal, or otherwise as the Secretary may prescribe 
as necessary for the administration of this subchapter.

        

            
 
          

(c) Data as confidential

    All data reported to or acquired by the Secretary pursuant to this 
section shall be kept confidential by all officers and employees of the 
Department, and only such data so reported or acquired as the Secretary 
deems relevant shall be disclosed by them, and then only in a suit or 
administrative hearing under this subchapter. Nothing in this section 
shall be deemed to prohibit the issuance of general statements based 
upon the reports of a number of parties which statements do not identify 
the information furnished by any person.

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, Sec. 373, 52 Stat. 65; June 13, 1940, 
ch. 360, Sec. 6, 54 Stat. 394; Apr. 3, 1941, ch. 39, Secs. 6, 7, 55 
Stat. 92; Pub. L. 86-507, Sec. 1(6), June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 200; Pub. 
L. 95-113, title VIII, Sec. 805, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 947; Pub. L. 
97-98, title VII, Sec. 706, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1256; Pub. L. 97-
218, title III, Sec. 304, July 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 99-198, 
title VII, Sec. 706, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1441; Pub. L. 101-624, 
title VIII, Sec. 807, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3478; Pub. L. 104-127, 
title I, Sec. 171(a)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 107-171, 
title I, Sec. 1309(h)(3), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 182; Pub. L. 108-357, 
title VI, Sec. 611(j), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1523.)


                               Amendments

    2004--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108-357, Sec. 611(j)(2)(B), substituted 
``$500.'' for ``$500; and any tobacco warehouseman or dealer who fails 
to remedy such violation by making a complete and accurate report or 
keeping a complete and accurate record as required by this subsection 
within fifteen days after notice to him of such violation shall be 
subject to an additional fine of $100 for each ten thousand pounds of 
tobacco, or fraction thereof, bought or sold by him after the date of 
such violation: Provided, That such fine shall not exceed $5,000; and 
notice of such violation shall be served upon the tobacco warehouseman 
or dealer by mailing the same to him by registered mail or by certified 
mail or by posting the same at any established place of business 
operated by him, or both.''
    Pub. L. 108-357, Sec. 611(j)(2)(A), which directed that ``all 
persons engaged in the business of redrying, prizing, or

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stemming tobacco for producers,'' be struck out in first sentence, was 
executed by striking out ``, and all persons engaged in the business of 
redrying, prizing, or stemming tobacco for producers'' before period at 
end of first sentence, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
    Pub. L. 108-357, Sec. 611(j)(1), substituted ``or rice'' for ``rice, 
or tobacco'' in two places in first sentence.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108-357, Sec. 611(j)(1), substituted ``or 
rice'' for ``rice, or tobacco''.
    2002--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 1309(h)(3)(A), in first 
sentence, struck out ``peanuts,'' after ``rice,'' in two places, 
inserted ``and'' after ``from producers,'' and substituted ``for 
producers.'' for ``for producers, all producers engaged in the 
production of peanuts, all brokers and dealers in peanuts, all agents 
marketing peanuts for producers, or acquiring peanuts for buyers and 
dealers, and all peanut growers' cooperative associations, all persons 
engaged in the business of cleaning, shelling, crushing, and salting of 
peanuts and the manufacture of peanut products, and all persons owning 
or operating peanut-picking or peanut-threshing machines.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 1309(h)(3)(B), struck out 
``peanuts,'' after ``rice,''.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-127 temporarily inserted ``all 
producers engaged in the production of peanuts,'' before ``all brokers 
and dealers in peanuts''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 
Amendment note below.
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624 temporarily inserted ``all 
producers engaged in the production of peanuts,'' before ``all brokers 
and dealers in peanuts''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 
Amendment note below.
    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-198 temporarily inserted ``all 
producers engaged in the production of peanuts,'' before ``all brokers 
and dealers in peanuts''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1985 
Amendment note below.
    1982--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-218 inserted provision that nothing in 
this section shall be deemed to prohibit the issuance of general 
statements based upon the reports of a number of parties which 
statements do not identify the information furnished by any person.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-98 temporarily inserted ``all farmers 
engaged in the production of peanuts,'' before ``all brokers and dealers 
in peanuts''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment note 
below.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-113 temporarily inserted ``all farmers 
engaged in the production of peanuts,'' before ``and brokers and dealers 
in peanuts''. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment note 
below.
    1960--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-507 inserted ``or by certified mail'' 
after ``registered mail''.
    1941--Subsec. (a). Act Apr. 3, 1941, Sec. 6, among other changes, 
inserted ``peanuts'' after ``rice'' wherever appearing and inserted 
``all brokers and dealers in peanuts, all agents marketing peanuts for 
producers, or acquiring peanuts for buyers and dealers, and all peanut 
growers' cooperative associations, all persons engaged in the business 
of cleaning, shelling, crushing, and salting of peanuts and the 
manufacture of peanut products, and all persons owning or operating 
peanut-picking or peanut-threshing machines''.
    Subsec. (b). Act Apr. 3, 1941, Sec. 7, inserted ``peanuts,'' after 
``rice,''.
    1940--Subsec. (a). Act June 13, 1940, inserted all after ``$500;'' 
in last sentence.


                    Effective Date of 2004 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 108-357 applicable to the 2005 and subsequent 
crops of tobacco, see section 643 of Pub. L. 108-357, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 518 of this title.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment

    Section 171(a)(2) of Pub. L. 104-127 provided that the amendment 
made by that section is effective only for 1996 through 2002 crops of 
peanuts.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 Amendment

    Section 807 of Pub. L. 101-624 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective only for 1991 through 1995 crops of peanuts.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1985 Amendment

    Section 706 of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective only for 1986 through 1990 crops of peanuts.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1981 Amendment

    Section 706 of Pub. L. 97-98 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective for 1982 through 1985 crop of peanuts.


            Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment

    Section 805 of Pub. L. 95-113 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective for 1978 through 1981 crops of peanuts.


                            Savings Provision

    Amendment by sections 611 to 614 of Pub. L. 108-357 not to affect 
the liability of any person under any provision of law so amended with 
respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of tobacco, see section 614 of 
Pub. L. 108-357, set out as a note under section 515 of this title.