Sec. 407.10. **[**[7 U.S.C. 228](/us/usc/t7/s228)**]**
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## Sec. 407.10 **[**[7 U.S.C. 228](/us/usc/t7/s228)**]** ###
(a)The Secretary may make such rules, regulations, and orders as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, telegrams, telephones, law books, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses as shall be necessary to the administration of this Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and as may be appropriated for by Congress, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 10Section 293(b) of Public Law 103–354, approved October 13, 1994, amended section 407 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, by striking the existing subsection
(b)and redesignating the subsequent subsections accordingly. Section 4(a)(2) of Public Law 103–437 (108 Stat. 4581) subsequently attempted to amend section 407 further by striking “Committee on Agriculture and Forestry” in subsection
(d)and substituting “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”. However, by operation of section 293(b) of Public Law 103–354, subsection
(d)was now subsection
(c)so the amendment could not be executed. ###
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority of the Secretary under this Act shall not apply to deductions made from sales proceeds for the purpose of financing promotion and research activities, including educational activities relating to livestock, meat, and other products covered by the Act. ###
(c)On or before February 15 of each calendar year beginning with calendar year 1977, or such other date as may be specified by the appropriate committee, the Secretary of Agriculture shall testify before the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture and provide justification in detail of the amount requested in the budget to be appropriated for the next fiscal year for the purposes authorized in the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended. ###
(d)The Secretary shall, not later than sixty days after the effective date of this subsection, prescribe and implement rules to assure that any hearing from which any order may issue under this Act or any hearing the expenses of which are paid from funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act shall— ####
(1)if such hearing concerns a single unit of local government or the residents thereof, be held within the boundaries of such unit; ####
(2)if such hearing concerns a single geographic area within a State or the residents thereof, be held within the boundaries of such area; or ####
(3)if such hearing concerns a single State or the residents thereof, be held within such State. ###
(e)For the purposes of subsection (d)— ####
(1)the term “**unit of local government**” means a county, municipality, town, township, village, or other unit of general government below the State level; and ####
(2)the term “**geographic area within a State**” means a special purpose district or other region recognized for governmental purposes within such State which is not a unit of local government.
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- Pub. L. 103-354
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- 108 Stat. 4581
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Sec. 407.10
**[**[7 U.S.C. 228](/us/usc/t7/s228)**]**
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-354
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-437
Stat.108 Stat. 4581
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