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Code · U.S. Code · Title 7 - AGRICULTURE · CHAPTER 35— AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 · SUBCHAPTER II— LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES · § 1372

§ 1372. Payment, collection, and refund of penalties

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(a)The penalty with respect to the marketing, by sale, of wheat, cotton, or rice, if the sale is to any person within the United States, shall be collected by the buyer.
(b)All penalties provided for in part B of this subchapter shall be collected and paid in such manner, at such times, and under such conditions as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe. Such penalties shall be remitted to the Secretary by the person liable for the penalty, except that if any other person is liable for the collection of the penalty, such other person shall remit the penalty. Except as provided in section 1314h 1 of this title, the amount of such penalties shall be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to prescribe by regulations for the identification of farms and it shall be sufficient to schedule receipts into special deposit accounts or to schedule such receipts for transfer therefrom, or directly, into the separate fund provided for in subsection
(b)by means of such identification without reference to the names of the producers on such farms.
The Secretary is authorized to prescribe regulations governing the filing of such claims and the determination of such refunds.
(d)No penalty shall be collected under this chapter with respect to the marketing of any agricultural commodity grown for experimental purposes only by any publicly owned agricultural experiment station. Effective with the 1978 crops, no penalty shall be collected under this chapter with respect to the marketing of any agricultural commodity grown on State prison farms for consumption within such State prison system.
(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 372, 52 Stat. 65; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 11, 52 Stat. 204; July 2, 1940, ch. 521, § 6, 54 Stat. 728; Pub. L. 96–113, Nov. 16, 1979, 93 Stat. 850; Pub. L. 99–272, title I, § 1106(b), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 91.)
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  • Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30
  • 52 Stat. 65
  • Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 11
  • 52 Stat. 204
  • July 2, 1940, ch. 521, § 6
  • 54 Stat. 728
  • Pub. L. 96–113
  • 93 Stat. 850
  • Pub. L. 99–272, title I, § 1106(b)
  • 100 Stat. 91
  • Section 1314h of this title
  • Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a)
  • 118 Stat. 1522
  • Pub. L. 99–272
  • section 1314h of this title
  • section 1108(c) of Pub. L. 99–272
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