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7 U.S.C. § 1592

Rules and regulations

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(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this section.(b) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make, jointly or severally, such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the effective enforcement of subchapter III of this chapter.(c) Prior to the promulgation of any rule or regulation under this chapter, due notice shall be given by publication in the Federal Register of intention to promulgate and the time and place of a public hearing to be held with reference thereto, and no rule or regulation may be promulgated until after such hearing. Any rule or regulation shall become effective on the date fixed in the promulgation, which date shall be not less than thirty days after publication in the Federal Register and may be amended or revoked in the manner provided for its promulgation.(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 402, 53 Stat. 1285.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1945–2019 · leading case: E. K. Hardison Seed Co. v. Jones, 149 F.2d 252 (6th Cir. 1945).
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E. K. Hardison Seed Co. v. Jones, 149 F.2d 252 (6th Cir. 1945). “The statute authorizes the Administrator to prescribe rules and regulations as to samplings, analyses, tests and examinations of seeds made in connection with the administration of the statute and to prescribe reasonable tolerances as to percentages of germination and rates of…”
Frontier AG, Inc. v. Nuseed Americas Inc. (D. Kan. 2019). “” 7 U.S.C. § 1592 . The enforcement provisions of the Federal Seed Act allow for the seizure and condemnation of seeds that do not conform with the Act’s requirements so long as the seeds at issue were sold or transported in interstate commerce.”
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