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[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1637]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER 38--DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
 
            SUBCHAPTER III--DAIRY PRODUCT MANDATORY REPORTING
 
Sec. 1637. Purpose

    The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a program of 
information regarding the marketing of dairy products that--
        (1) provides information that can be readily understood by 
    producers and other market participants, including information with 
    respect to prices, quantities sold, and inventories of dairy 
    products;
        (2) improves the price and supply reporting services of the 
    Department of Agriculture; and
        (3) encourages competition in the marketplace for dairy 
    products.

(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, Sec. 271, as added Pub. L. 106-532, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2541.)