§ 183. — When transaction deemed in commerce; "State" defined.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC183]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 9--PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL DEFINITIONS
Sec. 183. When transaction deemed in commerce; ``State'' defined
For the purpose of this chapter (but not in anywise limiting the
definition in section 182 of this title) a transaction in respect to any
article shall be considered to be in commerce if such article is part of
that current of commerce usual in the livestock and meat-packing
industries, whereby livestock, meats, meat food products, livestock
products, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, or eggs, are sent
from one State with the expectation that they will end their transit,
after purchase, in another, including, in addition to cases within the
above general description, all cases where purchase or sale is either
for shipment to another State, or for slaughter of livestock within the
State and the shipment outside the State of the products resulting from
such slaughter. Articles normally in such current of commerce shall not
be considered out of such current through resort being had to any means
or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the
provisions of this chapter. For the purpose of this section the word
``State'' includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of
the United States, and foreign nation.
(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title I, Sec. 2(b), 42 Stat. 160; Pub. L. 94-
410, Sec. 3(c), Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1249.)
Codification
Section is composed of subsec. (b) of section 2 of act Aug. 15,
1921. Subsec. (a) of section 2 is classified to section 182 of this
title.
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-410 substituted ``livestock'' for ``live stock''
and ``live-stock'' wherever appearing.
