§ 501. — Collection and publication; facts required; deteriorated tobacco.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC501]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 21--TOBACCO STATISTICS
Sec. 501. Collection and publication; facts required;
deteriorated tobacco
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to collect
and publish statistics of the quantity of leaf tobacco in all forms in
the United States and Puerto Rico, owned by or in the possession of
dealers, manufacturers, quasi-manufacturers, growers' cooperative
associations, warehousemen, brokers, holders, or owners, other than the
original growers of tobacco. The statistics shall show the quantity of
tobacco in such detail as to types, groups of grades, and such other
subdivisions as to quality, color, and/or grade for particular types, as
the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem to be practical and necessary
for the purposes of this chapter, shall be summarized as of January 1,
April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, and an annual report on
tobacco statistics shall be issued: Provided, That the Secretary of
Agriculture shall not be required to collect statistics of leaf tobacco
from any manufacturer of tobacco who, in the first three quarters of the
preceding calendar year, according to the returns of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue or the record of the Treasurer of Puerto Rico,
manufactured less than thirty-five thousand pounds of tobacco, or from
any manufacturer of cigars who, during the first three quarters of the
preceding calendar year, manufactured less than one hundred and eighty-
five thousand cigars, or from any manufacturer of cigarettes who, during
the first three quarters of the preceding year, manufactured less than
seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes: And provided further, That
the Secretary of Agriculture may omit the collection of statistics from
any dealer, manufacturer, growers' cooperative association,
warehouseman, broker, holder, or owner who does not own and/or have in
stock, in the aggregate, fifty thousand pounds or more of leaf tobacco
on the date as of which the reports are made. For the purposes of this
chapter, any tobacco which has deteriorated on account of age or other
causes to the extent that it is not merchantable or is unsuitable for
use in manufacturing tobacco products shall be classified with other
nondescript tobacco and reported in the ``N'' group of the type to which
it belongs.
(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 1079; July 14, 1932, ch. 480,
Sec. 1, 47 Stat. 662; Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 749, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 893.)
Amendments
1935--Act Aug. 27, 1935, inserted ``and Puerto Rico'' after ``United
States'', substituted ``seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes''
for ``one million cigarettes'' before second proviso and inserted second
proviso.
1932--Act July 14, 1932, substituted ``thirty-five'' for ``fifty''
and ``one hundred and eighty-five thousand cigars'' and ``one million''
for ``seven hundred and fifty thousand cigarettes''.
Change of Name
``Porto Rico'' changed to ``Puerto Rico'' by act May 17, 1932, ch.
190, 47 Stat. 158.
Separability
Section 4 of act Aug. 27, 1935, which amended this section and
sections 502 and 505 of this title, provided as follows: ``If any
provision of this act, or the application of such provision to any
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act and
the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected
thereby.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 503, 2276 of this title.