7 U.S.C. § 206
Rates and charges generally; discrimination
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 206, Rates and charges generally; discrimination, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428686
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All rates or charges made for any stockyard services furnished at a stockyard by a stockyard owner or market agency shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and any unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory rate or charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided, That rates and charges based upon percentages of the gross sales prices of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because they are based upon such percentages rather than on a per head basis.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally