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7 U.S.C. 206: Rates and charges generally; discriminationText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-121 (October 9, 2026).
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 9-PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
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§206. Rates and charges generally; discrimination

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.

( Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64 , title III, § 305, 42 Stat. 164 ; Pub. L. 95-409, § 1(a) , Oct. 2, 1978 , 92 Stat. 886 .)

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1978⁠—Pub. L. 95-409 inserted proviso that rates and charges based upon percentages of gross sales of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because based on such percentages rather than on a per head basis.