[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 496 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 496

To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to prevent 
    the imputation to cooperatives of conduct by their members and 
affiliates for the purposes of the prohibition relating to labelling of 
                          certain commodities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

  Mr. Condit introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to prevent 
    the imputation to cooperatives of conduct by their members and 
affiliates for the purposes of the prohibition relating to labelling of 
                          certain commodities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Perishable Agricultural Commodities 
Amendment Act of 1992''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CONDUCT OF MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES NOT TO BE IMPUTED TO 
              COOPERATIVES.

    Section 2 of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``It shall be 
        unlawful''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Special Rule Relating to Cooperatives.--A cooperative 
association, as defined in section 15(a) of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act, shall not be deemed to have violated subsection (a)(5) by reason 
of the conduct of a member or affiliate of that cooperative 
association.''.

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