[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1119 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1119

To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to increase 
   the penalty under certain circumstances for commission merchants, 
  dealers, or brokers who misrepresent the country of origin or other 
        characteristics of perishable agricultural commodities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 31, 1997

  Mr. Abraham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to increase 
   the penalty under certain circumstances for commission merchants, 
  dealers, or brokers who misrepresent the country of origin or other 
        characteristics of perishable agricultural commodities.

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

SECTION 1. MISREPRESENTATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR OTHER 
              CHARACTERISTICS OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

    Section 2(5) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 
(7 U.S.C. 499b(5)), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``If 
a court of competent jurisdiction finds that a person has 
intentionally, or with reckless disregard, engaged in a 
misrepresentation described in this paragraph and the misrepresentation 
resulted in a serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365(g) of 
title 18, United States Code) to, or death of, an individual, the 
person shall be guilty of a Class D felony that is punishable under 
title 18, United States Code.''
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