[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4965 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4965

 To amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, to extend 
the time period during which persons may file a complaint alleging the 
 preparation of false inspection certificates at Hunts Point Terminal 
                        Market, Bronx, New York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2000

Mr. Condit (for himself, and Mr. Pombo) 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 extend 
the time period during which persons may file a complaint alleging the 
 preparation of false inspection certificates at Hunts Point Terminal 
                        Market, Bronx, New York.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR FILING CERTAIN COMPLAINTS UNDER 
              PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1930.

    Section 6(a)(1) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 
1930 (7 U.S.C. 499f(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a person that 
desires to file a complaint under this section involving the allegation 
of false inspection certificates prepared by graders of the Department 
of Agriculture at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, New York, prior 
to October 27, 1999, may file the complaint until January 1, 2001.''.
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