7 U.S.C. § 1471J
Section 1471j · Penalties
This is the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988
Amended 2 times on record
A person that disposes of any feed made available to a livestock producer under this subchapter other than as authorized by the Secretary shall be (1) subject to a civil penalty equal to the market value of the feed involved, to be recovered by the Secretary in a civil suit brought for that purpose, and (2) guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Effective Date
Section effective 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, see section 101(c)(1) of Pub. L. 100–387, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment note under section 1427 of this title.