TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 26A - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGREEMENTS

§ 671. Arbitration of disputes concerning milk.

§ 672. Agreements; licenses, regulations, programs, etc., unaffected.

§ 673. Taxes under Agricultural Adjustment Act; laws unaffected.

§ 674. Short title.
 
 
 
 

§ 671. Arbitration of disputes concerning milk
 
 

(a) Application
 
 

The Secretary of Agriculture, or such officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture as

may be designated by him, upon written application of any cooperative association,

incorporated or otherwise, which is in good faith owned or controlled by producers or

organizations thereof, of milk or its products, and which is bona fide engaged in collective

processing or preparing for market or handling or marketing (in the current of interstate or

foreign commerce, as defined by section 610(j) of this title), milk or its products, may mediate

and, with the consent of all parties, shall arbitrate if the Secretary has reason to believe that

the declared policy of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended,

would be effectuated thereby, bona fide disputes, between such associations and the

purchasers or handlers, or processors or distributors of milk or its products, as to terms and

conditions of the sale of milk or its products. The power to arbitrate under this section shall

apply only to such subjects of the term or condition in dispute as could be regulated under the

provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, relating to orders for milk and its

products.

(b) Conduct of meetings Meeting held pursuant to this section shall be conducted subject to

such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

(c) Approval of award
 
 

No award or agreement resulting from any such arbitration or mediation shall be effective

unless and until approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, or such officer or employee of the

Department of Agriculture as may be designated by him, and shall not be approved if it

permits any unlawful trade practice or any unfair method of competition.

(d) Exemption from antitrust laws
 
 

No meeting so held and no award or agreement so approved shall be deemed to be in

violation of any of the antitrust laws of the United States.
 
 

§ 672. Agreements; licenses, regulations, programs, etc., unaffected
 
 

(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as invalidating any marketing agreement, license, or

order, or any regulation relating to, or any provision of, or any act of the Secretary of

Agriculture in connection with, any such agreement, license, or order which has been

executed, issued, approved, or done under the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 601 et

seq.), or any amendment thereof, but such marketing agreements, licenses, orders,

regulations, provisions, and acts are expressly ratified, legalized, and confirmed.

(b) Any program in effect under the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as

reenacted and amended by this Act, on January 1, 1950, shall continue in effect without the

necessity for any amendatory action relative to such program, but any such program shall be

continued in operation by the Secretary of Agriculture only to establish and maintain such

orderly marketing conditions as will tend to effectuate the declared purpose set out in section

2 or 8c(18) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 602 or 608c(18)), as reenacted

and amended by this Act.
 
 

§ 673. Taxes under Agricultural Adjustment Act; laws unaffected
 
 

No processing taxes or compensating taxes shall be levied or collected under the Agricultural

Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,

nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as

amended, other than those enumerated in section 1 of Act of June 3, 1937, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246.

The provisions so enumerated shall apply in accordance with their terms (as amended by this Act) to

the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, this Act, and other provisions of law to which they

have been heretofore made applicable.
 
 

§ 674. Short title
 
 

This Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937".