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Bill Signing Statement for Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Bill Signing Statement for Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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August 11, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has signed H.R. 13264 which provides variable penalties
for certain violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Under provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, it is
unlawful to misbrand perishable agricultural commodities shipped, sold or
offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce. The Act requires
all merchants, brokers, and dealers who deal in such perishable
agricultural commodities to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture
The only penalties which can presently be imposed for such violations
are public disclosure of the facts and circumstances and/or the suspension
or revocation of the license of the violator.
The Department of Agriculture's experience with administering the Act
led it to believe that the law was too inflexible. Violators were given
either no penalty in one case or their license was suspended or revoked
in another instance -- a gap existed for violations which warranted an
intermediate penalty.
In order to remedy this situation, Agriculture submitted to the Congress
a draft bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
The Agriculture bill provided that violators, with the consent of the
Secretary, may admit their violations and pay a monetary penalty not to
exceed $2,000 in lieu of a formal suspension or revocation proceeding.
Payments so made would be deposited into the trea sury as miscellaneous
receipts. The bill is identical to the Agriculture proposal described above.
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Digitized from Box 1 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library