§ 499f.
(b)
Disciplinary violations
Any officer or agency of any State or Territory having jurisdiction over commission merchants, dealers, or brokers in such State or Territory and any other interested person (other than an employee of an agency of the Department of Agriculture administering this chapter) may file, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary, a written notification of any alleged violation of this chapter by any commission merchant, dealer, or broker. In addition, any official certificates of the United States Government or States or Territories of the United States and trust notices filed pursuant to section 499e of this title shall constitute written notification for the purposes of conducting an investigation under subsection (c). The identity of any person filing a written notification under this subsection shall be considered to be confidential information. The identity of such person, and any portion of the notification to the extent that it would indicate the identity of such person, are specifically exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), as provided in subsection (b)(3) of such section.
(e)
Bond required for certain complaints
In case a complaint is made by a nonresident of the United States, or by a resident of the United States to whom the claim of a nonresident of the United States has been assigned, the complainant shall be required, before any formal action is taken on his complaint, to furnish a bond in double the amount of the claim conditioned upon the payment of costs, including a reasonable attorney’s fee for the respondent if the respondent shall prevail, and any reparation award that may be issued by the Secretary of Agriculture against the complainant on any counter claim by respondent: Provided, That the Secretary shall have authority to waive the furnishing of a bond by a complainant who is a resident of a country which permits the filing of a complaint by a resident of the United States without the furnishing of a bond.
([June 10, 1930, ch. 436, § 6], [46 Stat. 534]; [Apr. 13, 1934, ch. 120], §§ 8–10, [48 Stat. 586], 587; [Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 719], §§ 8, 9, [50 Stat. 728]; [Pub. L. 86–507, § 1(4)], June 11, 1960, [74 Stat. 200]; [Pub. L. 87–725, § 8], Oct. 1, 1962, [76 Stat. 675]; [Pub. L. 92–231, § 1], Feb. 15, 1972, [86 Stat. 38]; [Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1115(c)], Dec. 22, 1981, [95 Stat. 1270]; [Pub. L. 97–352, § 2], Oct. 18, 1982, [96 Stat. 1667]; [Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1011(4)], Dec. 13, 1991, [105 Stat. 1898]; [Pub. L. 104–48], §§ 7, 8(a), Nov. 15, 1995, [109 Stat. 428], 429.)