7 U.S.C. § 2139 : US Code - Section 2139: Principal-agent relationship established

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When construing or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the
act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by a
research facility, a dealer, or an exhibitor or a person licensed
as a dealer or an exhibitor pursuant to the second sentence of
section 2133 of this title, or an operator of an auction sale
subject to section 2142 of this title, or an intermediate handler,
or a carrier, within the scope of his employment or office, shall
be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such research facility,
dealer, exhibitor, licensee, operator of an auction sale,
intermediate handler, or carrier, as well as of such person.