---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 4207"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "4207"
heading: "Reporting requirement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/4207"
units:
  - "Chapter 73 — Farmland Protection Policy"
---

# §4207. Reporting requirement


On January 1, 1987, and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year.[^1] the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives on the progress made in implementing the provisions of this chapter. Such report shall include information on—

- (1) the effects, if any, of Federal programs, authorities, and administrative activities with respect to the protection of United States farmland; and
- (2) the results of the reviews of existing policies and procedures required under [section 4203(a) of this title](/usc/7/4203.md?p=a).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The period probably should be a comma.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–98, title XV, § 1546, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1343; Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1255(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1518.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1985—Pub. L. 99–198 substituted “On January 1, 1987, and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year.” for “Within one year after December 22, 1981,”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective six months after Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1549 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4201 of this title.