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7 U.S.C. § 4501 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
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**(a)** Congress finds that—
(1) dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet;
(2) the production of dairy products plays a significant role in the Nation’s economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured is produced by thousands of milk producers, and dairy products are consumed by millions of people throughout the United States;
(3) dairy products must be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that the people of the United States receive adequate nourishment;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets for dairy products are vital to the welfare of milk producers and those concerned with marketing, using, and producing dairy products, as well as to the general economy of the Nation; and
(5) dairy products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and dairy products that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce of dairy products.
**(b)** It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided herein, of an orderly procedure for financing (through assessments on all milk produced in the United States for commercial use and on imported dairy products) and carrying out a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry’s position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for fluid milk and dairy products. Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual milk producers to produce milk or the right of any person to import dairy products.
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**(a)** Congress finds that—
(1) dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet;
(2) the production of dairy products plays a significant role in the Nation’s economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured is produced by thousands of milk producers, and dairy products are consumed by millions of people throughout the United States;
(3) dairy products must be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that the people of the United States receive adequate nourishment;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets for dairy products are vital to the welfare of milk producers and those concerned with marketing, using, and producing dairy products, as well as to the general economy of the Nation; and
(5) dairy products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and dairy products that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce of dairy products.
**(b)** It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided herein, of an orderly procedure for financing (through assessments on all milk produced in the United States for commercial use and on imported dairy products) and carrying out a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry’s position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for fluid milk and dairy products. Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual milk producers to produce milk or the right of any person to import dairy products.
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**(a) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton.
**(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry the following reports:
(1) Not later than July 1, 1984, a report on the effect of applying, nationally, standards similar to the current California standards for fluid milk products in their final consumer form, as they would relate to—
(A) consumer acceptance, overall consumer consumption trends, and total per capita consumption;
(B) nutritional augmentation, particularly for young and older Americans;
(C) implementing improved interagency enforcement of minimum standards to prevent consumer fraud and deception;
(D) multiple component pricing for producer milk;
(E) reduced Commodity Credit Corporation purchases;
(F) consistency of product quality throughout the year and between marketing regions of the United States; and
(G) consumer prices.
(2) Not later than December 31, 1984, a report on (A) recommendations for changes in the application of the parity formula to milk so as to make the formula more consistent with modern production methods and with special attention to the cost of producing milk as a result of changes in productivity, and (B) the feasibility of imposing a limitation on the total amount of payments and other assistance a producer of milk may receive during a year under [section 1446(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1446/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Not later than April 15, 1985, a report on the effectiveness of the paid diversion program carried out under [section 1446(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1446/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) Not later than July 1, 1985, and
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**(a) “Commodity promotion law” defined** In this section, the term “commodity promotion law” means a Federal law that provides for the establishment and operation of a promotion program regarding an agricultural commodity that includes a combination of promotion, research, industry information, or consumer information activities, is funded by mandatory assessments on producers or processors, and is designed to maintain or expand markets and uses for the commodity (as determined by the Secretary). The term includes—
(1) the marketing promotion provisions under [section 608c(6)(I) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section608c/6/I&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) Public Law 89–502 ([7 U.S.C. 2101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(3) title III of Public Law 91–670 ([7 U.S.C. 2611](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2611&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(4) Public Law 93–428 ([7 U.S.C. 2701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(5) Public Law 94–294 ([7 U.S.C. 2901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(6) subtitle B of title I of Public Law 98–180 ([7 U.S.C. 4501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section4501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(7) Public Law 98–590 ([7 U.S.C. 4601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section4601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(8) subtitle B of title XVI of Public Law 99–198 ([7 U.S.C. 4801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-secti
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 4501
ganizations designated to test or inspect
equipment under this chapter, such records to
be made available to the Secretary upon re-
quest;
(7) inform contracting parties, through the
Secretary of State of the United States, of all
general measures taken in connection with
the implementation of the agreement; and
(8) take such other action as may be consid-
ered appropriate to implement the agreement
and administer this chapter.
(Pub. L. 97–325, § 4, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1604.)
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This chapter, referred to in pars. (3) to (6) and (8), was
in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 97–325, Oct.
15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1603, known as the International Car-
riage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act, which is classified
principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 4401 of this title and Tables.
§ 4404. Duties of Secretary of State
The Secretary of State, with the concurrence
of the Secretary of Agriculture, may take such
action as may be considered appropriate to as-
sert and protect the rights of the United States
under the agreement.
(Pub. L. 97–325, § 5, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1605.)
§ 4405. Fees and charges
(a) Testing or inspection
Any organization designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture to test or inspect equipment may
establish reasonable fees to cover the costs of
such testing or inspection. Such fees shall be
payable directly to the organization by those
seeking inspection or testing.
(b) Issuance of certificates of compliance
The Secretary of Agriculture may, effective
October 1, 1982, fix and cause to be collected rea-
sonable fees to cover, as nearly as practicable,
the costs to the De
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