Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§4505 Certification of organizations

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 76— - DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM › § 4505

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must decide which organizations can represent milk producers and take part in making nominations. The Secretary must certify any organization that meets the eligibility rules the Secretary creates, and that decision is final. Certification is based on available information and a factual report the organization sends with items the Secretary asks for. The report must cover six things: the area of its active members; the size and makeup of its membership and the share of total milk producers represented; proof the group is stable and permanent; where its money comes from; what it does; and its ability and willingness to support the subchapter’s goals.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §4505

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The eligibility of any organization to represent milk producers, and to participate in the making of nominations under section 4504 of this title shall be certified by the Secretary. The Secretary shall certify any organization that the Secretary determines meets the eligibility criteria established by the Secretary under this section and the Secretary’s determination as to eligibility shall be final.

(b)Certification shall be based, in addition to other available information, on a factual report submitted by the organization, which shall contain information deemed relevant and specified by the Secretary, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1)geographic territory covered by the organization’s active membership;

(2)nature and size of the organization’s active membership including the proportion of the total number of active milk producers represented by the organization;

(3)evidence of stability and permanency of the organization;

(4)sources from which the organization’s operating funds are derived;

(5)functions of the organization; and

(6)the organization’s ability and willingness to further the aims and objectives of this subchapter.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 4505

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73