§8701 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates a program to plan, pay for, and run research, education, promotion, marketing, and market research for concrete masonry products. The program is meant to strengthen the industry in the U.S., grow and keep markets and uses, and encourage use in building and construction. It does not allow anyone to control how much is made or stop anyone from making these products.

Title 15, §8701

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(a)The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the establishment of an orderly program for developing, financing, and carrying out an effective, continuous, and coordinated program of research, education, and promotion, including funds for marketing and market research activities, that is designed to—

(1)strengthen the position of the concrete masonry products industry in the domestic marketplace;

(2)maintain, develop, and expand markets and uses for concrete masonry products in the domestic marketplace; and

(3)promote the use of concrete masonry products in construction and building.

(b)Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of any person to manufacture concrete masonry products.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 115–254, div. E, § 1301, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3469, provided that: “This division [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2018’.”

§8701 Declaration of Policy

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Title 15, §8701

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