Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110
§8701 Declaration of Policy
Title 15 › CHAPTER 113 — CONCRETE MASONRY PRODUCTS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PROMOTION › § 8701
Summary
Allows a program to be set up to pay for and run research, education, and promotion (including marketing and market research) for concrete masonry products. The program has three goals: make the U.S. concrete masonry industry stronger, keep and grow markets and uses in the United States, and encourage using concrete masonry in building and construction. The program must not control how much anyone makes or stop anyone from making concrete masonry products.
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Title 15, §8701
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(a)Purpose
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)Limitation
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.
Legislative History
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Short Title
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’.”
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 8701
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110