Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§8717 Study and Report by the Department of Commerce
Title 15 › CHAPTER 113 — CONCRETE MASONRY PRODUCTS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PROMOTION › § 8717
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By October 5, 2021, the Secretary of Commerce must study and report to Congress whether using the commodity check-off program model works for a nonagricultural industry, taking into account the program in this chapter and other nonagricultural check-offs.
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Title 15, §8717
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Not later than 3 years after October 5, 2018, the Secretary shall prepare a study and submit to Congress a report examining the appropriateness and effectiveness of applying the commodity check-off program model (such as those programs established under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7411 et seq.)) to a nonagricultural industry, taking into account the program established by this chapter and any other check-off program involving a nonagricultural industry.
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The Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996, referred to in text, is subtitle B of title V of Pub. L. 104–127, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1032, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 7411 et seq.) of chapter 101 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 7401 of Title 7 and Tables.
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15 U.S.C. § 8717
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
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Aug 21, 2026
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