Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§4505 Certification of Organizations

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

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must decide which groups can represent milk producers and help make nominations. The Secretary must certify any group that meets the rules the Secretary sets. The Secretary’s decision is final. To get certified, a group must file a factual report with information the Secretary asks for. That report should show the area the members cover, who the members are and how many (including the share of all milk producers they represent), proof the group is stable and lasting, where its money comes from, what the group does, and whether it can and will support the goals of this law.

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 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60