Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§4532 Establishment of National Dairy Research Endowment Institute

Title 7 › Chapter 76— DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION › Subchapter II— DAIRY RESEARCH PROGRAM › § 4532

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can create a National Dairy Research Endowment Institute inside the Department of Agriculture. The Institute must run the dairy products research program using money from the Dairy Research Trust Fund to pay for scientific research that helps grow U.S. markets for milk and dairy products. A board of trustees made up of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board will lead the Institute. The board may pick an executive committee that reflects all milk‑producing regions and give it powers. Board members get no pay but may receive reasonable travel expenses and a per diem when away for board work, as the board recommends and the Secretary approves, without duplicate payments.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §4532

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The Secretary of Agriculture may establish in the Department of Agriculture a National Dairy Research Endowment Institute whose function shall be to aid the dairy industry through the implementation of the dairy products research order, which its board of trustees shall administer, and the use of monies made available to its board of trustees from the Dairy Research Trust Fund to implement the order. In implementing the order, the Institute shall provide a permanent system for funding scientific research activities designed to facilitate the expansion of markets for milk and dairy products marketed in the United States. The Institute shall be headed by a board of trustees composed of the members of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. The board may appoint from among its members an executive committee whose membership shall reflect equally each of the different regions in the United States in which milk is produced. The executive committee shall have such duties and powers as are delegated to it by the board. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the board, members of the board shall be allowed reasonable travel expenses, including a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, as recommended by the board and approved by the Secretary, except that there shall be no duplication of payment for such expenses.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 4532

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60