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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§6521 Administration

Title 7 › CHAPTER 94 — ORGANIC CERTIFICATION › § 6521

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary must publish proposed rules to run the organic program within 540 days after November 28, 1990. The Secretary must help states set up organic certification programs by giving technical, administrative, and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) support, and may provide financial aid. The Secretary must have access to cross‑border data from other federal systems, including the Automated Commercial Environment. By March 1, 2020, and each year through March 1, 2023, the Secretary must send Congress and post online a report on all domestic and overseas investigations and compliance actions from the prior year, with data by product, quantity, value, and month, excluding any confidential business information.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §6521

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(a)Regulations
Not later than 540 days after November 28, 1990, the Secretary shall issue proposed regulations to carry out this chapter.
(b)Assistance to State
(1)Technical and other assistance
The Secretary shall provide technical, administrative, and National Institute of Food and Agriculture assistance to assist States in the implementation of an organic certification program under this chapter.
(2)Financial assistance
The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State that implements an organic certification program under this chapter.
(c)Access to data documentation systems
The Secretary shall have access to available data from cross-border documentation systems administered by other Federal agencies, including the Automated Commercial Environment system of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(d)Reports
(1)In general
Not later than March 1, 2020, and annually thereafter through March 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, a report describing national organic program activities with respect to all domestic and overseas investigations and compliance actions taken pursuant to this chapter during the preceding year.
(2)Requirements
The data described in paragraph (1) shall be broken down by agricultural product, quantity, value, and month.
(3)Exception
Any data determined by the Secretary to be confidential business information shall not be provided in the report under paragraph (1).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2018—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 115–334 added subsecs. (c) and (d). 2008—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(24), substituted “National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “Extension Service”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 7511(c)(24) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 6521

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110