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§6521 Administration

Title 7 › Chapter 94— ORGANIC CERTIFICATION › § 6521

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must issue proposed rules to carry out the chapter 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 support, and may give money to States that adopt such programs. The Secretary can use cross-border data from other federal agencies, including the Automated Commercial Environment system of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. By March 1, 2020, and each year through March 1, 2023, the Secretary must send Congress and post on the Department of Agriculture website a report on national organic program activities. The report must cover all domestic and overseas investigations and compliance actions from the prior year and must show data by agricultural product, quantity, value, and month. Confidential business information must be excluded.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §6521

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(a)Not later than 540 days after November 28, 1990, the Secretary shall issue proposed regulations to carry out this chapter.
(b)(1)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)The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State that implements an organic certification program under this chapter.
(c)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)(1)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)The data described in paragraph (1) shall be broken down by agricultural product, quantity, value, and month.
(3)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.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 6521

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60