Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§9060 Administration and Enforcement
Title 7 › CHAPTER 115 — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER III — DAIRY › Part A — Dairy Margin Coverage › § 9060
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must write rules to run and enforce the dairy margin coverage program. The rules must stop producers from re-forming a dairy operation just to get payments and must provide administrative appeals under 7 U.S.C. 1308(h) and subtitle H (7 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.).
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §9060
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(a)In general
The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to address administrative and enforcement issues involved in carrying out dairy margin coverage.
(b)Reconstitution
The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to prohibit a dairy producer from reconstituting a dairy operation for the purpose of the dairy producer receiving dairy margin coverage payments.
(c)Administrative appeals
Using authorities under section 1308(h) of this title and subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act (7 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.), the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to provide for administrative appeals of decisions of the Secretary that are adverse to participants of dairy margin coverage.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act, referred to in subsec. (c), probably means the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 which is title II of Pub. L. 103–354, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3209. Subtitle H of the Act is classified principally to subchapter VIII (§ 6991 et seq.) of chapter 98 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section is comprised of section 1410 of Pub. L. 113–79. Subsec. (d) of section 1410 of Pub. L. 113–79 amended section 7253 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(10)(A), substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “the margin protection program”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(10)(B), substituted “dairy margin coverage payments” for “margin protection payments”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(10)(A), substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “the margin protection program”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–334 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, see section 1401(m) of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a note under section 9051 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
7 U.S.C. § 9060
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110