§ 4501. — Congressional findings and declaration of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC4501]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 76--DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER I--DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM
Sec. 4501. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
(a) Congress finds that--
(1) dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of
the human diet;
(2) the production of dairy products plays a significant role in
the Nation's economy the milk from which dairy products are
manufactured is produced by thousands of milk producers, and dairy
products are consumed by millions of people throughout the United
States;
(3) dairy products must be readily available and marketed
efficiently to ensure that the people of the United States receive
adequate nourishment;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets for dairy
products are vital to the welfare of milk producers and those
concerned with marketing, using, and producing dairy products, as
well as to the general economy of the Nation; and
(5) dairy products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and
dairy products that do not move in such channels of commerce
directly burden or affect interstate commerce of dairy products.
(b) It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of Congress that it
is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the
exercise of the powers provided herein, of an orderly procedure for
financing (through assessments on all milk produced in the United States
for commercial use and on imported dairy products) and carrying out a
coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy
industry's position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand
domestic and foreign markets and uses for fluid milk and dairy products.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to provide for the control
of production or otherwise limit the right of individual milk producers
to produce milk or the right of any person to import dairy products.
(Pub. L. 98-180, title I, Sec. 110, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1136; Pub.
L. 107-171, title I, Sec. 1505(h)(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 210.)
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-171 inserted ``and on imported dairy
products'' after ``commercial use'' and struck out `` produced in the
United States'' after ``fluid milk and dairy products'' in first
sentence and inserted ``or the right of any person to import dairy
products'' before period at end of second sentence.
Short Title
For short title of title I of Pub. L. 98-180 as the ``Dairy
Production Stabilization Act of 1983'', see Short Title of 1983
Amendment note set out under section 1421 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4502 of this title.
