§ 7441. — 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: 7USC7441]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 101--AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION
SUBCHAPTER III--CANOLA AND RAPESEED
Sec. 7441. Findings and declaration of policy
(a) Findings
Congress finds that--
(1) canola and rapeseed products are an important and nutritious
part of the human diet;
(2) the production of canola and rapeseed products plays a
significant role in the economy of the United States in that--
(A) canola and rapeseed products are produced by thousands
of canola and rapeseed producers and processed by numerous
processing entities; and
(B) canola and rapeseed products produced in the United
States are consumed by people throughout the United States and
foreign countries;
(3) canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products should be
readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers
have an adequate supply of canola and rapeseed products at a
reasonable price;
(4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and
development of new markets for canola, rapeseed, and canola and
rapeseed products are vital to the welfare of canola and rapeseed
producers and processors and those persons concerned with marketing
canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products, as well as to
the general economy of the United States, and are necessary to
ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of canola,
rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products;
(5) there exist established State and national organizations
conducting canola and rapeseed research, promotion, and consumer
education programs that are valuable to the efforts of promoting the
consumption of canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products;
(6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation
of a coordinated national program of canola and rapeseed research,
promotion, consumer information, and industry information is
necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new
markets for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products; and
(7) canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products move in
interstate and foreign commerce, and canola, rapeseed, and canola
and rapeseed products that do not move in interstate or foreign
commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in canola,
rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products.
(b) Policy
It is the policy of this subchapter to establish an orderly
procedure for developing, financing through assessments on domestically
produced canola and rapeseed, and implementing a program of research,
promotion, consumer information, and industry information designed to
strengthen the position in the marketplace of the canola and rapeseed
industry, to maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign markets
and uses for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products, and to
develop new markets and uses for canola, rapeseed, and canola and
rapeseed products.
(c) Construction
Nothing in this subchapter provides for the control of production or
otherwise limits the right of individual producers to produce canola,
rapeseed, or canola or rapeseed products.
(Pub. L. 104-127, title V, Sec. 532, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1048.)
