Federal · Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

15 U.S.C. § 8717: Study and report by the Department of Commerce

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Not later than 3 years after October 5, 2018 , the Secretary shall prepare a study and submit to Congress a report examining the appropriateness and effectiveness of applying the commodity check-off program model (such as those programs established under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 ( 7 U.S.C. 7411 et seq.)) to a nonagricultural industry, taking into account the program established by this chapter and any other check-off program involving a nonagricultural industry.

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