7 USC § 9058 - Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s9058"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 9058 - Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "9058"
section_name: "Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums"
chapter_number: 115
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DAIRY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Dairy Margin Coverage"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1408, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(k)(9), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4517.)"
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# § 9058. Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums

**(a)** **Loss of benefits** A participating dairy operation that fails to pay the required annual administrative fee under section 9054 of this title or is in arrears on premium payments under section 9057 of this title—

**(1)** remains legally obligated to pay the administrative fee or premiums, as the case may be; and

**(2)** may not receive dairy margin coverage payments until the fees or premiums are fully paid.

**(b)** **Enforcement** The Secretary may take such action as necessary to collect administrative fees and premium payments for participation in dairy margin coverage.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1408, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(k)(9), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4517.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “margin protection”.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “the margin protection program”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on , see , set out as a note under .