7 USC § 9060 - Administration and enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s9060"
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title: "7 USC § 9060 - Administration and enforcement"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "9060"
section_name: "Administration and enforcement"
chapter_number: 115
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DAIRY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Dairy Margin Coverage"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1410, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(k)(10), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4518.)"
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# § 9060. Administration and enforcement

**(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** section 1308(h) of this title7 U.S.C. 6991

Using authorities under  and subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act ( 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1410, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(k)(10), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4518.)

## 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 , , . 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 . Subsec. (d) of  amended .

### Amendments

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

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

Subsec. (c). , 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 .