15 USC § 8717 - Study and report by the Department of Commerce

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title: "15 USC § 8717 - Study and report by the Department of Commerce"
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section_name: "Study and report by the Department of Commerce"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "CONCRETE MASONRY PRODUCTS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PROMOTION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–254, div. E, § 1318, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3485.)"
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# § 8717. Study and report by the Department of Commerce

October 5, 20187 U.S.C. 7411

Not later than 3 years after , 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 ( 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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–254, div. E, § 1318, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3485.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996, referred to in text, is subtitle B of title V of , , , which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 7411 et seq.) of chapter 101 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.