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7 U.S. Code § 4534. Required terms of order; agreements under order; records
(a) Required termsThe dairy products research order issued under section 4533(b) of this title shall—
(1)
provide for the establishment and administration, by the Institute, of appropriate scientific research activities designed to facilitate the expansion of markets for dairy products marketed in the United States;
(2) specify the powers of the board, including the powers to—
(A) receive and evaluate, or on its own initiative develop and budget for, research plans or projects designed to—
(i)
increase the knowledge of human nutritional needs and the relationship of milk and dairy products to these needs;
(ii)
improve dairy processing technologies, particularly those appropriate to small- and medium-sized family farms;
(iii)
develop new dairy products; and
(iv)
appraise the effect of such research on the marketing of dairy products;
(B)
make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such plans and projects;
(C)
administer the order in accordance with its terms and provisions;
(D)
make rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of the order;
(E)
receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of the order;
(F)
recommend to the Secretary amendments to the order;
(G)
enter into agreements, with the approval of the Secretary, for the conduct of activities authorized under the order and for payment of the cost of such activities with any monies in the Fund other than monies appropriated or transferred by the Secretary to the Fund;
(H)
with the approval of the Secretary, establish advisory committees composed of individuals other than members of the board, and pay the necessary and reasonable expenses and fees of the members of such committees; and
(I)
with the approval of the Secretary, appoint or employ such persons, other than members of the board, as the board deems necessary and define the duties and determine the compensation of each;