---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 870.7"
title: "7"
number: "870.7"
heading: "Monthly Consumption Report."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/870.7"
---

# §870.7. Monthly Consumption Report.

- (a) Eligible domestic users making applications for payment under this part must submit a Monthly Consumption Report to AMS. The Monthly Consumption Report must include the following:
  - (1) Documentation of eligible upland cotton inventory consumed by the eligible domestic user;
  - (2) The eligible domestic user's calculation of financial assistance claimed for payment under the program; and
  - (3) The eligible domestic user's signed certification as to the accuracy of the Monthly Consumption Report.
- (b) The eligible domestic user must report to AMS the activity pursuant to [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section for each month beginning on the effective date of the Agreement.
  - (1) If the eligible domestic user's facility is temporarily closed for any reason, the eligible domestic user must notify AMS and submit a Monthly Consumption Report prior to the end of the month following the plant closure.
  - (2) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section, the domestic user must submit Monthly Consumption Reports every month, even when no eligible upland cotton has been consumed.
- (c) Monthly Consumption Reports not submitted by the last business day of the following month will be considered late by AMS and are ineligible for payment.
- (d) AMS will not process for payment Monthly Consumption Reports or any other required documents from an eligible domestic user that contain errors or omissions.
- (e) Any transaction between two eligible domestic users involving the transfer of eligible upland cotton bales must be reported to AMS by both eligible domestic users with a statement of eligible claim certification as defined in [§ 870.2](/cfr/7/870.2.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 9037(c).

### Source

Source: 88 FR 74333, Oct. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.