---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3413"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3413"
heading: "Certification of organizations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3413"
units:
  - "Chapter 65 — Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education"
---

# §3413. Certification of organizations


The eligibility of any organization to represent [wheat producers](/usc/7/3402.md?p=d), [processors](/usc/7/3402.md?p=e), [end product manufacturers](/usc/7/3402.md?p=f), or consumers to request the issuance of an order under [section 3403(a) of this title](/usc/7/3403.md?p=a) and to participate in the making of nominations under [section 3405(b) of this title](/usc/7/3405.md?p=b), shall be certified by the [Secretary](/usc/7/3402.md?p=k). The [Secretary](/usc/7/3402.md?p=k) shall certify any organization which the [Secretary](/usc/7/3402.md?p=k) finds to be eligible under this section and the [Secretary](/usc/7/3402.md?p=k)’s determination as to eligibility shall be final. Certification shall be based, in addition to other available information, upon a factual report submitted by the organization which shall contain information deemed relevant and specified by the [Secretary](/usc/7/3402.md?p=k) for the making of such determination, including, but not limited to, the following:

- (a) geographic territory covered by the organization’s active membership,
- (b) nature and size of the organization’s active membership, including, in the case of an organization other than a consumer organization, the proportion of the total number of active [wheat producers](/usc/7/3402.md?p=d), [processors](/usc/7/3402.md?p=e), or [end product manufacturers](/usc/7/3402.md?p=f) represented by the organization,
- (c) evidence of stability and permanency of the organization,
- (d) sources from which the organization’s operating funds are derived,
- (e) functions of the organization, and
- (f) the organization’s ability and willingness to further the aims and objectives of this title: Provided, That the primary consideration in determining the eligibility of an organization, other than a consumer organization, shall be whether its membership consists primarily of [wheat producers](/usc/7/3402.md?p=d), [processors](/usc/7/3402.md?p=e), or [end product manufacturers](/usc/7/3402.md?p=f) who produce a substantial volume of [wheat](/usc/7/3402.md?p=a), [processed wheat](/usc/7/3402.md?p=b), or [end products](/usc/7/3402.md?p=c), respectively, and whether the organization is based on a primary or overriding interest in the production, processing, or end manufacture of [wheat](/usc/7/3402.md?p=a) or [wheat](/usc/7/3402.md?p=a) products, and the nutritional attributes thereof: Provided further, That the primary consideration in determining the eligibility of a consumer organization shall be whether (1) a principal purpose of the organization is to promote consumer interests, consumer [research](/usc/7/3402.md?p=g), or consumer education, (2) such organization has a broadly representative constituency of consumers, with active membership participation on a regular basis, and (3) the organization has demonstrated to the [Secretary](/usc/7/3402.md?p=k)’s satisfaction its commitment to the achievement of the objectives of this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–113, title XVII, § 1714, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1039.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.