---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 7441"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "7441"
heading: "Findings and declaration of policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/7441"
units:
  - "Chapter 101 — Agricultural Promotion"
  - "Subchapter III — Canola and Rapeseed"
---

# §7441. Findings and declaration of policy

- (a) **Findings—** Congress finds that—
  - (1) [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products are an important and nutritious part of the human diet;
  - (2) the production of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products plays a significant role in the economy of the [United States](/usc/7/7412.md?p=18) in that—
    - (A) [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products are produced by thousands of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) [producers](/usc/7/7412.md?p=11) and processed by numerous processing entities; and
    - (B) [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products produced in the [United States](/usc/7/7412.md?p=18) are consumed by people throughout the [United States](/usc/7/7412.md?p=18) and foreign countries;
  - (3) [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products should be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate supply of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products at a reasonable price;
  - (4) the maintenance and expansion of existing [markets](/usc/7/7412.md?p=8) and development of new [markets](/usc/7/7412.md?p=8) for [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products are vital to the welfare of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) [producers](/usc/7/7412.md?p=11) and processors and those [persons](/usc/7/7412.md?p=10) concerned with [marketing](/usc/7/7442.md?p=11) [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products, as well as to the general economy of the [United States](/usc/7/7412.md?p=18), and are necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient [marketing](/usc/7/7442.md?p=11) of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products;
  - (5) there exist established [State](/usc/7/7412.md?p=15) and national organizations conducting [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) [research](/usc/7/7412.md?p=13), [promotion](/usc/7/7412.md?p=12), and consumer education programs that are valuable to the efforts of promoting the consumption of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products;
  - (6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation of a coordinated national program of [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) [research](/usc/7/7412.md?p=13), [promotion](/usc/7/7412.md?p=12), [consumer information](/usc/7/7442.md?p=6), and [industry information](/usc/7/7442.md?p=9) is necessary to maintain and expand existing [markets](/usc/7/7412.md?p=8) and develop new [markets](/usc/7/7412.md?p=8) for [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products; and
  - (7) [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products move in interstate and foreign [commerce](/usc/7/7442.md?p=4), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products that do not move in [interstate or foreign commerce](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-3) directly burden or affect interstate [commerce](/usc/7/7442.md?p=4) in [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products.
- (b) **Policy—** It is the policy of this subchapter to establish an orderly procedure for developing, financing through assessments on domestically produced [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and implementing a program of [research](/usc/7/7412.md?p=13), [promotion](/usc/7/7412.md?p=12), [consumer information](/usc/7/7442.md?p=6), and [industry information](/usc/7/7442.md?p=9) designed to strengthen the position in the marketplace of the [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) industry, to maintain and expand existing domestic and foreign [markets](/usc/7/7412.md?p=8) and uses for [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products, and to develop new [markets](/usc/7/7412.md?p=8) and uses for [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), and [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) and [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2) products.
- (c) **Construction—** Nothing in this subchapter provides for the control of production or otherwise limits the right of individual [producers](/usc/7/7412.md?p=11) to produce [canola](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), [rapeseed](/usc/7/7442.md?p=2), or [canola or rapeseed products](/usc/7/7442.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–127, title V, § 532, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1048.)