7 U.S.C. § 7441 — Findings and declaration of policy

(a) Findings: Congress finds: (1) canola and rapeseed products are an important and nutritious part of what people eat; (2) growing canola and rapeseed matters a lot to the U.S. economy because (A) thousands of producers grow them and many companies process them, and (B) people in the U.S. and other countries eat products made from them; (3) canola, rapeseed, and their products should be easy to get and efficiently sold, so consumers always have enough at a fair price; (4) keeping and growing markets for canola and rapeseed products matters to producers, processors, and marketers, and to the whole U.S. economy, and this requires making sure the products stay available and well marketed; (5) there are already state and national groups doing canola and rapeseed research, promotion, and consumer education that are valuable to this effort; (6) building, funding, and running a coordinated national program of research, promotion, and information is needed to keep and grow markets for canola and rapeseed products; and (7) canola, rapeseed, and their products move across state and international borders — and even canola and rapeseed that stay within one state still affect interstate commerce in these goods. (b) Policy: It is now the policy of this part of the law to set up an orderly system: developing a program of research, promotion, and consumer and industry information; funding it through fees charged on domestically produced canola and rapeseed; and running it to strengthen the canola and rapeseed industry's market position, keep and grow existing markets, and open new markets and uses. (c) Construction: Nothing in this part of the law lets the government control how much canola or rapeseed any individual producer grows, or otherwise limits a producer's right to grow it.