Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums
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/us/usc/t7/s9058
Title
7 — Agriculture
Chapter
CH115
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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(a) Loss of benefitsA participating dairy operation that fails to pay the required annual administrative fee under section 9054 of this title or is in arrears on premium payments under section 9057 of this title—(1) remains legally obligated to pay the administrative fee or premiums, as the case may be; and
(2) may not receive dairy margin coverage payments until the fees or premiums are fully paid.
(b) EnforcementThe Secretary may take such action as necessary to collect administrative fees and premium payments for participation in dairy margin coverage.
(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1408, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 693; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(k)(9), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4517.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(9)(A), substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “margin protection”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1401(k)(9)(B), substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “the margin protection program”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–334 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, see section 1401(m) of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a note under section 9051 of this title.
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