7 U.S.C. § 1421b

Costs of production

Congress finds that, to improve the accuracy of commodity program benefit forecasts, the Secretary of Agriculture should designate a single organization to manage its commodity program forecasting and establish a quality control program to—

(1)

systematically identify the source of forecasting errors;

(2)

maintain records of data used for supply and demand forecasts;

(3)

document its forecasting methods; and

(4)

correct weaknesses in its various forecasting components.

( Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2512 , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4073 ; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1011(b) , Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 709 .)