Reject new marketing orders/checkoffs; seek elimination; mandate periodic votes
Mandate calls marketing orders and checkoffs compelled-speech cartels: reject new ones, eliminate when possible, ease termination, bar volume controls, seek congressional elimination, and require votes at least every five years that USDA must honor.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 10 (USDA) — Marketing Orders and Checkoffs: reduce number/scope—reject new requests and eliminate existing when possible; make termination easier; reject volume controls; work with Congress to eliminate programs; promote legislation requiring regular votes at least every five years that USDA must honor.
Undo plan
1) Preserve research/promotion checkoffs that producers affirmatively reauthorize by vote.
2) End volume controls and compelled political speech without killing all commodity research.
3) Implement five-year referenda with USDA-honored results.
4) Increase petition transparency and producer database access for votes.
5) Verify: referendum turnout and program continuation tallies.