The Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (Dairy Act) authorized a national producer program for dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education to increase human consumption of milk and dairy products and reduce milk surpluses. This self-help program is funded by a mandatory 15-cent-per-hundredweight assessment on all milk produced in the United States and marketed commercially and a 7.5 cents per hundredweight assessment on milk or equivalent thereof, on dairy products imported into the United States. It is administered by the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (Dairy Board).