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bursement for expenses incurred in their service on
the Board or Committee, including reasonable travel
costs and out-of-pocket expenses when required to be
away from their home or place of business in the
service of the Board or Committee.
‘‘(13) REMOVAL
FOR
CAUSE.—The Secretary
may remove any member of the Board for good
cause shown.
‘‘(14) TERMINATION
OF
THE
BOARD.—The
Board shall terminate at such date—not later than
June 30, 1999—agreed on by the Secretary and the
Board, unless extended by later enactment of Con-
gress.
‘‘(c) BOARD PROCEDURES.—
‘‘(1) MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.—
‘‘(A) FIRST
MEETING.—Within 2 weeks
after the Secretary has appointed a quorum to
the initial Dairy Stabilization Board, the Board
shall convene for its initial meeting and elect of-
ficers and adopt written bylaws and rules of
procedure to govern its meetings.
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—Following
the initial meeting, the Board shall meet at the
call of the chair or as requested by the Sec-
retary, but at least once every 3 months.
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‘‘(2) QUORUM.—A quorum of the Board shall
be 10 persons.
‘‘(3) NOTICE TO SECRETARY; EX OFFICIO REP-
RESENTATION.—The Board shall notify the Sec-
retary in advance of each meeting of the Board. The
Secretary, or a representative of the Secretary, shall
attend each meeting as a non-voting ex officio mem-
ber of the Board.
‘‘(d) DUTIES OF THE BOARD.—The Dairy Stabiliza-
tion Board shall have the duties to—
‘‘(1) prepare annually, for each of the 1994
through 1998 calendar years, a Dairy Stabilization
Plan for that year and, as necessary, establish a per
hundredweight rate of deductions from producer rev-
enues for such year under section 204(h)(2) to cover
the costs of removals of surplus dairy products and
other activities of the Board under the Plan, and
submit both to the Secretary in advance for ap-
proval;
‘‘(2) before the beginning of the second, third,
and fourth quarter of each calendar year in which
deductions under section 204(h)(2) are in effect,
make adjustments in the rate of deductions for such
year as necessary to reflect changes in anticipated
costs under the Plan for such year based on revi-
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sions in the estimate of net Commodity Credit Cor-
poration removals of dairy products for the year,
and submit any such adjustment to the Secretary in
advance for approval;
‘‘(3) prepare and submit to the Secretary in ad-
vance for approval the Board’s proposed budget for
each calendar year it is in operation;
‘‘(4) implement each annual Dairy Stabilization
Plan and approved budget, and coordinate activities
under the Plan with the programs of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture;
‘‘(5) evaluate results under each Dairy Sta-
bilization Plan and report on the evaluations to the
Secretary, and provide a copy of each such report to
the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture;
‘‘(6) with respect to the estimate of the value
and volume of Commodity Credit Corporation milk
and milk product purchases made by the Secretary
by November 20 under section 204(f), in cooperation
with the Secretary, make monthly revisions of such
estimate for each month of the year to which the es-
timate applies;