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Category: Agriculture (US Code)World > United States > US Code > Agriculture (US Code)Sec.4901.Congressional findings and declaration of policy.4902.Definitions.4903.Issuance of plans.4904.Notice and hearings.4905.Regulations.4906.Required terms in plans.4907.Permissive terms in plans.4908.Assessment procedures.4909.Petition and review.4910.Enforcement.4911.Investigation and power to subpoena.4912.Requirement of referendum.4913.Suspension or termination of plans.4914.Amendment procedure.4915.Separability.4916.Authorization of appropriations. Contents
1 §4901. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
2 §4902. Definitions
3 §4903. Issuance of plans
4 §4904. Notice and hearings
5 §4905. Regulations
6 §4906. Required terms in plans
6.1 (a) Description of terms and provisions
6.2 (b) Establishment and powers of National Watermelon Promotion Board
6.3 (c) Membership of Board; representation of interests; appointment; nomination; eligibility of producers; importer representation
6.4 (d) Compensation and expenses of Board
6.5 (e) Budget on fiscal period basis
6.6 (f) Assessments; payments; notice
6.7 (g) Scope of expenditures; restrictions; assessments on per-unit basis; importers
6.8 (h) Refunds
6.9 (i) Submission of programs or projects; approval by Secretary
6.10 (j) Contract authority
6.11 (k) Recordkeeping; accounting and audit reports
6.12 (l) Certification
7 §4907. Permissive terms in plans
7.1 (a) Description of terms and provisions; prohibition
7.2 (b) Exemptions
7.3 (c) Designation of different handler payment and reporting schedules for assessments
7.4 (d) Advertising and sales promotion programs or projects
7.5 (e) Marketing objectives of research and development projects and studies
7.6 (f) Reserve funds; limitation
7.7 (g) Foreign market sales
7.8 (h) Other terms and conditions
8 §4908. Assessment procedures
8.1 (a) Persons responsible for remittance of assessments; recordkeeping; equal and unitary assessments
8.2 (b) Inspection of records
8.3 (c) Confidentiality of information; disclosure authority; general or violation statements; penalties; removal from office
9 §4909. Petition and review
10 §4910. Enforcement
11 §4911. Investigation and power to subpoena
12 §4912. Requirement of referendum
13 §4913. Suspension or termination of plans
14 §4914. Amendment procedure
14.2 (b) Separate consideration of amendments
14.4 (2) Amendments
14.5 (3) Importers
15 §4915. Separability
16 §4916. Authorization of appropriations
1993—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(1), substituted “handling, and importing” for “and handling”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(2), inserted “, or imported into the United States,” after “harvested in the United States” and struck out “produced in the United States” after “foreign markets for watermelons”.
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 103–189 provided that: “This Act (amending this section and sections 4902 to 4904, 4906, 4908, and 4911 to 4914 of this title) may be cited as the ‘Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act of 1993’.”
Section 1641 of Pub. L. 99–198 provided that: “This subtitle (subtitle C (§§1641–1657) of Pub. L. 99–198, enacting this chapter) may be cited as the ‘Watermelon Research and Promotion Act’.”
(2) The term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other entity.
(3) The term “watermelon” means all varieties of watermelon grown by producers in the United States or imported into the United States.
(4) The term “handler” means any person (except a common or contract carrier of watermelons owned by another person) who handles watermelons in a manner specified in a plan issued under this chapter or in regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) The term “producer” means any person engaged in the growing of 10 or more acres of watermelons.
(6) The term “importer” means any person who imports watermelons into the United States.
(7) The term “plan” means an order issued by the Secretary under this chapter.
(8) The term “promotion” means any action taken by the Board, under this chapter, to present a favorable image for watermelons to the public with the express intent of improving the competitive position of watermelons in the marketplace and stimulating sales of watermelons, and shall include, but not be limited to, paid advertising.
(9) The term “Board” means the National Watermelon Promotion Board provided for in section 4906 of this title.
(10) The term “United States” means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.
1993—Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(3)(A), substituted “chapter:” for “chapter—” in introductory provisions.
Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(3)(B), (C), substituted “The term” for “the term” and a period for semicolon at end.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(a)(1), (k)(3)(B), substituted “The term” for “the term” and “or imported into the United States.” for the semicolon at end.
Pub. L. 103–189, §3(a)(1), struck out “the forty-eight contiguous States of” after “by producers in”.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(3)(B), (C), substituted “The term” for “the term” and a period for semicolon at end.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 103–189, §9(a), substituted “10” for “five”.
Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(3)(B), (C), substituted “The term” for “the term” and a period for semicolon at end.
Par. (8). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(a)(2), (k)(3)(D), redesignated par. (6) as (8) and substituted “The term” for “the term” and a period for “; and” at end.
Par. (9). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(a)(2), (k)(3)(E), redesignated par. (7) as (9) and substituted “The term” for “the term” and “4906” for “4903”.
1993—Pub. L. 103–189, in first sentence, substituted “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers”, struck out after first sentence “Any order issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall hereinafter in this chapter be referred to as a ‘plan’.”, and in last sentence, struck out “the forty-eight contiguous States of” after “watermelons produced in”, and inserted “or imported into the United States” before period at end.
1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–189 substituted “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers” and “, handlers, or importers” for “or handlers”.
(B) the combined total volume of watermelons handled by the producer from the producer's own production and purchases from other producers’ production is more than 50 percent of the producer's own production.
The plan shall provide for the fixing by the Secretary of assessments to cover costs incurred under the budgets provided for in subsection (e) of this section, and under section 4907(f) of this title, based on the Board's recommendation as to the appropriate rate of assessment, and for the payment of the assessments to the Board..1 In fixing or changing the rate of assessment pursuant to the plan, the Secretary shall comply with the notice and comment procedures established under section 553 of title 5. Sections 556 and 557 of such title shall not apply with respect to fixing or changing the rate of assessment.
The plan shall provide that the Board, subject to the provisions of subsections (e), (f), and (g) of this section, shall develop and submit to the Secretary, for the Secretary's approval, any research, development, advertising, or promotion program or project, and that a program or project must be approved by the Secretary before becoming effective.
1993—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–189, §§4, 8(d), designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “other members of the Board” for “producer and handler members of the Board” in second sentence, and added pars. (2) and (3).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 103–189, §§5(1), 6, substituted “payment of the assessments to the Board.” for “collection of the assessments by the Board” and inserted at end “In fixing or changing the rate of assessment pursuant to the plan, the Secretary shall comply with the notice and comment procedures established under section 553 of title 5. Sections 556 and 557 of such title shall not apply with respect to fixing or changing the rate of assessment.”
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(4)(A), substituted “the following:” for “that—” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 103–189, §§5(2), 8(k)(4)(B), substituted “Funds received” for “funds collected” and a period for semicolon at end.
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(k)(4)(C), substituted “No” for “no” and a period for semicolon at end.
Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 103–189, §§5(2), 8(k)(4)(D), substituted “No” for “no”, “received” for “collected”, and a period for “; and” at end.
Subsec. (g)(4). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(e)(1), substituted “Assessments” for “assessments” and inserted “in the case of producers and handlers” after “such assessments”.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103–189, §§7, 8(f), designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “Except as provided in paragraph (2), the” for “The”, inserted “(or importer who is subject to the plan)” after “or handler” the first two places appearing, substituted “, handler, or importer paid the assessment” for “or handler paid the assessment”, and added pars. (2) and (3).
Handlers and importers responsible for payment of assessments under subsection (a) of this section shall maintain and make available for inspection by the Secretary such books and records as required by the plan and file reports at the times, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the plan, to the end that information and data shall be made available to the Board and to the Secretary that is appropriate or necessary to the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this chapter or of any plan or regulation issued under this chapter.
All information obtained under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be kept confidential by all officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture and of the Board, and only such information so furnished or acquired as the Secretary deems relevant shall be disclosed by them, and then only in a suit or administrative hearing brought at the direction, or on the request, of the Secretary, or to which the Secretary or any officer of the United States is a party, and involving the plan with reference to which the information to be disclosed was furnished or acquired. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit—
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(g)(2), inserted “and importers” after “Handlers”.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(g)(3), inserted “or importers” after “handlers”.
(b) The district courts of the United States in any district in which the person is an inhabitant, or in which the person's principal place of business is located, are hereby vested with jurisdiction to review such ruling, provided that a complaint for that purpose is filed within twenty days from the date of the entry of the ruling. Service of process in such proceedings may be had on the Secretary by delivering to the Secretary a copy of the complaint. If the court determines that the ruling is not in accordance with law, it shall remand the proceedings to the Secretary with directions either to (1) make such ruling as the court shall determine to be in accordance with law, or (2) take such further proceedings as, in its opinion, the law requires. The pendency of proceedings instituted under subsection (a) of this section shall not impede or delay the United States or the Secretary from obtaining relief under section 4910(a) 1 of this title.
Section 4910(a) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “section 1851(a)”, a nonexistent section in Pub. L. 99–198, and has been translated as if the reference had been to “section 1651(a)” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
(a) The several district courts of the United States are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain any person from violating, any plan or regulation made or issued under this chapter. The facts relating to any civil action that may be brought under this subsection shall be referred to the Attorney General for appropriate action, except that nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Secretary to refer to the Attorney General violations of this chapter whenever the Secretary believes that the administration and enforcement of the plan or regulation would be adequately served by administrative action under subsection (b) of this section or suitable written notice or warning to any person committing the violations.
1993—Pub. L. 103–189 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), added subsec. (b), and in subsec. (a) substituted “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers” in two places and “, handling, or importing” for “or handling” in first sentence, substituted “, handler, or importer” for “or handler” and “, handled, or imported” for “or handled” in sentence beginning with “The ballots”, and struck out after first sentence “The referendum shall be conducted at the county extension offices. No plan issued under this chapter shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that the issuance of the plan is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of the producers and handlers voting in such referendum, or by the producers and handlers of not less than two-thirds of the watermelons produced and handled during the representative period by producers and handlers voting in such referendum, and by not less than a majority of the producers and a majority of the handlers voting in the referendum.”
1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j)(3), struck out at end “Any such referendum shall be conducted at county extension offices.”
Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j)(2)(C), which directed the substitution of “, handled by the handlers, or imported by the importers” for “or handled by the handlers,” in second sentence, was executed by making the substitution in text which did not contain a comma after the word “handlers”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j)(1)–(2)(B), in first sentence, substituted “at least 10 percent of the combined total” for “10 per centum or more” and “, handlers, and importers” for “and handlers” in two places, and in second sentence, substituted “, handle, or import” for “or handle” and “50 percent of the combined total” for “50 per centum”.
1993—Pub. L. 103–189 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of this chapter applicable to plans shall be applicable to amendments to plans.”
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