Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/6104?quicktabs_8=2
Timestamp: 2015-05-29 03:22:34
Document Index: 62738530

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1925', '§ 803', '§ 10104', '§ 4', '§ 10104', '§ 1621', '§ 10104', '§ 10104', '§ 10104', '§ 10104']

Average annual production For purposes of this paragraph, in determining average annual mushroom production in each of the 4 regions of the United States established under this paragraph, the Secretary shall only consider mushrooms produced by producers covered by this chapter, as defined in section 6102
Failure to nominate If producers and importers fail to nominate individuals for appointment, the Secretary may appoint members on a basis provided for in the order.
Terms; compensation (A)
Terms The term of appointment to the Council shall be for 3 years, except that the initial appointments shall to the extent practicable be proportionately for 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year terms.
Compensation Council members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their expenses incurred in performing their duties as members of the Council.
Powers and duties of Council The order shall define the powers and duties of the Council, which shall include the following powers and duties—
to propose, receive, evaluate, approve and submit to the Secretary for approval under subsection (d) of this section budgets, plans, and projects of mushroom promotion, research, consumer information, and industry information, as well as to contract and enter into agreements with appropriate persons to implement such plans or projects;
to invest, pending disbursement under a plan or project, funds collected through assessments authorized under this chapter only in—
Submission to Secretary The order shall provide that the Council shall submit to the Secretary for approval any plan or project of promotion, research, consumer information, or industry information.
Budgets The order shall require the Council to submit to the Secretary for approval budgets on a fiscal year basis of its anticipated expenses and disbursements in the implementation of the order, including projected costs of promotion, research, consumer information, and industry information plans and projects.
Approval by Secretary No plan or project of promotion, research, consumer information, or industry information, or budget, shall be implemented prior to its approval by the Secretary.
In general To ensure efficient use of funds, the order shall provide that the Council may enter into contracts or agreements for the implementation and carrying out of plans or projects of mushroom promotion, research, consumer information, or industry information, including contracts with producer organizations, and for the payment of the cost thereof with funds received by the Council under the order.
Producer organizations The order shall provide that the Council may contract with producer organizations for any other services. Any such contract shall include provisions comparable to those provided in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2).
Books and records of Council (1)
In general The order shall require the Council to—
Audits The Council shall cause its books and records to be audited by an independent auditor at the end of each fiscal year, and a report of such audit to be submitted to the Secretary.
Collection and payment (A)
In general The order shall provide that each first handler of mushrooms for the domestic fresh market produced in the United States shall collect, in the manner prescribed by the order, assessments from producers and remit the assessments to the Council.
Importers The order also shall provide that each importer of mushrooms for the domestic fresh market shall pay assessments to the Council in the manner prescribed by the order.
Direct marketing Any person marketing mushrooms of that person’s own production directly to consumers shall remit the assessments on such mushrooms directly to the Council in the manner prescribed in the order.
Rate of assessment The rate of assessment shall be determined and announced by the Council and may be changed by the Council at any time. The order shall provide that the rate of assessment—
Use of assessments The order shall provide that the assessments shall be used for payment of the expenses in implementing and administering this chapter, with provision for a reasonable reserve, and to cover those administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in implementing and administering this chapter, except for the salaries of Government employees incurred in conducting referenda.
Limitation on collection No assessment may be collected on mushrooms that a first handler certifies will be exported as mushrooms.
Prohibition The order shall prohibit any funds received by the Council under the order from being used in any manner for the purpose of influencing legislation or governmental action or policy, except that such funds may be used by the Council for the development and recommendation to the Secretary of amendments to the order as prescribed in this chapter and for the submission to the Secretary of recommended voluntary grade and quality standards for mushrooms under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.).
In general The order shall require that each first handler and importer of mushrooms maintain, and make available for inspection, such books and records as may be required by the order and file reports at the time, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the order.
Availability to Secretary Such information shall be made available to the Secretary as is appropriate for the administration or enforcement of this chapter, the order, or any regulation issued under this chapter.
In general Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all information obtained under paragraph (1) shall be kept confidential by all officers and employees of the Department and the Council, and agents of the Council, and only such information so obtained as the Secretary considers relevant may be disclosed to the public by them and then only in a suit or administrative hearing brought at the request of the Secretary, or to which the Secretary or any officer of the United States is a party, and involving the order.
Limitations Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit—
In general Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information obtained under this chapter may be made available to another agency of the Federal Government for a civil or criminal law enforcement activity if the activity is authorized by law and if the head of the agency has made a written request to the Secretary specifying the particular information desired and the law enforcement activity for which the information is sought.
Penalty Any person knowingly violating this subsection, on conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, and if an officer or employee of the Council or the Department, shall be removed from office.
Withholding information Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from Congress.
Other terms and conditions The order also shall contain such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this chapter, as are necessary to effectuate this chapter, including provisions for the assessment of a penalty for each late payment of assessments under subsection (g) of this section.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1925,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3857; Pub. L. 102–237, title VIII, § 803(1),Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1882; Pub. L. 110–234, title X, § 10104,May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title X, § 10104,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2097.)
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, referred to in subsec. (h), is title II of act Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, 60 Stat. 1087, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 38 (§ 1621 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1621 of this title and Tables.
2008—Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 110–246, § 10104(a)(1), substituted “3 regions” for “4 regions”.
Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 110–246, § 10104(a)(2), substituted “50,000,000 pounds” for “35,000,000 pounds”.
Subsec. (b)(2)(E). Pub. L. 110–246, § 10104(a)(3), added subpar. (E) and struck out former subpar. (E). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Subject to the nine-member limit on the number of members on the Council provided in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint an additional member to the Council from a region for each additional 50,000,000 pounds of production or imports per year, on average, within the region.”
Subsec. (c)(6) to (9). Pub. L. 110–246, § 10104(b), added par. (6) and redesignated former pars. (6) to (8) as (7) to (9), respectively.
1991—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 102–237substituted “governmental” for “government”.