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Matched Legal Cases: ['§4801', '§4802', '§4803', '§4804', '§4805', '§4806', '§4807', '§4808', '§4809', '§4810', '§4811', '§4812', '§4813', '§4814', '§4815', '§4816', '§4817', '§4818', '§4819', '§1611', '§1611']

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Law:Pork Promotion, Research, And Consumer Information
Category: Agriculture (US Code)World > United States > US Code > Agriculture (US Code) Sec.4801.Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.4802.Definitions.4803.Pork and pork product orders.4804.Notice and hearing.4805.Findings and issuance of orders.4806.National Pork Producers Delegate Body.4807.Selection of Delegate Body.4808.National Pork Board.4809.Assessments.4810.Permissive provisions.4811.Referendum.4812.Suspension and termination of orders.4813.Refunds.4814.Petition and review.4815.Enforcement.4816.Investigations.4817.Preemption.4818.Administrative provision.4819.Authorization of appropriations.
1 §4801. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
2 §4802. Definitions
3 §4803. Pork and pork product orders
4 §4804. Notice and hearing
5 §4805. Findings and issuance of orders
5.1 (a) Necessary findings
5.2 (b) Number of orders in effect at a time
5.3 (c) Effective date
5.4 (d) Terms and conditions
6 §4806. National Pork Producers Delegate Body
6.1 (a) Establishment and appointment
6.2 (b) Membership; number of producer members; number of importer members
6.3 (c) Voting; quorum; votes necessary for decision
6.4 (d) Term of office
6.5 (e) Chairman
6.6 (f) Compensation
6.7 (g) Nomination of members to National Pork Board; annual meeting; majority vote in person to nominate
6.8 (h) Duties and functions
7 §4807. Selection of Delegate Body
7.1 (a) Nominations
7.2 (b) Election; eligibility to vote; notice of election; number of members nominated
7.3 (c) Subsequent nominations and elections to be administered by Board; time of election; voting eligibility
7.4 (d) Nominating committee; appointment; nomination to fill position for pending election
8 §4808. National Pork Board
9 §4809. Assessments
9.1 (a) Collection and remission to Board; persons required to pay
9.2 (b) Rate of assessment; increase; waiver of collection of assessment
9.3 (c) Distribution and use
9.4 (d) Prohibited promotions
9.5 (e) Influencing legislation prohibited
9.6 (f) Maintenance of books and records; audits
9.7 (g) Investment by Board of funds collected
9.8 References in Text
9.9 Amendments
10 §4810. Permissive provisions
10.1 (a) Recordkeeping and reporting requirements; incidental and necessary terms and conditions
10.2 (b) Availability of information to Secretary and Board; confidentiality; disclosure; issuance of general statement, statistical data, or name of violator of order
10.3 (c) Penalty for willful violations
11 §4811. Referendum
11.1 (a) Continuation of order
11.2 (b) Factors determining continuation; termination of order
11.3 (c) Reimbursement for cost
11.4 (d) Manner of conducting
11.5 (e) Amendment of initial order
12 §4812. Suspension and termination of orders
12.1 (a) Authority of Secretary
12.2 (b) Referendum to terminate or suspend; eligible voters; requirements for approval; termination or suspension date; one referendum within 2-year period
12.3 (c) Termination or suspension not to be considered an order
13 §4813. Refunds
13.1 (a) Demand for refund; persons eligible
13.2 (b) Form and time within which demand to be made
13.3 (c) Payment of refund on submission of satisfactory proof
14 §4814. Petition and review
15 §4815. Enforcement
15.1 (a) Jurisdiction of district court; referral of civil actions to Attorney General
15.2 (b) Penalties for willful violations; issuance of cease-and-desist orders; judicial review of orders; penalty for failure to obey cease-and-desist order
15.3 (c) Availability of additional remedies
16 §4816. Investigations
16.1 (a) Purposes
16.2 (b) Oaths and affirmations; subpenas
16.3 (c) Judicial enforcement; contempt proceedings; service of process
17 §4817. Preemption
17.1 (a) Promotion and consumer education; funds from pork producers
17.2 (b) Additional or different State regulation prohibited
17.3 (c) Application of section
18 §4818. Administrative provision
19 §4819. Authorization of appropriations
Section 1631 of Pub. L. 99–198 provided that: “This subtitle (subtitle B (§§1611–1631) of title XVI of Pub. L. 99–198, enacting this chapter) shall become effective on January 1, 1986.”
Section 1611 of Pub. L. 99–198 provided that: “This subtitle (subtitle B (§§1611–1631) of title XVI of Pub. L. 99–198, enacting this chapter) may be cited as the ‘Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985’.”
(1) The term “Board” means the National Pork Board established under section 4808 of this title.
(2) The term “consumer information” means an activity intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional attributes of pork or pork products, including the role of pork or pork products in a balanced, healthy diet.
(3) The term “Delegate Body” means the National Pork Producers Delegate Body established under section 4806 of this title.
(4) The term “imported” means entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
(5) The term “importer” means a person who imports porcine animals, pork, or pork products into the United States.
(6) The term “order” means a pork and pork products promotion, research, and consumer information order issued under section 4803 of this title.
(7) The term “person” means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, organization, cooperative, or other entity.
(8) The term “porcine animal” means a swine raised for—
(9) The term “pork” means the flesh of a porcine animal.
(10) The term “pork product” means a product produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
(11) The term “producer” means a person who produces porcine animals in the United States for sale in commerce.
(12) The term “promotion” means an action, including paid advertising, taken to present a favorable image for porcine animals, pork, or pork products to the public with the intent of improving the competitive position and stimulating sales of porcine animals, pork, or pork products.
(13) The term “research” means—
(14) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(15) The term “State” means each of the 50 States.
(16) The term “State association” means—
(17) The term “to market” means to sell or to otherwise dispose of a porcine animal, pork, or pork product in commerce.
A member of the Delegate Body shall serve for a term of 1 year, except that the term of a member of the Delegate Body shall continue until the successor of such member, if any, is appointed in accordance with subsection (b)(1) of this section.
(ii) not less than 11/2 persons (rounded up to the nearest person) for each vacancy in the Board that requires nominations thereafter; and
1 So in original. Probably should be section “4809(b)”.
(1) After the Secretary has received the nominations required under subsection (a) of this section and not later than 45 days after the effective date of the order, the Secretary shall call for an election within each State of persons for appointment as producer members of the initial Delegate Body.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), after the election of the producer members of the initial Delegate Body, the Board shall administer all subsequent nominations and elections of the producer members to be nominated for appointment as members of the Delegate Body, with the assistance of the Secretary and in accordance with subsections (a)(3) and (b) of this section.
(3) Additional producers who are residents of a State may be nominated to fill such positions in accordance with subsection (a)(3) of this section.
(2) Such assessment shall be collected and remitted to the Board once it is appointed pursuant to section 4808 of this title, but, until that time, to the Secretary, who shall promptly proceed to distribute the funds received by him in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, except that the Secretary shall retain the funds to be received by the Board until such time as the Board is appointed pursuant to section 4808 of this title, by—
(i) the aggregate amount of assessments attributable to porcine animals produced in such State by persons described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and (B) of this section minus that State's share of refunds determined pursuant to paragraph (4) by such persons pursuant to section 4813 of this title; and
(i) 371/2 percent of the aggregate amount of assessments collected under this section throughout the United States from the date assessment commences pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section until the first day of the month following the month in which the Board is appointed pursuant to section 4808 of this title.2
(B) The Board shall use such funds and any proceeds from the investment of such funds pursuant to subsection (g) of this section for—
(1) Information referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be made available to the Secretary and the Board as is appropriate or necessary for the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this chapter or an order.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), information obtained under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be kept confidential by officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture or the Board.
1 So in original. Probably should be “therefor”.
(2) A civil action authorized to be brought under this subsection shall be referred to the Attorney General for appropriate action, except that the Secretary is not required to refer to the Attorney General a violation of this chapter if the Secretary believes that the administration and enforcement of this chapter would be adequately served by providing a suitable written notice or warning to a person who committed such violation or by administrative action under subsection (b) of this section.
1 So in original. Probably should be “section 4811(b)(2)(A) or 4812(b)(1)(B)”.
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