Egg Research and Consumer Information Act
PL 93-428 (H.R.12000), enacted 10/01/1974

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Public Law 93-428 
A N A C T 
October 1, 1974 
To enable egg producers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated pro- 
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gram of research, producer and consumer education, and promotion to improve, 
maintain, and develop markets for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products 
of spent fowl. 
Egg Research 
and Consumer In-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathes 
of the 
United States of Amej'ica in Congress assembled^ 
SECTION 1. That this Act shall be known as the "Eg^ Research and formatTonTct 
Consumer Information Act." 
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LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY 
SEC. 2. Eggs constitute one of the basic, natural foods in the diet. ^ use 2701. 
They are produced by many individual (^g^ producers throughout the 
United States. Egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl 
are derivatives of egg production. These products move in interstate 
and foreign commerce and those w^hich do not move in such channels 
of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce of these 
products. The maintenance and expansion of existing markets and the 
development of new or improved markets and uses are vital to the 
welfare of egg producers and those concerned with marketing, using, 
and processing eggs as well as the general economy of the Nation. 
The production and marketing of these products by numerous indi-
vidual egg producers have prevented the development and carrying 
out of adequate and coordinated programs of research and promotion 
necessary for the maintenance of markets and the development of new 
products of, and markets for, eggs, ^gg products, spent fowl, and 
products of spent fowl. Without an effective and coordinated method 
for assuring cooperative and collective action in providing for and 
financing such programs, individual egg producers are unable to pro-
vide, obtain, or carry out the research, consumer and producer infor-
mation, and promotion necessary to maintain and improve markets 
for any or all ofthese products. 
It has long been recognized that it is in the public interest to pro-
vide an adequate, steady supply of fresh eggs readily available to the 
consumers of the Nation. Maintenance of markets and the develop-
ment of new^ markets, both domestic and foreign, are essential to the 
^gg industry if the consumers of eggs, ^gg products, spent fowl, or 
products of spent fowl are to be assured of an adequate, steady supply 
of such products. 
It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress and the 
purpose of this Act that it is essential and in the public interest, 
through the exercise of the powers provided herein, to authorize and 
enable the establishment of an orderly procedure for the development 
and the financing through an adequate assessment, an effective and 
continuous coordinated program of research, consumer and producer 
education, and promotion designed to strengthen the ^gg industry's 
position in the marketplace, and maintain and expand domestic and 
foreign markets and uses for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and prod-
ucts of spent fowl of the United States. Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to mean, or provide for, control of production or otherwise 
limit the right of individual ^gg producers to produce commercial 
eggs. 
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DEFINITIONS 
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SEC. 3. As used in this Act— 
(a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture or 
any other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to 
whom there has heretofore been delegated, or to whom there may here-
after be delegated, the authority to act in his stead. 
(b) The term "person" means any individual, group of individuals, 
partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity. 
(c) The term "commercial eggs" "or eggs" means eggs from domes-
ticated chickens which are sold for human consumption either in shell 
egg form or for further processing into egg products. 
(d) The term "hen" or "laying hen" means a domesticated-female 
chicken twenty weeks of age or over, raised primarily for the produc-
tion of commercial eggs. 
(e) The term "egg producer"" means the person owning laying hens 
engaged in the production of commercial eggs. 
(f) The term "case" means a standard shipping package containing 
thirty dozen eggs. 
(g) The term "hatching eggs'" means eggs intended for use by 
hatcheries for the production of baby chicks. 
(h) The term "United States" means the forty-eight contiguous 
States of the United States of America and the District of Columbia. 
(i) The term "promotion" means any action, including paid adver-
tising, to advance the image or desirability of eggs, egg products, 
spent fowl, or products of spent fowd. 
(j) The term "research" means any type of research to advance the 
image, desirability, marketability, production, or quality of eggs, egg 
products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl. 
(k) The term "consumer education" means any action to advance 
the image or desirability of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products 
of spent fowl. 
(1) The term "marketing"" means the sale or other disposition of 
commercial eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl, 
in any channel of commerce. 
(m) The tei-m "commerce" means interstate, foreign, or intrastate 
commerce. 
(n) The term "egg products" means products produced, in whole 
or in part, from eggs. 
(o) The term "spent fowl" means hens which have been in pro-
duction of commercial eggs and have been removed from such pro-
duction for slaughter. 
(p) The term "products of spent fowl" means commercial products 
produced from spent fowl. 
(q) The term "hatchery operator" means any person engaged in 
the production of egg-type baby chicks. 
(r) The term "started pullet" means a hen less than twenty weeks 
of age. 
(s) The term "started pullet dealer" means any person engaged in 
the sale of started pullets. 
(t) The term "handler" means any person, specified in the order or 
the rules and regulations issued thereunder, who receives or otherwise 
acquires eggs from an egg producer, and processes, prepares for mar-
keting, or markets, such eggs, including eggs of his own production. 
EGG RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ORDERS 
SEC. 4. To effectuate the declared policy of this Act, the Secretary 
shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, issue and from time to time 
amend, orders applicable to persons enaged in the hatching and/or 
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sale of egg-type baby chicks and started pullets, persons engaged in 
the production of commercial eggs and persons who receive or other-
wise acquire eggs from such persons and who process, prepare for 
market, or market such eggs, including eggs of their own production, 
and persons engaged in the purchase, sale or processing of spent fowl. 
Such orders shall be applicable to all production or marketing areas, 
or both, in the United States. 
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NOTICE AND HEARING 
SEC. 5. Whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that the issu- 
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ance of an order will tend to effectuate the declared policy of this Act, 
he shall give due notice and opportunity for hearing upon a proposed 
order. Such hearing may be requested and proposal for an order 
submitted by an organization certified pursuant to section 16 of this 
Act, or by any interested person affected by the provisions of this Act, 
including the Secretary. 
FINDING AND ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER 
SEC. 6. After notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in 
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section 5, the Secretary shall issue an order if he finds, and sets forth 
in such order, upon the evidence introduced at such hearing, that the 
issuance of such order and all the terms and conditions thereof will 
tend to effectuate the declared policy of this Act. 
PERMISSIVE 
T E R M S 
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ORDERS 
SEC. 7. Orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain one or more 
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of the following terms and conditions, and except as provided in 
section 8, no others. 
(a) Providing for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and gaf'^^^'^'j^'"^' 
administration of appropriate plans or projects for advertising, sales and consumer ed--
promotion, and consumer education with respect to the use of eggs, "nation, plans. 
egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl, and for the 
disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes: Provided^ how-
ever^ That any such plan or project shall be directed toward increasing 
the general demand for eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products 
of spent fowl. No reference to a private brand or trade name shall or^rlde'na^me"'^ 
be made if the Secretary determines that such reference w^ill result prohibition of'use. 
in undue discrimination against eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or 
products of spent fowl of other persons: And provided further. That 
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no such advertising, consumer education, or sales promotion programs 
shall make use of unfair or deceptive acts or practices in behalf of 
eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl or unfair 
or deceptive acts or practices with respect to quality, value, or use of 
any competing product. 
(b) Providing for, establishing,, and carrying on research, market- 
Research, mar-
ing, and development projects, and studies with respect to sale, veiopmen" pro7ec:s. 
distribution, marketing, utilization, or production of eggs, egg prod-
ucts, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl, and the creation of new 
products thereof, to the end that the marketing and utilization of 
eggs, egg products, spent fowl, and products of spent fowl may be 
encouraged, expanded, improved or made more acceptable, and the 
data collected by such activities may be disseminated and for the dis-
bursement of necessary funds for such purposes. 
(c) Providing that hatchery operators, persons engaged in the sale a^afiabn^^'^of"^' 
of egg-type baby chicks and started pullet dealers, persons engaged data. 
in the production of commercial eggs and persons who receive or 
otherwise acquire eggs from such persons and who process, prepare 
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Confidential 
information. 
Violation, pen-
alty. 
Terms and con-
ditions. 
for market, or market such eggs, including eggs of their own produc-
tion, and persons engaged in the purchase, sale, or processing of spent 
fowl, maintain and make available for the inspection such books and 
records as may be required by any order issued pursuant to this Act 
and for the filing of reports by such persons at the time, in the manner, 
and having content prescribed by the order, to the end that informa-
tion and data shall be made available to the Egg Board and to the 
Secretary which is appropriate or necessary to the effectuation, admin-
istration or enforcement of the Act, or of any order or regulation issued 
pursuant to this Act: Provided^ howe.ver^ That all information so 
obtained shall be kept confidential by all officers and employees of 
the Department of Agriculture, the Egg Board, and by all officer's 
and employees of contracting agencies having access to such infoi-ma-
tion, and only such information so furnished or acquired as the Secre-
tary deems relevant shall be disclosed by them, and then only in a suit 
or administrative hearing brought at the direction, or upon the request, 
of the Secretary, or to which he or any officer of the Ignited States is 
a party, and involving the order with reference to which the informa-
tion so to be disclosed was furnished or acquired. Nothing in this 
section shall be deemed to prohibit (1) the issuance of general state-
ments based upon the reports of the number of persons subject to an 
order or statistical data collected therefrom, which statements do not 
identify the information furnished by any person, (2) the publication, 
by direction of the Secretary, of general statements relating to refunds 
made by the Egg Board during any specific period, or (8) the publica-
tion by direction of the Secretary of the name of any person violating 
any order, together with a statement of the particular provisions of 
the order violated by such person. Any such officer or employee violat-
ing the provision of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be subjected 
to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 
one year, or to both, and if an officer or employee of the Egg Board 
or Department of Agriculture shall be removed from office. 
(d) Terms and conditions incidental to and not inconsistent wdth 
the terms and conditions specified in this Act and necessary to effectu-
ate the other provisions of such order. 
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Egg Board. 
Establishment, 
membership. 
Terms. 
REQUIRED TERMS IN ORDERS 
SEC. 8. Orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain the followdng 
conditions: (a) Providing for the establishment and appointment, 
by the Secretary, of an Egg Board which shall consist of not more 
than eighteen members, and alternates therefor, and defining its 
powders and duties which shall include only the powers (1) to admin-
ister such order in accordance with its terms and provisions, (2) to 
make rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of 
such order, (3) to receive, investigate and report to the Secretary com-
plaints of violations of such order, and (4) to recommend to the 
Secretary amendments to such order. The term of an appointment to 
the Egg Board shall be for two years with no member serving more 
than three consecutive terms, except that initial appointment shall be 
proportionately for two-year and three-year terms. 
(b) Providing that the Egg Board, and alternates therefor, shall 
be composed of egg producers or representatives of o,^^ producers 
appointed by the Secretary from nominations submitted by eligible 
organizations, associations, or cooperatives, and certified pursuant to 
section 16, or, if the Secretary determines that a substantial number 
of Q,g^ producers are not members of or their interests are not repre-
sented by any such eligible organizations, associations or cooperatives, 
then from nominations made by such egg producers in the manner 
Assessment 
payments to egg 
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authorized by the Secretary, so that the representation of egg pro-
ducers on the Board shall reflect, to the extent practicable, the pi"o-
portion of eggs produced in each geographic area of the United States 
as defined by the Secretary: Provided^ however^ That each such egg 
producing geographic area shall be entitled to at least one i-epresenta-
tive on the Egg Board. 
(c) Providing that the Egg Board shall, subject to the provisions 
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of subsection (g) of this section, develop and submit to the Secretary ^o'^s^ecretary. 
for his approval any advertising, sales promotion, consumer educa-
tion, research, and development plans or projects, and that any such 
plan or project must be approved by the Secretary before becoming 
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(d) Providing that the Egg Board shall, subject to the provisions „ut"a1^t^o secre^-" 
of subsection (g) of this section, submit to the Secretary for his tary. 
approval budgets on a fiscal period basis of its anticipated expenses 
and disbursements in the admniistration of the order, including prob-
able costs of advertising, promotion, consumer education, research, 
and development projects. 
(e) Providing that each egg producer shall pay to the handler of 
eggs designated by the order of the Egg Board pursuant to regula- handlers 
tions issued under the order, an assessment based upon the number 
of cases of commercial eggs handled for the account of such producer, 
in the manner as prescribed by the order, for such expenses and 
expenditures—including provision for a reasonable reserve and those 
administrative costs incurred by the Department after an order has 
been promulgated under this Act—as the Secretary finds are reason-
able and likely to be incurred by the Egg Board under the order 
during any period specified by him. Such handler shall collect such 
assessment from the producer and shall pay the same to the Egg 
Board in the manner as prescribed by the order. The rate of assess- . ^^*^ nmita-
ment prescribed by the order shall not exceed 5 cents per case of 
commercial eggs or the equivalent thereof. To facilitate the collection 
of such assessments, the order of the Egg Board may designate dif-
ferent handlers or classes of handlers to recognize differences in 
marketing practices or procedures utilized in the industry. The Secre-
tary may maintain a suit against any person subject to the order for 
the collection of such assessment, and the several district courts of 
the United States are hereby vested with jurisdiction to entertain such 
suits regardless of the amount in controversy. 
(f) Providing that the Egg Board shall maintain such books and 
Recordke^epind 
records and prepare and submit such reports from time to time, to 
the Seci'etary as he may prescribe, and for appropriate accounting by 
the p]gg Board with respect to the receipt and disbursement of ail 
funds entrusted to it. 
(g) Providing that the Egg Board, with the appi'oval of the Secre-
tary, may enter into contracts or agreements for development and 
carrying out of the activities authorized under the order pursuant to 
section 7 (a) and (b) and for the payment of the cost thereof with 
funds collected pursuant to the order. Any such contract or agreement 
shall provide that such contractors shall develop and submit to the 
Egg Board a plan or project together with a budget or budgets which 
shall show estimated costs to be incurred for such plan or project, and 
that any such plan or project shall become effective upon the approval 
of the Secretary, and further, shall provide that the contracting party 
Recordkeeping 
shall keep accurate records of all of its transactions and make periodic ^^IH^^ *° ^^^ 
reports to the Egg Board of activities carried out and an accounting 
for funds received and expended, and such other reports as the 
Secretary may require. 
reports to Secre-
tary. 
Contracts or 
agreements. 
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Collected funds, 
(j^^ Providlng that no funds collected by the Egg Board under the 
se restriction. 
oj.(igj. ghall lu SLUj manner be used for the purpose of influencing 
governmental policy or action, except as provided by subsection (a) 
(4) of this section. 
Expenses, re- 
^j^ Providiug the Board members, and alternates therefor, shall 
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gcrve wlthout compcusatiou, but shall be reimbursed for their reason-
able expenses incurred in performing their duties as members of the 
Board. 
REQUIREMENT OF REFERENDUM AND EGG PRODUCER APPROVAL 
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ducers not exempt hereunder who, during a representative period 
determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production of 
commercial eggs, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance 
of an order is approved or favored by such producers. No order issued 
pursuant to this Act shall be effective unless the Secretary determines 
that the issuance of such order is approved or favored by not less 
than two-thirds of the producers voting in such referendum, or by a 
majority of the producers voting in such referendum if such majority 
produced not less than two-thirds of the commercial eggs produced 
during a representative period defined by the Secretary. 
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;^p.(._ iQ_ (-g^) ^he Secretary shall, whenever he finds that any order 
issued under this Act, or any provisions thereof, obstructs or does not 
tend to effectuate the declared policy of this Act, terminate or suspend 
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States and may be recovered in a civil suit brought by the United 
States: Provided, That (a) and (b) of this section shall be in addition 
to, and not exclusive of, the remedies provided now or hereafter 
existing at law or in equity. 
CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS 
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SEC. 16. The eligibility of any organization to represent commercial 
egg producers of any &gg producing area of the United States to 
request the issuance of an order under section 5, and to participate in 
the making of nominations under section 8(b) shall be certified by 
the Secretary. Certification shall be based, in addition to other avail-
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able information, upon a factual report submitted by the organization 
which shall contain information deemed relevant and specified by the 
Secretary for the making of such determination, including, but not 
limited to, the following: 
(a) Geographic territory covered by the organization's active 
membership, 
(b) Nature and size of the organization's active membership, 
proportion of total of such active membership accounted for by 
producers of commercial eggs, a chart showing the egg produc-
tion by State in which the organization has members, and the 
volume of commercial eggs produced by the organization's active 
membership in each such State, 
(c) The extent to which the commercial egg producer member-
ship of such organization is represented in setting the organiza-
tion's policies, 
(d) Evidence of stability and permanency of the organization, 
(e) Sources from which the organization's oDeratinp- funds are 
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PRODUCER REFUND 
SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, any egg 
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producer against whose commercial eggs any assessment is made and 
collected from him under authority of this Act and who is not in favor 
of supporting the programs as provided for herein shall have the right 
to demand and receive from the Egg Board a refund of such 
assessment: Provided^ That such demand shall be made personally by 
such producer in accordance with regulations and on a form and 
within a time period prescribed by the Board and approved by the 
Secretary but in no event more than ninety days after the end of the 
month in which the assessments are due and collectable, and upon 
submission of proof satisfactory to the Board that the producer paid 
the assessment for which refund is sought, and any such refund shall 
be made within sixty days after demand is received therefor. 
PETITION 
AND 
REVIEW 
SEC. 14. (a) Any person subject to any order may file a written peti- 
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tion with the Secretary, stating that any such order or any provisions 
of such order or any obligations imposed in connection therewith is 
not in accordance with law and praying for a modification thereof or 
to be exempted therefrom. He shall thereupon be given an opportunity 
Hearing. 
for a hearing upon such petition, in accordance with regulations made 
by the Secretary. After such hearing, the Secretary shall make a rul-
ing upon the prayer of such petition which shall be final, if in 
accordance with law. 
(b) The district courts of the United States in any district in which 
Jurisdiction. 
such person is an inhabitant, or has his principal place of business, are 
hereby vested with jurisdiction to review such ruling, provided a com-
plaint for that purpose is filed within tw^enty days from the date of 
the entry of such ruling. Service of process in such proceedings may be 
liad upon the Secretary by delivering to him a copy of the complaint. 
If the court determines that such ruling is not in accordance with law, 
it shall remand such proceedings to the Secretary with directions 
either (1) to make such ruling as the court shall determine to be in 
accordance with law, or (2) to take such further proceedings as, in 
its opinion, the law requires. The pendency of proceedings instituted 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not impede, hinder, or 
delay the United States or the Secretary from obtaining relief pur-
suant to section 15 (a) of this Act. 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 15. (a) The several district courts of the United States are 
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vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and 
restrain any person from violating any order or regulation made or 
issued pursuant to this Act. Any civil action authorized to be brought 
'^'^^'^^ action, 
under this Act shall be referred to the Attorney General for appro- torne'^T General. 
priate action: Prhvided^ That nothing in this Act shall be construed 
as requiring the Secretary to refer to the Attorney General minor 
violations of this Act whenever he believes that the administration 
and enforcement of the program would be adequately served by suit-
able written notice or warning to any person committing such violation. 
(b) Any egg producer or other person who willfully violates any 
violation, 
provision of any order issued by the Secretary under this Act, or who """" '" 
willfully fails or refuses to collect or remit any assessment or fee duly 
required of him thereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of not more 
than $1,000 for each such offense which shall accrue to the United 
penalty. 
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States and may be recovered in a civil suit brought by the United 
States: Provided^ That (a) and (b) of this section shall be in addition 
to, and not exclusive of, the remedies provided now or hereafter 
existing at law or in equity. 
CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS 
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SEC. 16. The eligibility of any organization to represent commercial 
egg producers of any egg producing area of the United States to 
request the issuance of an order under section 5, and to participate in 
the making of nominations under section 8(b) shall be certified by 
the Secretary. Certification shall be based, in addition to other avail-
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able information, upon a factual report submitted by the organization 
which shall contain information deemed relevant and specified by the 
Secretary for the making of such determination, including, but not 
limited to, the following: 
(a) Geographic territory covered by the organization's active 
membership, 
(b) Nature and size of the organization's active membership, 
proportion of total of such active membership accounted for by 
producers of commercial eggs, a chart showing the egg produc-
tion by State in which the organization has members, and the 
volume of commercial eggs produced by the organization's active 
membership in each such State, 
(c) The extent to which the commercial ^^g producer member-
ship of such organization is represented in setting the organiza-
tion's policies, 
(d) Evidence of stability and permanency of the organization, 
(e) Sources from which the organization's operating funds are 
derived, 
(f) Functions of the organization, and 
(g) The organization's ability and willingness to further the 
aims and objectives of this Act: Provided^ however^ That the 
primary consideration in determining the eligibility of an orga-
nization shall be whether its commercial egg producer membership 
consists of a substantial number of ^gg producers who pro-
duce a substantial volume of commercial eggs. The Secretary 
shall certify any organization which he finds to be eligible under 
this section and his determination as to eligibility shall be final. 
Where more than one organization is certified in any geographic 
area, such organizations may caucus to determine the area's nomi-
nations under section 8(b). 
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REGULATIONS 
SEC. 17. The Secretary is authorized to make regulations with force 
and effect of law, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act and the powers vested in him by this Act. 
I N V E S T I G A T I O N S ; P O W E R TO S U B P E N A A N D TAKE OATHS AND 
A F F I R M A T I O N S ; 
A I D O F COURTS 
SEC. 18. The Secretary may make such investigations as he deems 
necessary for the effective carrying out of his responsibilities under this 
Act or to determine whether an ^gg producer, processor, or other 
seller of commercial eggs or any other person has engaged or is about 
to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a 
violation of any provisions of this Act, or of any order, or rule or 
regulation issued under this Act. For the purpose of such investigation. 
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the Secretary is empowered to administer oaths and affirmations, 
subpena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require 
the production of any books, papere, and documents which are relevant 
to the inquiry. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of any 
such records may be required from any place in the United States. 
In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena to, any person, 
including an egg producer, the Secretary may invoke the aid of any 
court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inves-
tigation or proceeding is carried on, or where such person resides or 
carries on business, in requiring the attendance and testimony of wit-
nesses and the production of books, papers, and documents; and such 
court may issue an order requiring such person to appear before the 
Secretary, there to produce records, if so ordered, or to give testimony 
touching the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey such 
order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt tliereof. 
All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district 
whereof such person is an inhabitant or wherever he may be found. 
SEPARABILITY 
SEC. 19. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to 
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any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the 
remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other 
persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 20. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any 
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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such funds as are 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. The funds so appro- 
^Expense pay-
priated shall not be available for payment of the expenses or expendi- Board, prowbi-
tures of the Egg Board in administering any provisions of any order ti°"-
issued pursuant to the terms of this Act. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 21. This Act shall take effect upon enactment. 
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Approved October 1, 1974. 
Public Law 93-429 
AN ACT 
October 1,1974 
To designate certain lands in tlie Oliefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. 
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as wilderness. 
Okefenokee 
Wilderness, Ga. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amei'ica in Congress assembled, That, in accordance 
with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890, 892), certain 
DeVignaUon 
lands in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, which 
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comprise about three hundred forty-three thousand eight hundr-ed 
and fifty acres and which are depicted on a map entitled "Okefenokee 
Wildei-ness Proposal" dated October 1967, revised March 1971, are 
hereby designated as wilderness. The map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the offices of United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.