Required terms in orders

An order issued by the Secretary under section 6203(a) of this title shall contain the terms and conditions described in this section and, except as provided in section 6205 of this title, no other terms or conditions. Such order shall provide for the establishment of a Lime Board as follows: The Board shall be composed of— The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Board. The 3 members who are producers shall be appointed from individuals nominated by lime producers. The 3 members who are importers shall be appointed from individuals nominated by lime importers. The public representative shall be appointed from nominations of the Board. If producers and importers fail to nominate individuals for appointment, the Secretary may appoint members on a basis provided for in the order. If the Board fails to nominate a public representative, such member may be appointed by the Secretary without a nomination. The Secretary shall establish an initial Board from among nominations solicited by the Secretary. For the purpose of obtaining nominations for the members of the initial Board described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall perform the functions of the Board under this subsection as the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate. The Secretary shall terminate the initial Board established under this subsection as soon as practicable after December 14, 1993. The producer and importer representation on the Board shall be allocated on the basis of 2 producer members and 1 importer member from the district east of the Mississippi River and 1 producer member and 2 importer members from the district west of the Mississippi River. The Secretary shall appoint an alternate for each member of the Board. An alternate shall— The initial members of the Board appointed under the amended order shall serve a term of 30 months. Subsequent appointments to the Board shall be for a term of 3 years, except that— If a member or alternate of the Board who was appointed as a producer, importer, or public representative ceases to belong to the group for which such member was appointed, such member or alternate shall be disqualified from serving on the Board. Members and alternates of the Board shall serve without pay. While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of duties for the Board, members and alternates shall be allowed travel expenses, including a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service are allowed travel expenses under section 5703 of title 5. The Board shall— Such order shall provide for periodic budgets and plans as follows: The Board shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a budget (on a fiscal period basis determined by the Secretary) of the anticipated expenses and disbursements of the Board in the administration of the order, including probable costs of research, promotion, and consumer information. A budget shall take effect on the approval of the Secretary. Each budget shall include a plan for research, promotion, and consumer information regarding limes. A plan under this paragraph shall take effect on the approval of the Secretary. The Board may enter into contracts and agreements, with the approval of the Secretary, for— Such order shall provide for the imposition and collection of assessments with regard to the production and importation of limes as follows: The assessment rate shall not exceed $.01 per pound of limes. Except as provided in paragraph (4), the first handler of limes shall— For purposes of paragraph (2), a producer-handler shall be considered the first handler of limes produced by such producer-handler. The assessment on imported limes shall be paid by the importer at the time of entry into the United States and shall be remitted to the Board. The following persons are exempt from an assessment under this subsection— To claim an exemption under paragraph (5) for a particular year, a person shall submit an application to the Board— Such order shall provide that funds paid to the Board as assessments under subsection (d)— may be used by the Board to— Such order shall provide that the Board shall reimburse the Secretary, from assessments collected under subsection (d), for any expenses incurred by the Secretary in conducting referenda under this chapter, except for the salaries of Government employees. Such order shall provide that any promotion funded with assessments collected under subsection (d) may not make— Such order shall provide that funds collected by the Board under this chapter through assessments authorized by this chapter may not, in any manner, be used for the purpose of influencing legislation or governmental policy or action, except for making recommendations to the Secretary as provided for in this chapter. Such order shall require the Board— So that information and data will be available to the Board and the Secretary that is appropriate or necessary for the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this chapter (or any order or regulation issued under this chapter), such order shall require handlers, producer-handlers, and importers who are responsible for the collection, payment, or remittance of assessments under subsection (d)— Such order shall require that all information obtained pursuant to subsection (h)(2) shall be kept confidential by all officers and employees of the Department and of the Board. Only such information as the Secretary considers relevant shall be disclosed to the public and 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, involving the order with respect to which the information was furnished or acquired. Nothing in this subsection prohibits— Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from Congress.