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 104 STAT. 3926 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (3) COSTS; MANNER. —Subsections (c) and (d) of section 1999N shall apply to a referendum conducted under this subsection. 7 USC 6415. SEC. 1999P. AMENDMENTS. (a) AMENDMENTS TO ORDER.— Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may issue such amendments to an order as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle. (b) AMENDMENT TO ASSESSMENT RATES. — (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may conduct at any time a referendum of persons who, during a representative period as determined by the Secretary, have been fluid milk processors on adjusting the assessment rate under the order issued under this subtitle then in effect, and shall hold such a referendum on request of the Board or any group of such processors that among them marketed during a representative period, as determined by the Secretary, 10 percent or more of the volume of fluid milk products marketed by all processors. (2) ADJUSTMENT TO ASSESSMENT RATE.— The Secretary shall adjust the assessment rate under the order whenever the Secretary determines that the adjustment is favored— (A) by at least 50 percent of fluid milk processors voting in the referendum; and (B) by fluid milk processors that marketed during a representative period, as determined by the Secretary, 60 percent or more of the volume of fluid milk products marketed by all processors; In no event shall the rate of assessment prescribed by the order exceed 20 cents per hundredweight. (3) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The adjusted assessment rate shall be effective on a date, as determined by the Secretary, after the results of the referendum are known, but not later than 30 days after the referendum. (4) COSTS; MANNER.—Subsections (c) and (d) of section 1999N shall apply to a referendum conducted under this subsection. 7 USC 6416. SEC. 1999Q. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS. (a) REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall review and evaluate the order to— (1) determine the effectiveness of the promotion program conducted under this subtitle on fluid milk sales; (2) determine if the assessments for the program have been passed back to milk producers by fluid milk processors; and (3) make recommendations for future funding and assessment levels for the program. Ob) REPORT TO CONGRESS. —The Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the valuations made under this section no later than January 1, 1995. 7 USC 6417. SEC. 1999R. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— T here are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such funds as are necessary to carry out this subtitle. 0)) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The funds so appropriated shall not be available for payment of the expenses or expenditures of the Board in administering any provision of any order issued under this subtitle.

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