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 110 STAT. 1074 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 7 USC 7471. 7 USC 7472. 7 USC 7473. (1) at the end of the 6-year period beginning on the effective date of the order and at the end of each subsequent 6-year period; (2) at the request of the Board; or (3) if not less than 30 percent of the kiwifruit producers and importers subject to assessments under the order submit a petition requesting the referendum. (d) VOTE. —On completion of a referendum under subsection (b), the Secretary shall suspend or terminate the order that was subject to the referendum at the end of the marketing year if— (1) the suspension or termination of the order is favored by not less than a majority of the producers and importers voting in the referendum; and (2) the producers and importers produce and import more than 50 percent of the total volume of kiwifruit produced and imported by persons voting in the referendum. (e) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The ballots and other information or reports that reveal, or tend to reveal, the vote of any person under this subtitle and the voting list shall be held strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed. SEC. 562. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —I f the Secretary finds that an order issued under section 554, or a provision of the order, obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the purposes of this subtitle, the Secretary shall suspend or terminate the operation of the order or provision. (b) LIMITATION.—The suspension or termination of any order, or any provision of an order, shall not be considered an order under this subtitle. SEC. 563. REGULATIONS. The Secretary may issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this subtitle. SEC. 564. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as are necessary to carry out this subtitle. Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act. 7 USC 7401 note. 7 USC 7481. Subtitle E—Popcorn SEC. 571. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the "Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act". SEC. 572. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— (1) popcorn is an important food that is a valuable part of the human diet; (2) the production and processing of popcorn plays a significant role in the economy of the United States in that popcorn is processed by several popcorn processors, distributed through wholesale and retail outlets, and consumed by millions of people throughout the United States and foreign countries; (3) popcorn must be of high quality, readily available, handled properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that the benefits of popcorn are available to the people of the United States;

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