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 PUBLIC LAW 105-185^JUNE 23, 1998 112 STAT. 591 "(i) qualified national organizations representing importer interests; or "(ii) if the Secretary determines that there is not a qualified national organization representing importer interests, individual importers that have paid assessments to the Honey Board on imported honey or honey products; and "(E) 1 member who is an officer, director, or employee of a national honey marketing cooperative appointed from nominations submitted by the Committee from recommendations made by qusdified national honey marketing cooperatives."; (C) by inserting sifter paragraph (2) the following: "(3) ALTERNATES. — The Committee shall submit nominations for an alternate for each member of the Honey Board described in paragraph (2). An alternate shall be appointed in the same manner as a member and shall serve when the member is absentfi*oma meeting or is disqualified. "(4) RECONSTITUTION.— "(A) REVIEW.— If approved in a referendum conducted Regulations. under this Act and in accordance with rules issued by the Secretary, the Honey Board shall review, at times determined under subparagraph (E)— "(i) the geographic distribution of the quantities of domestically produced honey assessed under the order; and "(ii) changes in the annual average percentage of assessments owed by importers under the order relative to assessments owed by producers and handlers of domestic honey, including— "(I) whether any changes in assessments owed on imported quantities are owed by importers described in paragraph (5)(B); or "(II) whether such importers are handlerimporters described in paragraph (2)(C). "(B) RECOMMENDATIONS. —I f warranted and in accordance with this subsection, the Honey Board shall recommend to the Secretary— "(i) changes in the regional representation of honey producers established by the Secretary; "(ii) if necessary to reflect any changes in the proportion of domestic and imported honey assessed under the order or the source of assessments on imported honey or honey products, the reallocation of— "(I) heuidler-importer member positions under paragraph (2)(C) as handler member positions under paragraph (2)(B); "(II) importer member positions under paragraph (2)(D) as handler-importer member positions under paragraph (2)(C); or "(III) handler-importer member positions under paragraph (2)(C) as importer member positions under paragraph (2)(D); or "(iii) if necessary to reflect any changes in the proportion of domestic and imported honey or honey products assessed under the order, the addition of

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