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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

540-MAY

28, 1956

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"(c) Upon the exportation from the United States to any country other than Cuba of any processed rice with respect to which certificates were acquired in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section or section 3801, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall pay to the exporter an amount equal to the value of the certificates for the rough rice equivalent of such processed rice. "IMPORT RESTRICTIONS

"SEC. 3801. Each person who, on or after the beginning of the marketing year for the first crop for which a program is in effect under sections 380c through 380g (c), imports processed rice into the United States shall acquire certificates issued under section 380g of this Act covering the rough rice equivalent of such processed rice. u REGULAITONS

"SEC. 380m. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations governing the issuance, redemption, acquisition, use, transfer, and disposition of certificates hereunder. " C IV I L PENALTIES

"SEC. 380n. Any person who violates or attempts to violate, or who participates or aids in the violation of, any of the provisions of sections 380k or 3801 of this Act, or regulations prescribed by the Secretary for the enforcement of such provisions, shall forfeit to the United States a sum equal to three times the market value, at the time of the commission of such act, of the product involved in such violation. Such forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit brought in the name of the United States. REPORTS AND RECORDS

(a) The provisions of section 373(a) of this Act shall apply to all persons, except rice producers, who are subject to the provisions of this subtitle, except that any such person failing to make any report or keep any record as required by this section or making any false report or record shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 for each such violation. "(b) The provisions of section 373(b) of the Act shall apply to all rice farmers who are subject to the provisions of this subtitle. " SEC. 380O.

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((DEFINiriONS "SEC. 380p. For the purposes of this subtitle— " (a) 'cooperator' shall have the same meaning as under the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended. " (b) 'processing of rough rice' means subjecting rough rice for the first time to any process which removes the husk or hull from the rice and results in the production of processed rice. "(c) 'processed rice' means any rice from which the husk or hull has been removed and includes, but is not limited to— " f l) whole grain rice, "(2) second head milled rice, "(3) screenings milled rice, "(4) brewers milled rice, "(5^ undermined rice or unpolished rice. "(6) brown rice, "(7) converted rice, malekized rice or parboiled rice, and r "(8) vitaminized rice or enriched rice

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