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required by the order and for the filing of reports by such handlers at the times, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the" order, to the end that information and data shall be made available to the Cotton Board and to the Secretary which is appropriate or necessary to the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of the Act or of any order or regulation issued pursuant to this Act: Provided, however, That all information so obtained shall be kept confidential by all officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture and of the Cotton Board, and only such information so furnished or acquired as the Secretary deems relevant shall be disclosed by them, and then only in a suit or administrative hearing brought at the direction, or upon the request, of the Secretary of Agriculture, or to which he or any officer of the United States is a party, and involving the order with reference to which the information so to be disclosed was furnished or acquired. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit (1) the issuance of general statements based upon the reports of a number of handlers subject to an order, which statements do not identify the information furnished by any person, or (2) the publication by direction of the Secretary, of the name of any person violating any order, together with a statement of the particular provisions of the order violated by such person. Any such officer or employee violating the provisions of this subsection shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to both, and shall be removed from office. (d) Terms and conditions incidental to and not inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified in this Act and necessary to effectuate the other provisions of such order. REQUIRED TERMS I N ORDERS

SEC. 7. Orders issued pursuant to this Act shall contain the following terms and conditions: (a) Providing for the establishment and selection by the Secretary, of a Cotton Board, and defining its powers and duties, which shall include only the powers: (1) To administer such order in accordance with its terms and provisions; (2) To make rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of such order, including the designation of the handler responsible for collecting the producer assessment; (3) To receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of such order; and (4) To recommend to the Secretary amendments to such order. (b) Providing that the Cotton Board shall be composed of representatives of cotton producers selected by the Secretary from nominations submitted by eligible producer organizations within a cottonproducing State, as certified pursuant to section 14 of this Act, or, if the Secretary determines that a substantial number of producers are not members of or their interests are not represented by any such eligible producer organizations, from nominations made by producers in the manner authorized by the Secretary, so that the representation of cotton producers on the Board for each cotton-producing State shall reflect, to the extent practicable, the proportion which that State's marketings of cotton bears to the total marketings of cotton in the United States: Provided, however, That each cotton-producing State shall be entitled to at least one representative on the Cotton Board. (c) Providing that the Cotton Board shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section, develop and submit to the Secretary

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