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 96 STAT, 312

PUBLIC LAW 97-244—AUG. 26, 1982 "(b) No plan issued under this title shall be effective unless the Secretary determines that the issuance of such plan is approved or favored by not less than two-thirds of the producers voting in such referendum, or by the producers of not less than two-thirds of the potatoes produced during the representative period by producers voting in such referendum, and by not less than a majority of the producers voting in such referendum. "(c) The failure of potato producers to approve an amendment to any plan issued under this title shall not be deemed to invalidate such plan. "(d) The ballots and other information or reports which reveal or tend to reveal the vote of any producer or his production of potatoes shall be held strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed. Any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture violating the provisions hereof shall upon conviction be subject to the penalties provided in section 310(c) above.". Approved August 26, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2160: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-446 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 97-334 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): Mar. 9, considered and passed House. May 5, considered and passed Senate, amended. July 26, House disagreed to Senate amendments. Aug. 12, Senate receded from its disagreement on House amendments.

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