Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/748

 98 STAT. 3120

PUBLIC LAW 98-590—OCT. 30, 1984 (1) Providing authority to exempt from the provisions of the order honey used for exporting and providing authority for the Honey Board to require satisfactory safeguards against improper use of such exemption. (2) Providing that in a State with an existing marketing order with respect to honey, the objectives of which the Secretary determines are comparable to the program established under this Act, there shall be paid to the Honey Board as provided in section 9 that portion of the national assessment which is above the State assessment, if any, actually paid on such honey. (3) Providing for authority to designate different handler payment and reporting schedules to recognize differences in marketing practices and procedures. (4) Providing that the Honey Board may convene from time to time working groups drawn from producers, honey handlers, importers, exporters, members of the wholesale or retail outlets for honey, or other members of the public to assist in the development of research and marketing programs for honey. (5) Providing for authority to accumulate reserve funds from assessments collected pursuant to this Act to permit an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, promotion, and consumer information, in years when the production and assessment income may be reduced, but the total reserve fund may not exceed the amount budgeted for one year's operation. (6) Providing for the authority to use funds collected under this Act with the approval of the Secretary for the development and expansion of honey and honey product sales in foreign markets. (7) Providing for 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 an order. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS; REFUNDS

7 USC 4608.

Records. Imports.

Records.

SEC. 9. (a) Except as provided by subsections (c), (d), and (e), the first handler of honey shall be responsible for the collection from the producer, and payment to the Honey Board, of assessments authorized by this Act. (b) The first handler shall maintain a separate record on each producer's honey so handled, including honey owned by the handler. (c) The assessment on imported honey and honey products shall be paid by the importer at the time of entry into the United States and shall be remitted to the Honey Board. (d) In any case in which a loan is made with respect to any honey under the Honey Loan Price Support Program, the Secretary shall provide that the assessment shall be deducted from the proceeds of the loan and that the amount of such assessment shall be forwarded to the Honey Board. When such loan is redeemed, the Secretary shall provide the producer with proof of payment of the assessment. (e) Producer-packers shall pay to the Honey Board the assessment on the honey they produce. (f) Handlers, importers, and producer-packers responsible for payment of assessments shall maintain and make available for inspection by the Secretary such books and records as are required by the order and file reports at the times, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the order, so that information and data shall be made available to the Honey Board and to the Secretary which is

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