104 STAT. 3920 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (i) the issuance of general statements, bsised on the reports, of the number of persons subject to an order or statistical data collected from the persons, which statements do not identify the information furnished by any person; or (ii) 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 the person. (4) PENALTY.— Any person violating this subsection, on conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, and if such person is an agent of the Board or an officer or employee of the Department, shall be removed from office. (5) WITHHOLDING INFORMATION.— Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the Secretary to withhold information from a duly authorized committee or subcommittee of Congress. (6) TIME REQUIREMENT. — The records required under paragraph (1) shall be maintained for 2 years beyond the fiscal year of the applicability of the records. (j) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), the order shall prohibit any funds collected by the Board under the order from being used in any manner for the purpose of influencing legislation or government action or policy. (2) EXCEPTION. —Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the development or recommendation of amendments to the order. (k) COORDINATION. — The order shall require the Board to take reasonable steps to coordinate the collection of assessments, and advertising and research activities of the Board with the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under section 113(b) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 45040?)). (1) EXEMPTIONS.—The order shall exempt fluid milk products exported from the United States from assessments under the order. (m) REPORT.—The Secretary shall provide annually for an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the fluid milk promotion program carried out under this subtitle during the previous fiscal year, in conjunction with the evaluation of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under section 1130?) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 450403)). (n) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS. —The order also shall contain such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this subtitle, as are necessary to effectuate this subtitle, including regulations relating to the assessment of late payment charges. 7 USC 6408. SEC. 19991. PERMISSIVE TERMS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Each order issued under this subtitle may contain one or more of the terms and conditions described in this section. 0>) ADVERTISING.—The order may provide for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate programs or projects for the advertising of fluid milk products and the use of funds collected under this subtitle for such programs or projects. (c) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. —The order may provide for establishing and carrying out research projects and studies to sup-
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