Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/234

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116 STAT. 208 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 (b) REPRESENTATION OF IMPORTERS ON BOARD.—Section 113(b) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(b)) is amended— (1) by inserting "NATIONAL DAIRY PROMOTION AND RESEARCH BOARD.—" after "(b)"; (2) by designating the first through ninth sentences as paragraphs (1) through (5) and paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively, and indenting the paragraphs appropriately; (3) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking "Members" and inserting "Except as provided in paragraph (6), the members"; (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so designated) the following: " (6) IMPORTERS.— "(A) INITIAL REPRESENTATION.— In making initial appointments to the Board of importer representatives, the Secretary shall appoint 2 members who represent importers of dairy products and are subject to assessments under the order. "(B) SUBSEQUENT REPRESENTATION. — At least once every 3 years after the initial appointment of importer representatives under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall review the average volume of domestic production of dairy products compared to the average volume of imports of dairy products into the United States during the previous 3 years and, on the basis of that review, shall reapportion importer representation on the Board to reflect the proportional share of the United States market by domestic production and imported dairy products. "(C) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS; NOMINATIONS.— The members appointed under this paragraph— "(i) shall be in addition to the total number of members appointed under paragraph (2); and "(ii) shall be appointed from nominations submitted by importers under such procedures as the Secretary determines to be appropriate."; and (5) in paragraph (8) (as so designated), by striking "is produced" and inserting "is produced as well as importers of dairy products". (c) BUDGETS. —Section 113(e) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(e)) is amended— (1) by striking "(e)" and inserting: " (e) BUDGETS. — " (1) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.— "; (2) by striking the last sentence; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(2) FOREIGN MARKET EFFORTS.— The order shall authorize the Board to expend in the maintenance and expansion of foreign markets an amount not to exceed the amount collected from United States producers for a fiscal year. Of those funds, for each of the 2002 through 2007 fiscal years, the Board's budget may provide for the expenditure of revenues available to the Board to develop international markets for, and to promote within such markets, the consumption of dairy products produced or manufactured in the United States.".