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[CITE: 7USC7463]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                   CHAPTER 101--AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER IV--KIWIFRUIT
 
Sec. 7463. Issuance of orders


(a) Issuance

    To effectuate the purposes of this subchapter specified in section 
7461(b) of this title, the Secretary shall issue an order applicable to 
producers, handlers, and importers of kiwifruit. Any such order shall be 
national in scope. Not more than 1 order shall be in effect under this 
subchapter at any 1 time.

(b) Procedure

                 (1) Proposal for issuance of order

        Any person that will be affected by this subchapter may request 
    the issuance of, and submit a proposal for, an order under this 
    subchapter.

                         (2) Proposed order

        Not later than 90 days after the receipt of a request and 
    proposal for an order, the Secretary shall publish a proposed order 
    and give due notice and opportunity for public comment on the 
    proposed order.

                        (3) Issuance of order

        After notice and opportunity for public comment are provided 
    under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall issue an order, taking into 
    consideration the comments received and including in the order 
    provisions necessary to ensure that the order is in conformity with 
    this subchapter.

(c) Amendments

    The Secretary may amend any order issued under this section. The 
provisions of this subchapter applicable to an order shall be applicable 
to an amendment to an order, except that an amendment to an order shall 
not require a referendum to become effective.

(Pub. L. 104-127, title V, Sec. 554, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1065; Pub. 
L. 105-185, title VI, Sec. 603(a), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 585.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-185 inserted ``, except that an 
amendment to an order shall not require a referendum to become 
effective'' before period at end.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7462, 7464, 7465, 7466, 
7470, 7471 of this title.
