Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§7466 Permissive terms in order

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - KIWIFRUIT › § 7466

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An order can include extra terms the Secretary approves to help carry it out. It can let the Board set different payment and reporting schedules for handlers, form working groups of producers, handlers, importers, exporters, or the public to help with research and marketing, and build a reserve from assessments to keep programs running when income falls, but the reserve can’t exceed the budget for 1 year. With the Secretary’s approval, the Board may also use assessment money and other funds to develop and expand U.S. kiwifruit sales in foreign markets.

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Title 7, §7466

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(a)On the recommendation of the Board and with the approval of the Secretary, an order issued under section 7463 of this title may include the terms and conditions specified in this section and such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to effectuate the other provisions of the order and are incidental to, and not inconsistent with, this subchapter.

(b)The order may authorize the Board to designate different handler payment and reporting schedules to recognize differences in marketing practices and procedures.

(c)The order may authorize the Board to convene working groups drawn from producers, handlers, importers, exporters, or the general public and utilize the expertise of the groups to assist in the development of research and marketing programs for kiwifruit.

(d)The order may authorize the Board to accumulate reserve funds from assessments collected pursuant to section 7465(b) of this title to permit an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, promotion, and consumer information in years in which production and assessment income may be reduced, except that any reserve fund may not exceed the amount budgeted for operation of this subchapter for 1 year.

(e)The order may authorize the Board to use, with the approval of the Secretary, funds collected under section 7465(b) of this title and funds from other sources for the development and expansion of sales in foreign markets of kiwifruit produced in the United States.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7466

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73