Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§7809 Confidentiality

Title 7 › Chapter 105— HASS AVOCADO PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION › § 7809

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Names of voters and how anyone voted in a referendum must be kept secret. Anyone who knowingly breaks this secrecy or the confidentiality terms of an official order under this law can be fined between $1,000 and $10,000, jailed for up to 1 year, or both. If the person is an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or the Board, they must be removed from office. Information collected under this law can only be given to federal agencies or officials to carry out the law or for investigations or enforcement needed to do that. Congress can still get the information.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §7809

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)No information regarding names of voters or how a person voted in a referendum conducted under this chapter shall be made public.

(b)Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a) or the confidentiality terms of an order, as described in section 7804(m)(2) of this title, shall be subject to a fine of not less that $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. If the person is an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or the Board, the person shall be removed from office.

(c)No information obtained under this chapter may be made available to any agency or officer of the Federal Government for any purpose other than the implementation of this chapter or an investigatory or enforcement action necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

(d)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from Congress.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 7809

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60