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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1617

receipt and disbursement of funds entrusted to the Board or a State association, as the case may be; and (2) cause a complete audit report to be submitted to the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year, (g) The Board, with the approval of the Secretary, may invest funds collected through assessments authorized under this section, pending disbursement for a plan or project, only in— (1) an obligation of the United States, or of a State or political subdivision thereof; (2) an interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System; or (3) an obligation fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.

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PERMISSIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 1621. (a) On the recommendation of the Board, and with the 7 USC 4810. approval of the Secretary, an order may contain one or more of the following provisions: (1) Each person purchasing a porcine animal from a producer Animals. for commercial use, and each importer, shall— (A) maintain and make available for inspection such books and records as may be required by the order; and Records. (B) file reports at the time, in the manner, and having the Reports. Animals. content prescribed by the order, including documentation of the State of origin of a purchased porcine animal or the place of origin of an imported porcine animal, pork, or pork product. (2) A term or condition— (A) incidental to, and not inconsistent with, the terms and conditions specified in this subtitle; and (B) necessary to effectuate the other provisions of such order. (b)(1) Information referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be made available to the Secretary and the Board as is appropriate or necessary for the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this subtitle or an order. (2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), information obtained under subsection (a)(1) shall be kept confidential by officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture or the Board. (B) Such information may be disclosed only— (i) in a suit or administrative hearing involving the order with respect to which the information was furnished or acquired— (I) brought at the direction or on the request of the Secretary; or (II) to which the Secretary or an officer of the United States is a party; and (ii) if the Secretary considers such information to be relevant to such suit or hearing. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits— (i) the issuance of a general statement based on the reports of a number of persons subject to an order, or statistical data collected therefrom, if such statement or data does not identify the information furnished by any person; or (ii) the publication, by direction of the Secretary, of the name of a person violating an order, together with a statement of the particular provisions of the order violated by such person.