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PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1081 (i) the issuance of general statements based on the reports of a number of persons subject to an order or statistical data collected from the reports, if the statements do not identify the information provided by any person; or ' (ii) the publication, by direction of the Secretary, of the name of a person violating the order, together with a statement of the particular provisions of the order violated by the person. (j) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The order shall contain such other terms and conditions, consistent with this subtitle, as are necessary to effectuate this subtitle, including regulations relating to the assessment of late payment charges. SEC. 576. REFERENDA. 7 USC 7485. (a) INITIAL REFERENDUM. — (1) IN GENERAL. — Within the 60-day period immediately preceding the effective date of an order, as provided in section 574(b)(3), the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among processors who, during a representative period as determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in processing, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the order shall go into effect. (2) APPROVAL OF ORDER. —The order shall become effective, as provided in section 574(b), only if the Secretary determines that the order has been approved by not less than a majority of the processors voting in the referendum and if the majority processed more than 50 percent of the popcorn certified as having been processed, during the representative period, by the processors voting. (b) ADDITIONAL REFERENDA. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Not earlier than 3 years after the effective date of an order approved under subsection (a), on the request of the Board or a representative group of processors, as described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may conduct additional referenda to determine whether processors favor the suspension or termination of the order. (2) REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF PROCESSORS. — An additional referendum on an order shall be conducted if the referendum is requested by 30 percent or more of the number of processors who, during a representative period as determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in processing. (3) DISAPPROVAL OF ORDER.—I f the Secretary determines, Termination in a referendum conducted under paragraph (1), that suspen- date, sion or termination of the order is favored by at least % of the processors voting in the referendum, the Secretary shall— (A) suspend or terminate, as appropriate, collection of assessments under the order not later than 180 days after the date of determination; and (B) suspend or terminate the order, as appropriate, in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the date of determination. (c) COSTS OF REFERENDUM. — The Secretary shall be reimbursed from assessments collected by the Board for any expenses incurred by the Secretary in connection with the conduct of any referendum under this section.