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12 2 STA T . 1 7 2 5PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 section s hal lco v e r eli g i b le p ro du ction m ar k eted b y the pro - ducers on the dairy f arm during the period starting w ith the first day of month the producers on the dairy farm enter into the contract and ending on S eptember 30,2 0 1 2 .( 2 )VIOLAT IO NS . —I f a producer violates the contract, the Secretary may— ( A ) terminate the contract and allow the producer to retain any payments received under the contract

or ( B ) allow the contract to remain in effect and re q uire the producer to repay a portion of the payments received under the contract based on the severity of the violation. SEC.1507 . DAIRYP R OM O T IO N AND RESEARC H PRO G RAM. (a) EX T E NSION O FD AI RYP RO M OTION AN DR ESEAR CH A U THORITY.—Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabili z ation Actof1 98 3( 7U .S. C . 45 04(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘ ‘2007 ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. (b) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES FOR PROMOTION PRO G RAM.— Section 111 of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4502) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (l) and inserting the following

‘‘(l) the term ‘United States’, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;’’; and (2) in subsection (m), by striking ‘‘(as defined in subsection (l))’’. (c) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES FOR RESEARCH PROGRAM.— Section 130 of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4531)) is amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the following: ‘‘(12) the term ‘United States’, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.’’. (d) ASSESSMENT RATE FOR IM P ORTED DAIRY PRODUCTS.—Section 113(g) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(g)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) RATE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— T he rate of assessment for milk produced in the United States prescribed by the order shall be 15 cents per hundredweight of milk for commercial use or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the Sec- retary. ‘‘(B) IMPORTED DAIRY PRODUCTS.—The rate of assess- ment for imported dairy products prescribed by the order shall be 7.5 cents per hundredweight of milk for commercial use or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the Sec- retary.’’. (e) TIME AND M ETHOD OF IMPORTER PAYMENTS.—Section 113(g)( 6 ) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(g)(6)) is amended— (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (f) REFUND OF ASSESSMENTS ON CERTAIN IMPORTED DAIRY PRODUCTS.—Section 113(g) of the Dairy Production Stabilization