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# 7 U.S.C. § 6521 - Administration
## Text
(a) Regulations Not later than 540 days after November 28, 1990, the Secretary shall issue proposed regulations to carry out this chapter.
(b) Assistance to State (1) Technical and other assistance The Secretary shall provide technical, administrative, and National Institute of Food and Agriculture assistance to assist States in the implementation of an organic certification program under this chapter.
(2) Financial assistance The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State that implements an organic certification program under this chapter.
(c) Access to data documentation systems The Secretary shall have access to available data from cross-border documentation systems administered by other Federal agencies, including the Automated Commercial Environment system of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(d) Reports (1) In general Not later than March 1, 2020, and annually thereafter through March 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, a report describing national organic program activities with respect to all domestic and overseas investigations and compliance actions taken pursuant to this chapter during the preceding year.
(2) Requirements The data described in paragraph (1) shall be broken down by agricultural product, quantity, value, and month.
(3) Exception Any data determined by the Secretary to be confidential business information shall not be provided in the report under paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 101624, title XXI, § 2122, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3951; Pub. L. 110234, title VII, § 7511(c)(24), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1269; Pub. L. 110246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7511(c)(24), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2031; Pub. L. 115334, title X, § 10104(h), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4901.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Pub. L. 110234 and Pub. L. 110246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110246.
Amendments2018—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 115334 added subsecs. (c) and (d). 2008—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110246, § 7511(c)(24), substituted “National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “Extension Service”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110234 by Pub. L. 110246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 7511(c)(24) of Pub. L. 110246 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.