1.Exemption from reporting
requirementsSection 273(b) of
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b(b)) is amended—
(1)in paragraph (1),
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
(B)require each
manufacturer and other appropriate person to report to the Secretary, at a
periodic interval determined by the Secretary, information on the products in
the cold storage survey and the dairy products survey of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service.
;
and
(2)in paragraph
(2)—
(A)in subparagraph
(C), by striking and
at the end;
(B)in subparagraph
(D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
;
and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(E)the Secretary may
exempt from all reporting requirements any manufacturer or facility that stores
less than an average of 10,000 pounds monthly on an annual
basis.
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2.Cold storage survey
and dairy products surveySection 273(c)(3) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
(C)
(i)For purposes of the cold storage survey of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service, each facility storing dairy products shall
report to the Secretary each month information on the quantity of dairy
products stored.
(ii)The
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing
Service, shall take such measures as are necessary to audit the survey
described in paragraph (1) and ensure compliance with the reporting
requirement.
(D)
(i)For purposes of the dairy products survey of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service, each manufacturer storing dairy products shall
report to the Secretary each month information on the quantity of dairy
products stored.
(ii)The
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing
Service, shall take such measures as are necessary to audit the survey
described in paragraph (1) and ensure compliance with the reporting
requirement.
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