Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 97 — Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information
§ 6810. Confidentiality
Statutory text
Prohibition
No information on how a person voted in a referendum conducted under this chapter shall be made public.
Penalty
Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a) or the confidentiality terms of an order, as described in section 6804(j)(2) of this title, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. If the person is an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or the PromoFlor Council, the person shall be removed from office.
Additional prohibition
No information obtained under this chapter may be made available to any agency or officer of the Federal Government for any purpose other than the implementation of this chapter or an investigatory or enforcement action necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
Withholding information from Congress prohibited
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from Congress.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act of 1993
Pub. L. 103–190 § 11 · 107 Stat. 2266
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6810
(Pub. L. 103–190, § 11, Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2288.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–190, § 11, Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2288.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 11. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Prohibition.— No information on how a person voted in a referendum conducted under this Act shall be made public. (b) Penalty.— Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a) or the confidentiality terms of an order, as described in section 5(j)(2), shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. If the person is an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or the PromoFlor Council, the person shall be removed from office. (c) Additional Prohibition.— No information obtained under this Act may be made available to any agency or officer of the Federal Government for any purpose other than the implementation of this Act or an investigatory or enforcement action necessary for the implementation of this Act. (d) Withholding Information From Congress Prohibited.— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from Congress.
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