Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 105 — Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information
§ 7809. Confidentiality
Statutory text
Prohibition
No information regarding names of voters or 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 7804(m)(2) of this title, shall be subject to a fine of not less that $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 Board, 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.
Pub. L. 106–387 § 1(a)(tXII)(s1210) · 114 Stat. 1549
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 7809
(Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title XII, § 1210], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–96.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title XII, § 1210], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–96.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The provisions of H.R. 5426 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title XII, § 1210], , 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–96.)