[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3071 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3071

To amend the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act as 
  it relates to the composition of the Lime Board, the conduct of the 
      referendum, the definition of lime, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 1993

   Mr. Lewis of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Canady) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act as 
  it relates to the composition of the Lime Board, the conduct of the 
      referendum, the definition of lime, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lime Research, Promotion, and 
Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 1953(6) of the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer 
Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6202(6)) is amended by striking 
``citrus aurantifolia'' and inserting ``citrus latifolia''.

SEC. 3. IMPORTER REPRESENTATION ON BOARD.

    Section 1955(b) of the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer 
Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6204(b)) is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (4) through (8) as (5) through (9) and inserting a new 
paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) The Secretary, after consultation with members of the 
        Lime Board, shall evaluate, two years after the establishment 
        of the initial board and every three years thereafter, the 
        average annual level of domestic production and imports subject 
        to assessment during such preceding period and adjust, to the 
        extent possible, the overall representation of producers and 
        importers on the Board to insure that producer and importer 
        representation is proportionate to the volume of domestic 
        production and imports subject to assessment, except that each 
        district as established in the order issued by the Secretary as 
        provided in section 1954(b) and published in the Code of 
        Federal Regulations (7 C.F.R. 1212) shall be represented by no 
        less than one producer member and one importer member.''.

SEC. 4. REFERENDUM DELAY.

    Section 1960(a) of the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer 
Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6209(a)) is amended by striking ``the 
Secretary first issues an order under section 1954(a)'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``assessments are imposed and collected under the order 
pursuant to section 1955(d)''.

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