Regulations
Not later than 540 days after , the Secretary shall issue proposed regulations to carry out this chapter.
Assistance to State
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.
Financial assistance
The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State that implements an organic certification program under this chapter.
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.
Reports
In general
Not later than , and annually thereafter through , 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.
Requirements
The data described in paragraph (1) shall be broken down by agricultural product, quantity, value, and month.
Exception
Any data determined by the Secretary to be confidential business information shall not be provided in the report under paragraph (1).
Pub. L. 101–624, title XXI, § 2122104 Stat. 3951Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7511(c)(24)122 Stat. 1269Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664Pub. L. 115–334, title X, § 10104(h)132 Stat. 4901(, , ; , , ; , title VII, § 7511(c)(24), , , 2031; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by were repealed by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–3342018—Subsecs. (c), (d). added subsecs. (c) and (d).
Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(24)2008—Subsec. (b)(1). , substituted “National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “Extension Service”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246section 8701 of this titleAmendment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
section 7511(c)(24) of Pub. L. 110–246section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246section 1522 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .