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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 3411. Suspension and termination of orders
(a) Authority and responsibility of Secretary
The Secretary shall, whenever he finds that any order issued
under this chapter, or any provision thereof, obstructs or does not
tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, terminate
or suspend the operation of such order or such provision thereof.
(b) Referendum
The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall
hold a referendum on request of 10 per centum or more of the number
of end product manufacturers subject to the order, to determine
whether such manufacturers favor the termination or suspension of
the order, and the Secretary shall suspend or terminate such order
within six months after the Secretary determines that suspension or
termination of the order is approved or favored by a majority of
the end product manufacturers voting in such referendum who, during
a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been
engaged in the manufacture of end products or by end product
manufacturers who produced end products containing more than 50 per
centum of the total processed wheat contained in all end products
manufactured during such period by the end product manufacturers
voting in the referendum.
(c) Suspension or termination of order not to be considered an
order
The termination or suspension of any order, or any provision
thereof, shall not be considered an order within the meaning of
this chapter.
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