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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO RATE OF ASSESSMENT. 



2 (a) Amendments to Section 8. — Section 8(e) of 



3 the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act (7 



4 U.S.C. 2707(e)) is amended by— 



5 (1) designating the first and second sentences 



6 as paragraph (1); 



7 (2) designating the fifth and sixth sentences as 



8 paragraph (3); and 



9 (3) striking out the third and fourth sentences 



10 and inserting in Ueu thereof the following new para- 



11 graph: "(2) The rate of assessments shall be pre- 



12 scribed by the order, and shall not exceed 30 cents 



13 per case of commercial eggs or the equivalent there- 



14 of. The order may be amended to change the rate 



15 of assessment if recommended by the Egg Board 



16 and approved by egg producers in a referendum con- 



17 ducted under section 9(b).". 



18 (b) Amendments to Section 9. — Section 9 of the 



19 Egg Research and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 



20 2708) is amended by— 



21 (1) designating the first two sentences as sub- 



22 section (a); 



23 (2) designating the last sentence as subsection 



24 (c); and 



25 (3) inserting after subsection (a), as designated 



26 under paragraph (1), the following new subsection: 



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