7 U.S.C. § 6521 — Administration

(a) Regulations Not later than 540 days after November 28, 1990 , the Secretary^* must issue proposed regulations to carry out this chapter.

(b) Assistance to State
(1) Technical and other assistance The Secretary must 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.
(2) Financial assistance The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State that implements an organic certification program under this chapter.

(c) Access to data documentation systems The Secretary must 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.

(d) Reports
(1) In general Not later than March 1, 2020 , and annually thereafter through March 1, 2023 , the Secretary must submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, a report describing national organic program activities about all domestic and overseas investigations and compliance actions taken under this chapter during the preceding year.
(2) Requirements The data described in paragraph (1) must be broken down by agricultural product^*, quantity, value, and month.
(3) Exception Any data determined by the Secretary to be confidential business information must not be provided in the report under paragraph (1).