7 U.S.C. § 7415 — Permissive terms in orders

(a) Exemptions. An order^* may: (1) authorize the Secretary^* to exempt a de minimis quantity of an otherwise covered commodity; and (2) authorize the board^* to require satisfactory safeguards against misuse of the exemption.
(b) Different payment and reporting schedules. An order may authorize the board to set different payment and reporting schedules to account for different marketing practices and procedures in different production and importing areas.
(c) Activities. An order may authorize research^*, promotion^*, and information^* activities intended to expand, improve, or make more efficient the domestic or foreign marketing or use of the covered commodity. Section 7414(e) applies to these activities.
(d) Reserve funds. An order may authorize reserving assessment money for a continuous, coordinated research, promotion, and information program when assessment income may fall. The reserve cannot exceed the greatest total anticipated disbursements in budgets approved by the Secretary for any two fiscal years.
(e) Credits. (1) Generic activities. An order may authorize assessment credits for people who contribute to similar generic State^*, regional, or local programs. (2) Branded activities. (A) The Secretary may let a farmer cooperative conducting branded activities for members receive an annual credit by deducting the activities’ total cost from the assessments otherwise owed by producer^* members under the order. (B) The cooperative may voluntarily waive this treatment.
(f) Assessment of imports. An order may authorize the board to assess an imported commodity, or its products, under section 7416 at a rate comparable to the rate for the domestic commodity.
(g) Other authority. An order may authorize any other action that (1) is consistent with this subchapter, section 7414’s terms and conditions, and rules under this subchapter, and (2) is needed to administer the order.