§ 6521. Administration

• (a) Not later than 540 days after November 28, 1990 , the Secretary shall issue proposed regulations to carry out this chapter.
• (b)
  • (1) 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.
  • (2) The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any State that implements an organic certification program under this chapter.
• (c) 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.
• (d)
  • (1) Not later than March 1, 2020 , and annually thereafter through March 1, 2023 , 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.
  • (2) The data described in paragraph (1) shall be broken down by agricultural product, quantity, value, and month.
  • (3) Any data determined by the Secretary to be confidential business information shall not be provided in the report under paragraph (1).