REQUIREMENT OF REFERENDUM.

SEC. 1944. REQUIREMENT OF REFERENDUM. Section 314 of the Potato Research and Promotion Act (7 U.S.C. 2623) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following sentence: “When the issuance of a plan would subject importers to the terms and conditions of a plan, the Secretary also shall conduct the referendum among importers, who during a representative period determined by the Secretary have been engaged in the importation of potatoes, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance of such plan is approved or favored by such importers.”; (2) in subsection (b) by striking “two-thirds of the producers voting in such referendum, or by the producers of not less than two-thirds of the potatoes produced during the representative period by producers voting in such referendum, and by not less than a majority of the producers voting in such referendum” and inserting “a majority of the producers voting in such referendum or a majority of the producers and importers when the issuance of a plan would subject importers to the terms and conditions of a plan, voting in such referendum”; (3) in subsection (c) by inserting “and importers” after “producers”; and (4) in subsection (d) by inserting “, or any importer or the volume of potatoes imported by such importer” after “potatoes”.