If a council is terminated under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary, after recovering all expenses incurred for the conduct of the referendum under subsection (a) of this section, shall take such action as is necessary and practicable to ensure that moneys remaining in the account established by the council under section 4012(e) of this title are paid on a prorated basis to the sector participants from whom those moneys were collected under section 4012 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 4015
- Secretary
- "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary's designee; and
- council
- "council" means a seafood promotional council established under section 4009 of this title;
- fish
- "fish" means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal life used for human consumption; the term does not include marine mammals and seabirds;
- sector
- "sector" means-(A) the sector consisting of harvesters;(B) the sector consisting of importers;(C) the sector consisting of marketers;(D) the sector consisting of processors;(E) the sector consisting of receivers; or(F) the consumer sector consisting of persons professionally engaged in the dissemination of information pertaining to the nutritional benefits and preparation of fish and fish products;