Byrd Amendment Cert - American Honey Producers Association

Byrd Amendment Cert

Byrd Amendment Certification

DUE: July 30, 2013

Below are quick simple instructions for filing your 2013 Byrd Certification. At the bottom of this page are links to more detailed "General Instructions" and "Quick Instructions" along with Certification Forms.

Download Byrd Certification Form 7401 (bottom of this page)
If you filed in 2012, all information will be nearly identical from your 2012 certification form, except you must add in the individual amount paid for the China Honey case from your 2012 Byrd check on page 3, column 3 "Total Amount of Prior Year's Distribution for this Case" and do the math for column 4.
As you figure "Total Amounts of Prior Year's Distributions" be sure and use the WHOLE amount paid in 2012 by Customs to Mike Coursey's escrow account. Do not use the amount of the check you received from the escrow account. Use the WHOLE amount paid to the Escrow Account. All of this should be applied to the Honey China A-570-863 dumping case.
The amounts on line 41 for the 2 Argentina orders will remain the same as 2012 since you received no payment for Argentina cases in 2012.
You only need to file ONE form for each case, but be sure to list all three cases on page 3.
You do NOT need a cover letter as done a number of years ago.
Mail to address on page 2 of Certification Form 7401. You might consider sending your certification via overnight courier or registered mail to ensure that Customs receives it by July 30th. It must be RECEIVED by Customs by July 30th, 2013 not just postmarked. If it is not received by the deadline, you will not be eligible for disbursement.
You may also file online at Pay.Gov.The instructions and the link to the site are below.

This certification of Byrd money through AHPA is only available to beekeepers who have been continuous AHPA members from September 29, 2001 through 2013. If you have not been an AHPA member all those years, you should not fill out this certification form. Customs will not accept your certification form if you have not been an AHPA member for the last 12 years or listed in the Federal Register below.

If you need additional assistance or need the forms and instructions mailed to you please call AHPA Executive Secretary, Cassie Cox 281-900-9740 or email cassie@ahpanet.com.

Downloadable Files

Example
Example Form 7401 PDF