; (2) to develop and recommend to the Secretary for approval such bylaws as may be necessary for the functioning of the Board and such rules as may be necessary to administer the order, including activities authorized to be carried out under the order; (3) to meet, organize, and select from among members of the Board a chairperson, other officers, and committees and subcommittees, as the Board determines appropriate; (4) to establish regional organizations or committees to administer regional initiatives; (5) to establish working committees of persons other than Board members; (6) to employ such persons, other than the members, as the Board considers necessary, and to determine the compensation and specify the duties of the persons; (7) to prepare and submit for the approval of the Secretary, before the beginning of each fiscal year, rates of assessment under section 6 and an annual budget of the anticipated expenses to be incurred in the administration of the order, including the probable cost of each promotion, research, and information activity proposed to be developed or carried out by the Board; (8) to borrow funds necessary for the startup expenses of the order; (9) to carry out generic research, education, and promotion programs and projects relating to concrete masonry products, and to pay the costs of such programs and projects with assessments collected under section 6 ; (10) subject to subsection (e) , to enter into contracts or agreements to develop and carry out programs or projects of research, education, and promotion relating to concrete masonry products; (11) to keep minutes, books, and records that reflect the actions and transactions of the Board, and promptly report minutes of each Board meeting to the Secretary; (12) to receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of the order; (13) to furnish the Secretary with such information as the Secretary may request; (14) to recommend to the Secretary such amendments to the order as the Board considers appropriate