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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1372

To eliminate the price support and production adjustment programs for

tobacco, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 5 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. WOFFORD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To eliminate the price support and production adjustment

programs for tobacco, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tobacco Price Support

5 Elimination Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT AND

7 PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS.

8 (a) PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.—
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1 (1) PARITY PRICE SUPPORT.—Section 101 of

2 the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) is

3 amended—

4 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (a),

5 by striking ‘‘tobacco (except as otherwise pro6 vided herein), corn,’’ and inserting ‘‘corn’’;

7 (B) by striking subsections (c), (g), (h),

8 and (i);

9 (C) in subsection (d)(3)—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘, except tobacco,’’;

11 and

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘and no price support

13 shall be made available for any crop of to14 bacco for which marketing quotas have

15 been disapproved by producers;’’; and

16 (D) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub17 section (c).

18 (2) NO NET COST PROVISIONS.—Sections 106,

19 106A, and 106B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445, 1445–

20 1, and 1445–2) are repealed.

21 (3) DEFINITION OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL COM22 MODITY.—Section 408(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C.

23 1428(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.
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1 (4) REVIEW OF BURLEY TOBACCO IMPORTS.—

2 Section 3 of Public Law 98–59 (7 U.S.C. 625) is re3 pealed.

4 (5) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA5 TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Cor6 poration Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amend7 ed by inserting after ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ the

8 following: ‘‘(other than tobacco)’’.

9 (b) ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MARKETING

10 QUOTAS.—

11 (1) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of

12 the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.

13 1282) is amended by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.

14 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301(b) of such Act

15 (7 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended—

16 (A) in paragraph (3)—

17 (i) by striking subparagraph (C); and

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

19 (D) as subparagraph (C);

20 (B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘to21 bacco,’’;

22 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the fol23 lowing:

24 ‘‘Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1–June 30;
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1 ‘‘Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October

2 1–September 30;’’;

3 (D) in paragraph (10)—

4 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and

5 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

6 (C) as subparagraph (B);

7 (E) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘and

8 tobacco’’;

9 (F) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘to10 bacco,’’;

11 (G) in paragraph (14)—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and

13 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B),

14 (C), and (D);

15 (H) by striking paragraph (15);

16 (I) in paragraph (16)—

17 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

19 (C) as subparagraph (B); and

20 (J) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and

21 (17) as paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively.

22 (3) PARITY PAYMENTS.—Section 303 of such

23 Act (7 U.S.C. 1303) is amended by striking ‘‘rice,

24 or tobacco,’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice,’’.
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1 (4) MARKETING QUOTAS.—Part I of subtitle B

2 of title III of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is

3 repealed.

4 (5) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 361

5 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking

6 ‘‘tobacco,’’.

7 (6) ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS.—Section 371 of

8 such Act (7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended—

9 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘peanuts,

10 or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and

11 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘peanuts

12 or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’.

13 (7) REPORTS AND RECORDS.—Section 373 of

14 such Act (7 U.S.C. 1373) is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘peanuts, or tobacco’’ each

16 place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and

17 inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and

18 (B) in subsection (a)—

19 (i) in the first sentence, by striking

20 ‘‘all persons engaged in the business of

21 redrying, prizing, or stemming tobacco for

22 producers,’’; and

23 (ii) in the last sentence, by striking

24 ‘‘$500;’’ and all that follows through the
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1 period at the end of the sentence and in2 serting ‘‘$500.’’.

3 (8) REGULATIONS.—Section 375(a) of such Act

4 (7 U.S.C. 1375(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘peanuts,

5 or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’.

6 (9) EMINENT DOMAIN.—Section 378 of such

7 Act (7 U.S.C. 1378) is amended—

8 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c),

9 by striking ‘‘cotton, tobacco, and peanuts’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘cotton and peanuts’’; and

11 (B) by striking subsections (d), (e), and

12 (f).

13 (10) BURLEY TOBACCO FARM RECONSTITU14 TION.—Section 379 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1379) is

15 amended—

16 (A) in subsection (a)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

18 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘,

19 but this clause (6) shall not be applicable

20 in the case of burley tobacco’’; and

21 (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c).

22 (11) ACREAGE-POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—Section 4

23 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Agricul24 tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to pro25 vide for acreage-poundage marketing quotas for to-
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1 bacco, to amend the tobacco price support provisions

2 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for

3 other purposes’’, approved April 16, 1965 (7 U.S.C.

4 1314c note), is repealed.

5 (12) BURLEY TOBACCO ACREAGE ALLOT6 MENTS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to bur7 ley tobacco farm acreage allotments under the Agri8 cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, ap9 proved July 12, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 1315), is repealed.

10 (13) TRANSFER OF ALLOTMENTS.—Section 703

11 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C.

12 1316) is repealed.

13 (14) ADVANCE RECOURSE LOANS.—Section

14 13(a)(2)(B) of the Food Security Improvements Act

15 of 1986 (7 U.S.C. 1433c–1(a)(2)(B)) is amended by

16 striking ‘‘tobacco and’’.

17 (15) TOBACCO FIELD MEASUREMENT.—Section

18 1112 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

19 1987 (Public Law 100–203) is amended by striking

20 subsection (c).

21 SEC. 3. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

22 (a) LIABILITY.—The amendments made by this Act

23 shall not affect the liability of any person under any provi24 sion of law as in effect before the application of the

25 amendments in accordance with section 4.
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1 (b) TOBACCO STOCKS AND LOANS.—The Secretary

2 of Agriculture shall issue regulations that require—

3 (1) the orderly disposition of tobacco stocks;

4 and

5 (2) the repayment of all tobacco price support

6 loans outstanding on the date of enactment of this

7 Act by not later than 1 year after the effective date

8 of this Act.

9 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE COST SAVINGS.—The Secretary

10 of Agriculture shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas11 ury, for deposit into the general fund of the Treasury, an

12 amount equal to the administrative cost savings that re13 sult from the enactment of this Act and the amendments

14 made by this Act.

15 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

16 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

17 apply beginning with the marketing year that begins after

18 the date of enactment of this Act.

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