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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2524
To eliminate certain Federal programs in order to significantly reduce annual
budget deficits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1993
Ms. HARMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Natural Re-
sources, and Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To eliminate certain Federal programs in order to
significantly reduce annual budget deficits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cut Spending First
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER.
The United States shall not, after the date of enact-
ment 
of 
this 
Act, 
obligate 
any 
funds 
for 
the
superconducting super collider project.
SEC. 3. ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR.
No Federal funds shall be expended for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Advanced Solid
Rocket Motor program, except as is necessary to terminate
contracts in effect before the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 is amended—
(1) in section 211 (7 U.S.C. 5641), by striking
subsection (c); and
(2) in section 402(a)(1) (7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)),
by striking ‘‘203,’’.
(c) EFFECT
OF REPEAL
ON EXISTING AGREE-
MENTS.—The repeal by subsection (a) of the market pro-
motion program established pursuant to section 203 of the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the validity
or continued operation of an agreement entered into be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act to provide as-
sistance under such section.
SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT AND
PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.—
(1) PARITY PRICE SUPPORT.—Section 101 of
the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) is
amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (a),
by striking ‘‘tobacco (except as otherwise pro-
vided herein), corn,’’ and inserting ‘‘corn’’;
(B) by striking subsections (c), (g), (h),
and (i);
(C) in subsection (d)(3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘, except tobacco,’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and no price support
shall be made available for any crop of to-
bacco for which marketing quotas have
been disapproved by producers;’’; and
(D) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c).
(2) NO NET COST PROVISIONS.—Sections 106,
106A, and 106B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445, 1445–
1, and 1445–2) are repealed.
(3) DEFINITION OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITY.—Section 408(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
1428(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.
(4) REVIEW OF BURLEY TOBACCO IMPORTS.—
Section 3 of Public Law 98–59 (7 U.S.C. 625) is re-
pealed.
(5) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA-
TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amend-
ed by inserting after ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ the
following: ‘‘(other than tobacco)’’.
(b) 
ACREAGE
ALLOTMENTS
AND
MARKETING
QUOTAS.—
(1) DECLARATION
OF
POLICY.—Section 2 of
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.
1282) is amended by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301(b) of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph
(D) as subparagraph (C);
(B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘to-
bacco,’’;
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1–June 30;
‘‘Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October
1–September 30;’’;
(D) in paragraph (10)—
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph
(C) as subparagraph (B);
(E) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘and
tobacco’’;
(F) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘to-
bacco,’’;
(G) in paragraph (14)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (B),
(C), and (D);
(H) by striking paragraph (15);
(I) in paragraph (16)—
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph
(C) as subparagraph (B); and
(J) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and
(17) as paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively.
(3) PARITY PAYMENTS.—Section 303 of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 1303) is amended by striking ‘‘rice,
or tobacco,’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice,’’.
(4) MARKETING QUOTAS.—Part I of subtitle B
of title III of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is
repealed.
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 361
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking
‘‘tobacco,’’.
(6) ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS.—Section 371 of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘peanuts,
or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘peanuts
or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’.
(7) REPORTS AND RECORDS.—Section 373 of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1373) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘peanuts, or tobacco’’ each
place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and
inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and
(B) in subsection (a)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘all persons engaged in the business of
redrying, prizing, or stemming tobacco for
producers,’’; and
(ii) in the last sentence, by striking
‘‘$500;’’ and all that follows through the
period at the end of the sentence and in-
serting ‘‘$500.’’.
(8) REGULATIONS.—Section 375(a) of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1375(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘peanuts,
or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’.
(9) EMINENT
DOMAIN.—Section 378 of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 1378) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (c),
by striking ‘‘cotton, tobacco, and peanuts’’ and
inserting ‘‘cotton and peanuts’’; and
(B) by striking subsections (d), (e), and
(f).
(10) BURLEY
TOBACCO
FARM
RECONSTITU-
TION.—Section 379 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1379) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘,
but this clause (6) shall not be applicable
in the case of burley tobacco’’; and
(B) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
(11) ACREAGE-POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—Section 4
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to pro-
vide for acreage-poundage marketing quotas for to-
(3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘with re-
spect to’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii) a foreign
country’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to a foreign
country’’.
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