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(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking
‘‘tobacco (except as otherwise provided herein), corn,’’ and
inserting ‘‘corn’’;
(2) by striking subsections (c), (g), (h), and (i);
(3) in subsection (d)(3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, except tobacco,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and no price support shall be made
available for any crop of tobacco for which marketing quotas
have been disapproved by producers;’’; and
(4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively.
(c) DEFINITION OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—Section
408(c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)) is amended
by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.
(d) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—Section 5
of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c)
is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than tobacco)’’ after ‘‘agricultural
commodities’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 613. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 320B(c)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
(7 U.S.C. 1314h(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘by’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) in the case of the 2004 marketing year, the price
support rate for the kind of tobacco involved in effect under
section 106 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445)
at the time of the violation; by’’.
SEC. 614. CONTINUATION OF LIABILITY FOR 2004 AND EARLIER CROP
YEARS.
The amendments made by this subtitle shall not affect the
liability of any person under any provision of law so amended
with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of each kind of tobacco.
Subtitle B—Transitional Payments to To-
bacco Quota Holders and Producers of
Tobacco
SEC. 621. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle and subtitle C:
(1) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949.—The term ‘‘Agricultural
Act of 1949’’ means the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1421 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this title.
(2) AGRICULTURAL
ADJUSTMENT
ACT
OF
1938.—The term
‘‘Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938’’ means the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.), as in effect
on the day before the date of the enactment of this title.
(3) CONSIDERED PLANTED.—The term ‘‘considered planted’’
means tobacco that was planted, but failed to be produced
as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(4) CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘contract’’ means a contract
entered into under section 622 or 623.
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(5) CONTRACT
PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘contract payment’’
means a payment made under section 622 or 623 pursuant
to a contract.
(6) PRODUCER OF QUOTA TOBACCO.—The term ‘‘producer
of quota tobacco’’ means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant,
or sharecropper that shared in the risk of producing tobacco
on a farm where tobacco was produced or considered planted
pursuant to a tobacco farm poundage quota or farm acreage
allotment established under part I of subtitle B of title III
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311
et seq.).
(7) QUOTA TOBACCO.—The term ‘quota tobacco’ means a
kind of tobacco that is subject to a farm marketing quota
or farm acreage allotment for the 2004 tobacco marketing year
under a marketing quota or allotment program established
under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.).
(8) TOBACCO.—The term ‘‘tobacco’’ means each of the fol-
lowing kinds of tobacco:
(A) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13,
and 14.
(B) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 22 and 23.
(C) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and
36.
(D) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37.
(E) Virginia fire-cured tobacco, comprising type 21.
(F) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
(G) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising
types 42, 43, 44, 53, 54, and 55.
(9) TOBACCO
QUOTA
HOLDER.—The term ‘‘tobacco quota
holder’’ means a person that was an owner of a farm, as
of the date of enactment of this title, for which a basic tobacco
farm marketing quota or farm acreage allotment for quota
tobacco was established for the 2004 tobacco marketing year.
(10) TOBACCO
TRUST
FUND.—The term ‘‘Tobacco Trust
Fund’’ means the Tobacco Trust Fund established under section
626.
(11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture.
SEC. 622. CONTRACT PAYMENTS TO TOBACCO QUOTA HOLDERS.
(a) CONTRACT OFFERED.—The Secretary shall offer to enter
into a contract with each tobacco quota holder under which the
tobacco quota holder shall be entitled to receive payments under
this section in exchange for the termination of tobacco marketing
quotas and related price support under the amendments made
by sections 611 and 612. The contract payments shall constitute
full and fair consideration for the termination of such tobacco mar-
keting quotas and related price support.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to enter into a contract to
receive a contract payment under this section, a person shall submit
to the Secretary an application containing such information as
the Secretary may require to demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the Secretary that the person is a tobacco quota holder. The applica-
tion shall be submitted within such time, in such form, and in
such manner as the Secretary may require.
(c) BASE QUOTA LEVEL.—
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a base
quota level applicable to each tobacco quota holder identified
under subsection (b).
(2) POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—Subject to adjustment under sub-
section (d), for each kind of tobacco for which the marketing
quota is expressed in pounds, the base quota level for each
tobacco quota holder shall be equal to the basic quota for
quota tobacco established for the 2002 tobacco marketing year
under a marketing quota program established under part I
of subtitle B of title III of the Agriculture Adjustment Act
of 1938 on the farm owned by the tobacco quota holder.
(3) MARKETING QUOTAS OTHER THAN POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—
Subject to adjustment under subsection (d), for each kind of
tobacco for which there is marketing quota or allotment on
an acreage basis, the base quota level for each tobacco quota
holder shall be the quantity equal to the product obtained
by multiplying—
(A) the basic tobacco farm marketing quota or allot-
ment for the 2002 marketing year established by the Sec-
retary for quota tobacco owned by the tobacco quota holder;
by
(B) the average production yield, per acre, for the
period covering the 2001, 2002, and 2003 crop years for
that kind of tobacco in the county in which the quota
tobacco is located.
(d) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—
(1) EFFECT OF PURCHASE CONTRACT.—If there was an agree-
ment for the purchase of all or part of a farm described in
subsection (c) as of the date of the enactment of this title,
and the parties to the sale are unable to agree to the disposition
of eligibility for contract payments, the Secretary, taking into
account any transfer of quota that has been agreed to, shall
provide for the equitable division of the contract payments
among the parties by adjusting the determination of who is
the tobacco quota holder with respect to particular pounds
or allotment of the quota.
(2) EFFECT
OF
AGREEMENT
FOR
PERMANENT
QUOTA
TRANSFER.—If the Secretary determines that there was in exist-
ence, as of the day before the date of the enactment of this
title, an agreement for the permanent transfer of quota, but
that the transfer was not completed by that date, the Secretary
shall consider the tobacco quota holder to be the party to
the agreement that, as of that date, was the owner of the
farm to which the quota was to be transferred.
(e) CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—
(1) CALCULATION OF TOTAL PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The total
amount of contract payments to which an eligible tobacco quota
holder is entitled under this section, with respect to a kind
of tobacco, shall be equal to the product obtained by
multiplying—
(A) $7.00 per pound; by
(B) the base quota level of the tobacco quota holder
determined under subsection (c) with respect to that kind
of tobacco.
(2) ANNUAL PAYMENT.—During each of fiscal years 2005
through 2014, the Secretary shall make a contract payment
under this section to each eligible tobacco quota holder, with
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respect to a kind of tobacco, in an amount equal to 1⁄10 of
the amount determined under paragraph (1) for the tobacco
quota holder for that kind of tobacco.
(f) DEATH OF TOBACCO QUOTA HOLDER.—If a tobacco quota
holder who is entitled to contract payments under this section
dies and is survived by a spouse or one or more dependents, the
right to receive the payments shall transfer to the surviving spouse
or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the estate of the tobacco
quota holder.
SEC. 
623. 
CONTRACT 
PAYMENTS 
FOR 
PRODUCERS 
OF 
QUOTA
TOBACCO.
(a) CONTRACT OFFERED.—The Secretary shall offer to enter
into a contract with each producer of quota tobacco under which
the producer of quota tobacco shall be entitled to receive payments
under this section in exchange for the termination of tobacco mar-
keting quotas and related price support under the amendments
made by sections 611 and 612. The contract payments shall con-
stitute full and fair consideration for the termination of such tobacco
marketing quotas and related price support.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) APPLICATION AND DETERMINATION.—To be eligible to
enter into a contract to receive a contract payment under this
section, a person shall submit to the Secretary an application
containing such information as the Secretary may require to
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the person
is a producer of quota tobacco. The application shall be sub-
mitted within such time, in such form, and in such manner
as the Secretary may require.
(2) EFFECT
OF MULTIPLE PRODUCERS
FOR SAME QUOTA
TOBACCO.—If, on the basis of the applications submitted under
paragraph (1) or other information, the Secretary determines
that two or more persons are a producer of the same quota
tobacco, the Secretary shall provide for an equitable distribution
among the persons of the contract payments made under this
section with respect to that quota tobacco, based on relative
share of such persons in the risk of producing the quota tobacco
and such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) BASE QUOTA LEVEL.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a base
quota level applicable to each producer of quota tobacco, as
determined under this subsection.
(2) FLUE-CURED AND BURLEY TOBACCO.—In the case of Flue-
cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and Burley tobacco
(type 31), the base quota level for each producer of quota
tobacco shall be equal to the effective tobacco marketing quota
(irrespective of disaster lease and transfers) under part I of
subtitle B of title III of the Agriculture Adjustment Act of
1938 for the 2002 marketing year for quota tobacco produced
on the farm.
(3) OTHER KINDS OF TOBACCO.—In the case of each kind
of tobacco (other than tobacco covered by paragraph (2)), for
the purpose of calculating a contract payment to a producer
of quota tobacco, the base quota level for the producer of quota
tobacco shall be the quantity obtained by multiplying—
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(A) the basic tobacco farm acreage allotment for the
2002 marketing year established by the Secretary for quota
tobacco produced on the farm; by
(B) the average annual yield, per acre, of quota tobacco
produced on the farm for the period covering the 2001,
2002, and 2003 crop years.
(d) CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—
(1) CALCULATION OF TOTAL PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Subject to
subsection (b)(2), the total amount of contract payments to
which an eligible producer of quota tobacco is entitled under
this section, with respect to a kind of tobacco, shall be equal
to the product obtained by multiplying—
(A) subject to paragraph (2), $3.00 per pound; by
(B) the base quota level of the producer of quota tobacco
determined under subsection (c) with respect to that kind
of tobacco.
(2) ANNUAL PAYMENT.—During each of fiscal years 2005
through 2014, the Secretary shall make a contract payment
under this section to each eligible producer of tobacco, with
respect to a kind of tobacco, in an amount equal to 1⁄10 of
the amount determined under paragraph (1) for the producer
for that kind of tobacco.
(3) VARIABLE PAYMENT RATES.—The rate for payments to
a producer of quota tobacco under paragraph (1)(A) shall be
equal to—
(A) in the case of a producer of quota tobacco that
produced quota tobacco marketed, or considered planted,
under a marketing quota in all three of the 2002, 2003,
or 2004 tobacco marketing years, the rate prescribed under
paragraph (1)(A);
(B) in the case of a producer of quota tobacco that
produced quota tobacco marketed, or considered planted,
under a marketing quota in only two of those tobacco
marketing years, 2⁄3 of the rate prescribed under paragraph
(1)(A);
(C) in the case of a producer of quota tobacco that
produced quota tobacco marketed, or considered planted,
under a marketing quota in only one of those tobacco
marketing years, 1⁄3 of the rate prescribed under paragraph
(1)(A).
(e) DEATH
OF TOBACCO PRODUCER.—If a producer of quota
tobacco who is entitled to contract payments under this section
dies and is survived by a spouse or one or more dependents, the
right to receive the contract payments shall transfer to the surviving
spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the estate of the
producer.
SEC. 624. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—Contract pay-
ments required to be made for a fiscal year shall be made by
the Secretary as soon as practicable.
(b) USE OF COUNTY COMMITTEES TO RESOLVE DISPUTES.—Any
dispute regarding the eligibility of a person to enter into a contract
or to receive contract payments, and any dispute regarding the
amount of a contract payment, may be appealed to the county
committee established under section 8 of the Soil Conservation
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and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h) for the county or
other area in which the farming operation of the person is located.
(c) ROLE OF NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION.—Any adverse deter-
mination of a county committee under subsection (b) may be
appealed to the National Appeals Division established under sub-
title H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of
1994 (7 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.).
(d) USE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary may use
a financial institution to manage assets, make contract payments,
and otherwise carry out this title.
(e) PAYMENT TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary shall
permit a tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco entitled
to contract payments to assign to a financial institution the right
to receive the contract payments. Upon receiving notification of
the assignment, the Secretary shall make subsequent contract pay-
ments for the tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco
directly to the financial institution designated by the tobacco quota
holder or producer of quota tobacco. The Secretary shall make
information available to tobacco quota holders and producers of
quota tobacco regarding their ability to elect to have the Secretary
make payments directly to a financial institution under this sub-
section so that they may obtain a lump sum or other payment.
SEC. 625. USE OF ASSESSMENTS AS SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) BASE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘base period’ means the one-
year period ending the June 30 before the beginning of a
fiscal year.
(2) GROSS DOMESTIC VOLUME.—The term ‘‘gross domestic
volume’’ means the volume of tobacco products—
(A) removed (as defined by section 5702 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986); and
(B) not exempt from tax under chapter 52 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 at the time of their removal
under that chapter or the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202).
(3) MARKET SHARE.—The term ‘‘market share’’ means the
share of each manufacturer or importer of a class of tobacco
product (expressed as a decimal to the fourth place) of the
total volume of domestic sales of the class of tobacco product
during the base period for a fiscal year for an assessment
under this section.
(b) QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS.—
(1) IMPOSITION
OF
ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary, acting
through the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall impose quar-
terly assessments during each of fiscal years 2005 through
2014, calculated in accordance with this section, on each tobacco
product manufacturer and tobacco product importer that sells
tobacco products in domestic commerce in the United States
during that fiscal year.
(2) AMOUNTS.—Beginning with the calendar quarter ending
on December 31 of each of fiscal years 2005 through 2014,
the assessment payments over each four-calendar quarter
period shall be sufficient to cover—
(A) the contract payments made under sections 622
and 623 during that period; and
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(B) other expenditures from the Tobacco Trust Fund
made during the base quarter periods corresponding to
the four calendar quarters of that period.
(3) DEPOSIT.—Assessments collected under this section
shall be deposited in the Tobacco Trust Fund.
(c) ASSESSMENTS FOR CLASSES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—
(1) INITIAL
ALLOCATION.—The percentage of the total
amount required by subsection (b) to be assessed against, and
paid by, the manufacturers and importers of each class of
tobacco product in fiscal year 2005 shall be as follows:
(A) For cigarette manufacturers and importers, 96.331
percent.
(B) For cigar manufacturers and importers, 2.783 per-
cent.
(C) For snuff manufacturers and importers, 0.539 per-
cent.
(D) For roll-your-own tobacco manufacturers and
importers, 0.171 percent.
(E) For chewing tobacco manufacturers and importers,
0.111 percent.
(F) For pipe tobacco manufacturers and importers,
0.066 percent.
(2) SUBSEQUENT
ALLOCATIONS.—For subsequent fiscal
years, the Secretary shall periodically adjust the percentage
of the total amount required under subsection (b) to be assessed
against, and paid by, the manufacturers and importers of each
class of tobacco product specified in paragraph (1) to reflect
changes in the share of gross domestic volume held by that
class of tobacco product.
(3) EFFECT OF INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.—If the Secretary
determines that the assessment imposed under subsection (b)
will result in insufficient amounts to carry out this subtitle
during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall assess such additional
amounts as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry
out this subtitle during that fiscal year. The additional amount
shall be allocated to manufacturers and importers of each class
of tobacco product specified in paragraph (1) in the same
manner and based on the same percentages applicable under
paragraph (1) or (2) for that fiscal year.
(d) NOTIFICATION AND TIMING OF ASSESSMENTS.—
(1) NOTIFICATION OF ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall
provide each manufacturer or importer subject to an assessment
under subsection (b) with written notice setting forth the
amount to be assessed against the manufacturer or importer
for each quarterly payment period. The notice for a quarterly
period shall be provided not later than 30 days before the
date payment is due under paragraph (3).
(2) CONTENT.—The notice shall include the following
information with respect to the quarterly period used by the
Secretary in calculating the amount:
(A) The total combined assessment for all manufactur-
ers and importers of tobacco products.
(B) The total assessment with respect to the class
of tobacco products manufactured or imported by the manu-
facturer or importer.
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(C) Any adjustments to the percentage allocations
among the classes of tobacco products made pursuant to
paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c).
(D) The volume of gross sales of the applicable class
of tobacco product treated as made by the manufacturer
or importer for purposes of calculating the manufacturer’s
or importer’s market share under subsection (f).
(E) The total volume of gross sales of the applicable
class of tobacco product that the Secretary treated as made
by all manufacturers and importers for purposes of calcu-
lating the manufacturer’s or importer’s market share under
subsection (f).
(F) The manufacturer’s or importer’s market share of
the applicable class of tobacco product, as determined by
the Secretary under subsection (f).
(G) The market share, as determined by the Secretary
under subsection (f), of each other manufacturer and
importer, for each applicable class of tobacco product.
(3) TIMING OF ASSESSMENT PAYMENTS.—
(A) COLLECTION DATE.—Assessments shall be collected
at the end of each calendar year quarter, except that the
Secretary shall ensure that the final assessment due under
this section is collected not later than September 30, 2014.
(B) BASE PERIOD QUARTER.—The assessment for a cal-
endar year quarter shall correspond to the base period
quarter that ended at the end of the preceding calendar
year quarter.
(e) ALLOCATION
OF
ASSESSMENT
WITHIN
EACH
CLASS
OF
TOBACCO PRODUCT.—
(1) PRO
RATA
BASIS.—The assessment for each class of
tobacco product specified in subsection (c)(1) shall be allocated
on a pro rata basis among manufacturers and importers based
on each manufacturer’s or importer’s share of gross domestic
volume.
(2) LIMITATION.—No manufacturer or importer shall be
required to pay an assessment that is based on a share that
is in excess of the manufacturer’s or importer’s share of
domestic volume.
(f) ALLOCATION OF TOTAL ASSESSMENTS BY MARKET SHARE.—
The amount of the assessment for each class of tobacco product
specified in subsection (c)(1) to be paid by each manufacturer or
importer of that class of tobacco product shall be determined for
each quarterly payment period by multiplying—
(1) the market share of the manufacturer or importer,
as calculated with respect to that payment period, of the class
of tobacco product; by
(2) the total amount of the assessment for that quarterly
payment period under subsection (c), for the class of tobacco
product.
(g) DETERMINATION OF VOLUME OF DOMESTIC SALES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The calculation of the volume of domestic
sales of a class of tobacco product by a manufacturer or
importer, and by all manufacturers and importers as a group,
shall be made by the Secretary based on information provided
by the manufacturers and importers pursuant to subsection
(h), as well as any other relevant information provided to
or obtained by the Secretary.
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(2) GROSS
DOMESTIC
VOLUME.—The volume of domestic
sales shall be calculated based on gross domestic volume.
(3) MEASUREMENT.—For purposes of the calculations under
this subsection and the certifications under subsection (h) by
the Secretary, the volumes of domestic sales shall be measured
by—
(A) in the case of cigarettes and cigars, the number
of cigarettes and cigars; and
(B) in the case of the other classes of tobacco products
specified in subsection (c)(1), in terms of number of pounds,
or fraction thereof, of those products.
(h) MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME OF DOMESTIC SALES.—
(1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—Each manufacturer and
importer of tobacco products shall submit to the Secretary
a certified copy of each of the returns or forms described by
paragraph (2) that are required to be filed with a Federal
agency on the same date that those returns or forms are filed,
or required to be filed, with the agency.
(2) RETURNS AND FORMS.—The returns and forms described
by this paragraph are those returns and forms that relate
to—
(A) the removal of tobacco products into domestic com-
merce (as defined by section 5702 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986); and
(B) the payment of the taxes imposed under charter
52 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including AFT
Form 5000.24 and United States Customs Form 7501 under
currently applicable regulations.
(3) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED INFORMA-
TION.—Any person that knowingly fails to provide information
required under this subsection or that provides false informa-
tion under this subsection shall be subject to the penalties
described in section 1003 of title 18, United States Code. The
Secretary may also assess against the person a civil penalty
in an amount not to exceed two percent of the value of the
kind of tobacco products manufactured or imported by the
person during the fiscal year in which the violation occurred,
as determined by the Secretary.
(i) CHALLENGE TO ASSESSMENT.—
(1) APPEAL TO SECRETARY.—A manufacturer or importer
subject to this section may contest an assessment imposed
on the manufacturer or importer under this section by notifying
the Secretary, not later than 30 business days after receiving
the assessment notification required by subsection (d), that
the manufacturer or importer intends to contest the assessment.
(2) INFORMATION.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall establish
by regulation a procedure under which a manufacturer or
importer contesting an assessment under this subsection may
present information to the Secretary to demonstrate that the
assessment applicable to the manufacturer or importer is incor-
rect. In challenging the assessment, the manufacturer or
importer may use any information that is available, including
third party data on industry or individual company sales vol-
umes.
(3) REVISION.—If a manufacturer or importer establishes
that the initial determination of the amount of an assessment
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is incorrect, the Secretary shall revise the amount of the assess-
ment so that the manufacturer or importer is required to pay
only the amount correctly determined.
(4) TIME
FOR
REVIEW.—Not later than 30 days after
receiving notice from a manufacturer or importer under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall—
(A) decide whether the information provided to the
Secretary under paragraph (2), and any other information
that the Secretary determines is appropriate, is sufficient
to establish that the original assessment was incorrect;
and
(B) make any revisions necessary to ensure that each
manufacturer and importer pays only its correct pro rata
share of total gross domestic volume from all sources.
(5) IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF UNDISPUTED AMOUNTS.—The
regulations promulgated by the Secretary under paragraph (2)
shall provide for the immediate payment by a manufacturer
or importer challenging an assessment of that portion of the
assessment that is not in dispute. The manufacturer and
importer may place into escrow, in accordance with such regula-
tions, only the portion of the assessment being challenged in
good faith pending final determination of the claim.
(j) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any manufacturer or importer aggrieved
by a determination of the Secretary with respect to the amount
of any assessment may seek review of the determination in
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
or for the district in which the manufacturer or importer resides
or has its principal place of business at any time following
exhaustion of the administrative remedies available under sub-
section (i).
(2) TIME LIMITS.—Administrative remedies shall be deemed
exhausted if no decision by the Secretary is made within the
time limits established under subsection (i)(4).
(3) EXCESSIVE
ASSESSMENTS.—The court shall restrain
collection of the excessive portion of any assessment or order
a refund of excessive assessments already paid, along with
interest calculated at the rate prescribed in section 3717 of
title 31, United States Code, if it finds that the Secretary’s
determination is not supported by a preponderance of the
information available to the Secretary.
(k) TERMINATION DATE.—The authority provided by this section
to impose assessments terminates on September 30, 2014.
SEC. 626. TOBACCO TRUST FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Commodity
Credit Corporation a revolving trust fund, to be known as the
‘‘Tobacco Trust Fund’’, which shall be used in carrying out this
subtitle. The Tobacco Trust Fund shall consist of the following:
(1) Assessments collected under section 625.
(2) Such amounts as are necessary from the Commodity
Credit Corporation.
(3) Any interest earned on investment of amounts in the
Tobacco Trust Fund under subsection (c).
(b) EXPENDITURES.—
(1) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—Subject to paragraph (2),
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
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shall use amounts in the Tobacco Trust Fund, in such amounts
as the Secretary determines are necessary—
(A) to make payments under sections 622 and 623;
(B) to provide reimbursement under section 641(c);
(C) to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation
for costs incurred by the Commodity Credit Corporation
under paragraph (2); and
(D) to make payments to financial institutions to sat-
isfy contractual obligations under section 622 or 623.
(2) EXPENDITURES BY COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make payments described in paragraph
(1). Not later than January 1, 2015, the Secretary shall use
amounts in the Tobacco Trust Fund to fully reimburse, with
interest, the Commodity Credit Corporation for all funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation expended under the
authority of this paragraph. Administrative costs incurred by
the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry
out this title may not be paid using amounts in the Tobacco
Trust Fund.
(c) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commodity Credit Corporation shall
invest such portion of the amounts in the Tobacco Trust Fund
as are not, in the judgment of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, required to meet current expenditures.
(2) INTEREST-BEARING OBLIGATIONS.—Investments may be
made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States.
(3) ACQUISITION
OF
OBLIGATIONS.—For the purpose of
investments under paragraph (1), obligations may be acquired—
(A) on original issue at the issue price; or
(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the
market price.
(4) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation acquired by the
Tobacco Trust Fund may be sold by the Commodity Credit
Corporation at the market price.
(5) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on, and the proceeds
from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the
Tobacco Trust Fund shall be credited to and form a part of
the Fund.
SEC. 627. LIMITATION ON TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
The total amount expended by the Secretary from the Tobacco
Trust Fund to make payments under sections 622 and 623 and
for the other authorized purposes of the Fund shall not exceed
$10,140,000,000.
Subtitle C—Implementation and
Transition
SEC. 641. TREATMENT OF TOBACCO LOAN POOL STOCKS AND OUT-
STANDING LOAN COSTS.
(a) DISPOSAL OF STOCKS.—To provide for the orderly disposition
of quota tobacco held by an association that has entered into a
loan agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec-
tion 106A or 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–
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1, 1445–2) (referred to in this section as an ‘‘association’’), loan
pool stocks for each kind of tobacco held by the association shall
be disposed of in accordance with this section.
(b) DISPOSAL BY ASSOCIATIONS.—For each kind of tobacco held
by an association, the association shall be responsible for the dis-
posal of a specific quantity of the loan pool stocks for that kind
of tobacco held by the association. The quantity transferred to
the association for disposal shall be equal to the quantity deter-
mined by dividing—
(1) the amount of funds held by the association in the
No Net Cost Tobacco Fund and the No Net Cost Tobacco
Account established under sections 106A and 106B of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1, 1445–2) for the kind
of tobacco; by
(2) the average list price per pound for the kind of tobacco,
as determined by the Secretary.
(c) DISPOSAL OF REMAINDER BY COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA-
TION.—
(1) DISPOSAL.—Any loan pool stocks of a kind of tobacco
of an association that are not transferred to the association
under subsection (b) for disposal shall be disposed of by Com-
modity Credit Corporation in a manner determined by the
Secretary.
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—As required by section 626(b)(1)(B),
the Secretary shall transfer from the Tobacco Trust Fund to
the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund or the No Net Cost Tobacco
Account of an association established under section 106A or
106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1, 1445–
2) such amounts as the Secretary determines will be adequate
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for any net
losses that the Corporation may sustain under its loan agree-
ments with the association.
(d) TRANSFER OF REMAINING NO NET COST FUNDS.—Any funds
in the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund or the No Net Cost Tobacco
Account of an association established under sections 106A and
106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1, 1445–
2) that remain after the application of subsections (b) and (c)
shall be transferred to the association for distribution to producers
of quota tobacco in accordance with a plan approved by the Sec-
retary.
SEC. 642. REGULATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promulgate such regula-
tions as are necessary to implement this title and the amendments
made by this title.
(b) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regulations and
administration of this title and the amendments made by this
title shall be made without regard to—
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
title 5, United States Code;
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices
of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking;
and
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’).
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(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided
under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 643. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title shall apply
to the 2005 and subsequent crops of each kind of tobacco.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. BROWNFIELDS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED
GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECTS.
(a) TREATMENT AS EXEMPT FACILITY BOND.—Subsection (a) of
section 142 (relating to the definition of exempt facility bond) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (12), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (13) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and
by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(14) qualified green building and sustainable design
projects.’’.
(b) QUALIFIED GREEN BUILDING
AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
PROJECTS.—Section 142 (relating to exempt facility bonds) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(l) QUALIFIED GREEN BUILDING
AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
PROJECTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a)(14), the
term ‘qualified green building and sustainable design project’
means any project which is designated by the Secretary, after
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, as a qualified green building and sustainable
design project and which meets the requirements of clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of paragraph (4)(A).
‘‘(2) DESIGNATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the end of
the application period described in paragraph (3)(A), the
Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, shall designate qualified
green building and sustainable design projects. At least
one of the projects designated shall be located in, or within
a 10-mile radius of, an empowerment zone as designated
pursuant to section 1391, and at least one of the projects
designated shall be located in a rural State. No more than
one project shall be designated in a State. A project shall
not be designated if such project includes a stadium or
arena for professional sports exhibitions or games.
‘‘(B) 
MINIMUM
CONSERVATION
AND
TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary, after consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, shall ensure that, in the aggregate, the projects
designated shall—
‘‘(i) reduce electric consumption by more than 150
megawatts annually as compared to conventional
generation,
‘‘(ii) reduce daily sulfur dioxide emissions by at
least 10 tons compared to coal generation power,
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‘‘(iii) expand by 75 percent the domestic solar
photovoltaic market in the United States (measured
in megawatts) as compared to the expansion of that
market from 2001 to 2002, and
‘‘(iv) use at least 25 megawatts of fuel cell energy
generation.
‘‘(3) LIMITED DESIGNATIONS.—A project may not be des-
ignated under this subsection unless—
‘‘(A) the project is nominated by a State or local govern-
ment within 180 days of the enactment of this subsection,
and
‘‘(B) such State or local government provides written
assurances that the project will satisfy the eligibility cri-
teria described in paragraph (4).
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A project may not be designated
under this subsection unless the application for such des-
ignation includes a project proposal which describes the
energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable design
features of the project and demonstrates that the project
satisfies the following eligibility criteria:
‘‘(i) GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.—
At least 75 percent of the square footage of commercial
buildings which are part of the project is registered
for United States Green Building Council’s LEED cer-
tification and is reasonably expected (at the time of
the designation) to receive such certification. For pur-
poses of determining LEED certification as required
under this clause, points shall be credited by using
the following:
‘‘(I) For wood products, certification under the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program and the
American Tree Farm System.
‘‘(II) For renewable wood products, as credited
for recycled content otherwise provided under
LEED certification.
‘‘(III) For composite wood products, certifi-
cation under standards established by the Amer-
ican National Standards Institute, or such other
voluntary standards as published in the Federal
Register by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
‘‘(ii) BROWNFIELD
REDEVELOPMENT.—The project
includes a brownfield site as defined by section 101(39)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601),
including 
a 
site 
described 
in 
subparagraph
(D)(ii)(II)(aa) thereof.
‘‘(iii) STATE
AND
LOCAL
SUPPORT.—The project
receives specific State or local government resources
which will support the project in an amount equal
to at least $5,000,000. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the term ‘resources’ includes tax abatement
benefits and contributions in kind.
‘‘(iv) SIZE.—The project includes at least one of
the following:
‘‘(I) At least 1,000,000 square feet of building.