An Act to amend section 313 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, with respect to tobacco allotments
PL 84-351 (S.2295), enacted 08/11/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 351-AUG. 11, 1955 
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Public Law 351 
CHAPTER 789 
August 11, 1955 
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[S. 2295] 
rpp amend section 313 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, with respect 
to tobacco allotments. 
Burley tobacco. 
65 Stat. 422. 
7 u s e 1313. 
Be it enacted hy th-e Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a.ssemhled^ That section 313 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(j) In establishing farm acreage allotments for burley tobacco 
crops for the years 1956, 1957, and 1958 the acreage allotment for 
any farm which has not been retired from agricultural production 
shall not be reduced below the acreage allotment which would other-
wise be established because the harvested acreage was less than the 
allotted acreage unless the acreage harvested was less than 50 per 
centum of the allotted acreage in each of the preceding five years, 
in which event it shall not be reduced for such reason to less than 
the largest acreage harvested in any year in such five-year period." 
Approved August 11, 1955.