3.0.0 1490 2023-01-15T06:17:48Z 2023-01-15T06:17:48Z Senate S S 2003-07-30 108 Tobacco Reduction, Accountability, and Community Enhancement Act of 2003 108 3160 HR 2003-09-24 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2003-09-02 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 264. Calendars 2003-07-30 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2003-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2003-07-30 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2003-07-30 True H000725 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] ERNEST HOLLINGS D SC FREDERICK 2003-07-30 True E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC 2003-07-30 True M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2003-07-30 True F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. 2003-07-30 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2003-07-30 True A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2003-07-30 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2003-07-30 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2003-07-30 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2003-07-30 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2003-07-30 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural production Agricultural subsidies Farm production quotas Tobacco Agriculture and Food 00 2003-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-03T16:19:30Z Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003 - Amends, and repeals, specified agricultural Acts to eliminate tobacco quota and price support programs, including no net cost provisions.

Adds a new subtitle, Subtitle E: Tobacco Assistance, to title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make transition payments to each tobacco quota holder (generally, an owner of a farm, as of July 1, 2002, for which a basic tobacco marketing or farm acreage allotment for quota tobacco was established for the 2002 tobacco marketing year under a marketing quota program).

Requires the Secretary to make direct payments to a traditional producer of tobacco (a person that, for at least one of the 2000, 2001, or 2002 tobacco marketing years, was actively engaged in the production of tobacco marketed, or considered planted, under a marketing quota and shared in the risk of producing the tobacco).

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a permanent advisory board, the Tobacco Quality Board; (2) a permanent advisory board for each kind of tobacco, a Production Board; and (3) an acreage limitation program for each crop of each kind of tobacco.

Directs the Secretary, during any consecutive 4-week period of a marketing year in which the world price for the crop of a kind of tobacco exceeds the average domestic price for such tobacco, to make market stability payments available to active producers of such tobacco.

Directs the Secretary to make grants: (1) to eligible States for the Federal share of carrying out economic development initiatives in impacted counties (counties in which tobacco producers have sustained a reduction in gross receipts from the sale of tobacco for a base period); and (2) to colleges and universities in eligible States to conduct research to assist tobacco producers to diversify so as to reduce or eliminate reliance on tobacco production (or to promote alternative uses of tobacco or enhance the quality of tobacco produced), and to foster development of economically viable new agricultural technologies and enterprises for rural communities.

Establishes in the Commodity Credit Corporation a revolving trust fund to carry out this subtitle. Deposits into the Fund an annual assessment (imposed by this Act) on each tobacco product manufacturer and tobacco product importer that sells tobacco products in domestic U.S. commerce.

Sets forth tobacco stocks and no net cost transition provisions.

]]> Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003 Display Title Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to eliminate the Federal quota and price support programs for tobacco, to provide assistance to quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Tobacco Market Transition Act of 2003 Popular Titles Tobacco Buyout bill 9 Library of Congress Placed on Calendar Senate 2003-09-02T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2003-07-30T04:00:00Z 2003-09-02 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 264. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.