[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1482 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1482

            To eliminate the tobacco price support program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1993

 Mr. Inglis of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
            To eliminate the tobacco price support program.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    (a) Elimination of Tobacco Price Support.--The Agricultural Act of 
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``tobacco 
                (except as otherwise provided herein), corn,'' and 
                inserting ``corn'';
                    (B) by striking subsection (c); and
                    (C) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``, except 
                tobacco,'';
            (2) by striking section 106 (7 U.S.C. 1445);
            (3) by striking section 106A (7 U.S.C. 1445-1);
            (4) by striking section 106B (7 U.S.C. 1445-2); and
            (5) in section 408 (7 U.S.C. 1428)--
                    (A) in subsection (c), by striking ``tobacco,''; 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by adding before the period 
                at the end the following: ``or tobacco''.
    (b) Elimination of Tobacco Marketing Quotas.--Part I (sections 311 
through 320B) of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311-1316) is repealed.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 3 of Public Law 98-59 (7 
U.S.C. 625) is repealed.
    (2) The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is further amended--
            (A) in section 301(b) (7 U.S.C. 1301(b))--
                    (i) by striking paragraphs (3)(C), (10)(B), 
                (14)(B), (14)(C), (14)(D), (15), (16)(B), and (17);
                    (ii) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``tobacco,''
                    (iii) in the undesignated subparagraphs in 
                paragraph (7), by striking
                    ``Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1-June 30;
                    ``Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October 1-
                September 30;''
                    (iv) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ``and 
                tobacco''; and
                    (v) in paragraph (12), by striking ``tobacco,'';
            (B) in section 303 (7 U.S.C. 1303), by striking ``rice, or 
        tobacco'' and inserting ``or rice''; and
            (C) in section 372(b) (7 U.S.C. 1372(b)), by striking 
        ``Except as provided in section 320B, the amount'' in the third 
        sentence and inserting ``The amount''.
    (3) Section 703 of Public Law 89-321 (7 U.S.C. 1316; 79 Stat. 1210) 
is amended by striking the second sentence.
    (4) The Act of July 12, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 1315; Chapter 709; 66 Stat. 
597), is repealed.
    (d) Effective Date and Application of Amendments.--The amendments 
made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1994. Beginning on 
that date, the Secretary of Agriculture shall terminate all loan 
agreements entered into with tobacco producer associations under 
section 106A of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and provide for 
the disposal of all funds in the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund of those 
associations and the No Net Cost Tobacco Account of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation.

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