[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2693 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2693

     To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to limit the 
    imposition of civil money penalties for violations of marketing 
allotments for sugar and crystalline fructose to those violations that 
                        are knowingly committed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 1993

 Mr. Pomeroy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to limit the 
    imposition of civil money penalties for violations of marketing 
allotments for sugar and crystalline fructose to those violations that 
                        are knowingly committed.

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

SECTION 1. KNOWING VIOLATIONS OF MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR SUGAR AND 
              CRYSTALLINE FRUCTOSE.

    (a) Penalties Limited to Knowing Violations.--Section 359b(d)(3) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359bb(d)(3)) is 
amended by inserting ``knowingly'' before ``violates'' both places it 
appears.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to any violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of 
subsection (d) of section 359b of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938 occurring--
            (1) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
            (2) before such date if a civil penalty for such violation 
        has not been collected before such date.

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