[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3772 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3772

   To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market 
          promotion program of the Department of Agriculture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market 
          promotion program of the Department of Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Agricultural trade act of 1978.--The Agricultural Trade 
        Act of 1978 is amended--
                    (A) in section 211 (7 U.S.C. 5641), by striking 
                subsection (c); and
                    (B) in section 402(a)(1) (7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)), by 
                striking ``203,''.
            (2) Agricultural reconciliation act of 1993.--Section 1302 
        of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
        66; 107 Stat. 330; 7 U.S.C. 5623 note) is amended by striking 
        paragraphs (2) and (3).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on September 30, 1994.
    (d) Effect of Repeal on Existing Agreements.--The repeal by 
subsection (a) of the market promotion program established pursuant to 
section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the 
validity or continued operation of any contract or agreement entered 
into under the market promotion program before September 30, 1994. The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that no administrative expenses 
are incurred after such date to operate the market promotion program, 
except to the extent those expenses are necessary to administer 
contracts and agreements in effect before such date.

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