[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3824 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3824

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to revise the reserve 
stock level for burley tobacco, to increase the amount of scrap tobacco 
 permitted to be marketed, and to authorize the lease and transfer of 
 burley tobacco quotas between farms in adjacent counties in the State 
                of Virginia under certain circumstances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 1994

 Mr. Boucher 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 revise the reserve 
stock level for burley tobacco, to increase the amount of scrap tobacco 
 permitted to be marketed, and to authorize the lease and transfer of 
 burley tobacco quotas between farms in adjacent counties in the State 
                of Virginia under certain circumstances.

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

SECTION 1. REVISION OF RESERVE STOCK LEVEL FOR BURLEY TOBACCO.

    (a) Revision.--Section 301(b)(14)(D) of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1301(b)(14)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``50,000,000 pounds'' and 
        inserting ``100,000,000 pounds''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``15 percent'' and 
        inserting ``20 percent''.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by subsection 
(a) shall apply with respect to marketing years for burley tobacco 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN ALLOWABLE FLOOR SWEEPINGS OF TOBACCO.

    Section 314A(d)(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1314-1(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``0.24 per centum'' and 
inserting ``0.72 percent''.

SEC. 3. LEASE AND TRANSFER OF BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTAS BETWEEN FARMS IN 
              ADJACENT COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA.

    Section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1314e) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of subsection (l)--
                    (A) by striking ``States'' and inserting ``State''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``and Virginia''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) Transfer Between Adjacent Counties.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this section, the Secretary may permit the lease and 
transfer of a burley tobacco quota from one farm in a county in the 
State of Virginia to any other farm in an adjacent county in that State 
if a majority of active burley tobacco producers within the State 
approve such lease and transfer by a state-wide referendum to be 
conducted by the Secretary.''.

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