[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2008 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2008

      To repeal the quota and price support programs for peanuts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 1995

Mr. Shays (for himself, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Archer, Mr. Armey, Mr. Baker of 
  California, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bass, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. 
Berman, Mr. Blute, Mr. Bono, Mr. Borski, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Castle, 
   Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. 
      Dellums, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. English of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Franks of Connecticut, Mr. 
 Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frisa, Ms. Furse, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. 
 Gekas, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hancock, Mr. 
Hansen, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hoke, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
Hutchinson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Mr. 
Klink, Mr. Klug, Mr. Knollenberg,, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lazio 
 of New York, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Luther, Mr. 
Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Martini, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Miller 
   of Florida, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Moorhead, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
 Orton, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Packard, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Porter, Mr. Portman, 
   Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Reed, Mr. Regula, Mr. Riggs, Ms. 
   Rivers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
 Saxton, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
 Skaggs, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stark, 
 Mr. Stockman, Mr. Talent, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Torres, Mr. Torricelli, 
 Mr. Traficant, Mr. Upton, Mr. Visclosky, Mrs. Waldholtz, Mr. Walker, 
 Mr. Wamp, Mr. Zeliff, and Mr. Zimmer) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
      To repeal the quota and price support programs for peanuts.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PEANUT QUOTA AND PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Marketing Quotas.--Part VI of subtitle B of title III of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1357-1359a), relating to 
peanuts, is repealed.
    (b) Price Support Levels.--The Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1441 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 101(b) (7 U.S.C. 1441(b)), by striking ``and 
        peanuts'';
            (2) in section 408(c) (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)), by striking 
        ``peanuts,''; and
            (3) by striking sections 108, 108A, and 108B, relating to 
        peanuts (7 U.S.C. 1445c through 1445c-3).
    (c) Prohibition on Subsequent Provision of Price Support.--
            (1) Prohibition.--After the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may not make price support 
        available to peanut producers in the form of loans, purchases, 
        or other operations for peanuts by using the funds of the 
        Commodity Credit Corporation or under the authority of any law.
            (2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall settle any outstanding loans under section 108B 
        of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445c-3) made before 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Continued Liability of Producers.--An amendment made by this 
section shall not affect the liability of any person under any 
provision of law as in effect before the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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