[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1462 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1462

   To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide that imported 
tomatoes are subject to packing standards contained in marketing orders 
    issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 1995

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide that imported 
tomatoes are subject to packing standards contained in marketing orders 
    issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SUBJECTION OF IMPORTED TOMATOES TO PACKING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608e-
1(a)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``or maturity'' and inserting ``, 
                maturity, or (with respect to tomatoes) packing''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and maturity'' and inserting 
                ``maturity, and (with respect to tomatoes) packing''; 
                and
            (2) in the second sentence by striking ``and maturity'' and 
        inserting ``maturity, and (with respect to tomatoes) packing''.
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