[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5382 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5382

 To allow the Secretary of Agriculture to use existing authorities to 
provide export promotion assistance for tobacco and tobacco products of 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2000

 Mr. Fletcher (for himself, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
    Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. McIntyre, and Mr. Goode) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow the Secretary of Agriculture to use existing authorities to 
provide export promotion assistance for tobacco and tobacco products of 
                           the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tobacco Export Marketing Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROGRAM FOR TOBACCO.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may exercise the authorities of section 203 (relating to 
the market access program) and title VII (relating to the foreign 
market development cooperation program) of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623 and 5713 et seq.) to provide assistance for the 
development, maintenance, and expansion of foreign markets for tobacco 
and tobacco products of the United States.
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