[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4620 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4620

   To confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into memorandums of understanding 
   with a State regarding the collection of approved State commodity 
   assessments on behalf of the State from the proceeds of marketing 
                           assistance loans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2004

Mr. Nethercutt (for himself and Mr. Hastings of Washington) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into memorandums of understanding 
   with a State regarding the collection of approved State commodity 
   assessments on behalf of the State from the proceeds of marketing 
                           assistance loans.

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

SECTION 1. COLLECTION OF APPROVED STATE COMMODITY ASSESSMENTS ON BEHALF 
              OF STATES FROM MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOAN PROCEEDS.

    (a) Collection on Behalf of States.--Subtitle B of title I of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 
after section 1209 (7 U.S.C. 7939) the following new section:

``SEC. 1210. COLLECTION OF APPROVED STATE COMMODITY ASSESSMENTS ON 
              BEHALF OF STATES FROM MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOAN PROCEEDS.

    ``(a) Collection on Behalf of States.--At the request of a State, 
the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation shall enter into a 
memorandum of understanding with the State to collect, on behalf of the 
State, approved State commodity assessments from the proceeds of 
marketing assistance loans.
    ``(b) Effect of Assessment Rate Changes.--The Secretary and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation may not terminate a memorandum of 
understanding with a State for the collection of approved State 
commodity assessments (or refuse to extend or modify such a memorandum 
of understanding) on the grounds that the State has changed the 
assessment rate.''.
    (b) Reinstatement of Memorandums.--The Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Commodity Credit Corporation shall reinstate, at the request of a 
State, any memorandum of understanding that was entered into between 
the Secretary or the Corporation and the State for the collection of 
approved State commodity assessments on behalf of the State, but was 
terminated before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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