[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 2866 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2866


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 24, 2004

                Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to clarify 
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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Commodity Assessment, Protection, 
and Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF COMMODITY ASSESSMENTS.

    Subtitle B of title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 1210. COLLECTION OF COMMODITY ASSESSMENTS.

    ``(a) Definition of Assessment.--In this section, the term 
`assessment' means funds that are--
            ``(1) collected with respect to a specific commodity in 
        accordance with this Act;
            ``(2) paid by the first purchaser of the commodity in 
        accordance with a State law or this title; and
            ``(3) not collected through a tax or other revenue 
        collection activity of a State.
    ``(b) Authority to Collect Commodity Assessments From Marketing 
Assistance Loans.--The Secretary may collect commodity assessments from 
the proceeds of a marketing assistance loan made under this subtitle in 
accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the State.''.

            Passed the Senate November 21 (legislative day, November 
      20), 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.