[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3403 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3403

   To repeal the proposed rule of the Agricultural Marketing Service 
relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, 
    and information program and the assessment of fees to fund such 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2011

Mr. Walsh of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To repeal the proposed rule of the Agricultural Marketing Service 
relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, 
    and information program and the assessment of fees to fund such 
                                program.

    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 ``Save Christmas Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSESSMENT OF FEES ON CHRISTMAS TREES TO FUND 
              CHRISTMAS TREE PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION 
              PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rule submitted by 
the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture 
relating to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, 
and information program (published at 76 Federal Register 69094 
(November 8, 2011)) shall have no force or effect and no substantially 
similar rule may be promulgated.
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