[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2521 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2521

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include 
  South Carolina as a part of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing 
   region for purposes of appointment to the Peanut Standards Board.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2017

Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, 
Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Gowdy, and Mr. Sanford) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include 
  South Carolina as a part of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing 
   region for purposes of appointment to the Peanut Standards Board.

    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 ``South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUSION IN VIRGINIA/CAROLINA PEANUT PRODUCING 
              REGION.

    Section 1308(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7958(c)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended by 
striking ``Virginia and North Carolina'' and inserting ``Virginia, 
North Carolina, and South Carolina''.
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