[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5751]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Termination of the Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate (Step 
2) Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the termination of the Upland Cotton 
User Marketing Certificate Program, commonly referred to as the Step 2 
Program.

DATES: The effective date of the action announced by this notice is 
August 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy R. Murray, Cotton Program 
Manager, Warehouse and Inventory Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA, 
STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0553. 
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for 
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 
the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). Telephone: 
(202) 720-6215. Electronic mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1103 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 
2005 (Pub. L. 109-171) repeals the authorizing language found in 
Section 136 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7236) in its entirety, and amends Section 1207 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7937) 
eliminating the Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program. The 
Commodity Credit Corporation is notifying all interested parties.
    The effective date of this repeal is August 1, 2006. Therefore, 
upland cotton used domestically, or exported under the terms and 
conditions of the Upland Cotton Domestic User/Exporter Agreement after 
July 31, 2006, will not be eligible for payment under the Upland Cotton 
User Marketing Certificate Program.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 4, 2006.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. E6-5751 Filed 4-17-06; 8:45 am]
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