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HR 5035 107th Congress House

Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2002

Official title: To replace the existing Federal price support and quota programs for tobacco with price support and quota programs designed to assist the actual producers of t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To replace the existing Federal price support and quota programs for tobacco with price support and quota programs designed to assist the actual producers of tobacco, to compensate quota holders for the loss of tobacco quota asset value, to provide assistance for active tobacco producers, including those producers who forgo obtaining a tobacco production license, during the transition of the new programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 2002 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food AccountingAdvice and consent of the SenateAgricultural estimating and reportingAgricultural price supports
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Jul 12, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
Jun 27, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 27, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 12, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make payments to qualifying tobacco quota holders as compensation for the loss of tobacco quota asset value; (2) make transition payments to active tobacco producers, including producers who forgo obtaining a tobacco production license; and (3) assess an annual user fee on tobacco manufacturers and importers who sell in domestic U.S. commerce.

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to tobacco price supports to: (1) revise such provisions to reflect annual production costs for each type of tobacco; (2) eliminate references to quota tobacco in no net cost provisions; and (3) eliminate tobacco from the definition of "basic agricultural commodity."

Directs the Secretary and cigarette and other tobacco-product manufacturers, respectively, to estimate annual export and domestic quantity and industry purchase requirements. Directs the Secretary to issue to each historic tobacco producer a tobacco production license in order to harmonize annual purchase intentions and production.

Repeals the Tobacco Control Act and specified related provisions ( thus terminating marketing quota program provisions).

Authorizes the establishment of a nonprofit Center for Tobacco-Dependent Communities which shall provide economic and community development assistance to tobacco communities in transition to non-tobacco economies.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Sep 4, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 27, 2002
LUCAS, KEN
· Jun 27, 2002
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jun 27, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5035: Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5035/
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