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HR 3500 108th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Economics and Public Finance Farm production quotas Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Government lending Marketing of farm produce Tobacco Tobacco exports

To prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for the 2004 crop of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco, which, if permitted to occur, would mean economic ruin for tobacco farmers and their families.

Introduced: November 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 17, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain the national 2004 marketing quota for Flue-cured and Burley tobacco at 2003 levels.

Provides that: (1) A producer-owned cooperative marketing association may fully settle, without further cost to the association, a loan made for the 2004 crop of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco by forfeiting to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) the Flue-cured or Burley tobacco covered by the loan regardless of the condition of the tobacco; (2) any resultant CCC losses shall not be charged to the No Net Cost Tobacco Account; or affect certain related assessments; and (3) forfeited tobacco shall not be counted towards quotas, or sold for use in the United States.

What's happening now November 17, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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