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HR 3500 108th Congress House

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…

Official title: 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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 18, 2003 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural cooperativesAgricultural creditAgricultural subsidiesEconomics and Public Finance
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Farm production quotasFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment lendingMarketing of farm produceTobaccoTobacco exports
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 17, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 17, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
Ballance, Frank
· Nov 21, 2003
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 21, 2003
HILL, BARON
· Nov 19, 2003
Burr, Richard
· Nov 18, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3500: 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.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3500/
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"H.R. 3500: 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.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3500/.
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H.R. 3500, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3500/.
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