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Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004

Introduced: March 25, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 31, 2004
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 25, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 25, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 - Amends, and repeals, specified agricultural Acts to eliminate tobacco quota and price support programs.

Provides for: (1) transitional payments (funded by appropriations made by this Act) to tobacco quota holders and active producers of quota tobacco; (2) geographic restrictions on tobacco expansion through penalties for tobacco grown outside traditional tobacco counties; and (3) county committee resolution of payment disputes.

What's happening now March 31, 2004

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 2 Republican 4
SPRATT, JOHN
· Apr 28, 2004
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 1, 2004
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 25, 2004
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 25, 2004
BOYD, ALLEN
· Mar 25, 2004
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Mar 25, 2004
TANNER, JOHN
· Mar 25, 2004
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Mar 25, 2004
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 25, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4033: Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4033/
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"H.R. 4033: Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4033/.
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H.R. 4033, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4033/.
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