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 113 STAT. 228 PUBLIC LAW 106-47—AUG. 13, 1999 Public Law 106-47 106th Congress An Act Aug. 13, 1999 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to release and protect the [S. 1543] release of tobacco production and marketing information. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INFORMATION. Part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 7 USC 1314J. "SEC. 320D. TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INFORMATION. "(a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may, subject to subsection (b), release marketing information submitted by persons relating to the production and meirketing of tobacco to State trusts or similar organizations engaged in the distribution of national trust funds to tobacco producers and other persons with interests associated with the production of tobacco, as determined by the Secretary. "(b) LIMITATIONS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Information may be released under subsection (a) only to the extent that— "(A) the release is in the interest of tobacco producers, as determined by the Secretary; and "(B) the information is released to a State trust or other organization that is created to, or cheirged with, distributing funds to tobacco producers or other parties with an interest in tobacco production or tobacco farms under a national or State trust or settlement. "(2) EXEMPTION FROM RELEASE. —The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, in advance of making a release of information under subsection (a), allow, by announcement, a period of at least 15 days for persons whose consent would otherwise be required by law to effectuate the release, to elect to be exempt from the release. "(c) ASSISTANCE. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —In making a release under subsection (a), the Secretary may provide such other assistance with respect to information released under subsection (a) as will facilitate the interest of producers in receiving the funds that are the subject of a trust described in subsection (a). "(2) FxjNDS. —The Secretary shall use amoiuits made available for salaries and expenses of the Department to carry out paragraph (1). "(d) RECORDS.—

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