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 113 STAT. 1178 PUBLIC LAW 106-78 —OCT. 22, 1999 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking "farm or, in" and all that follows through ": Provided, That in" and inserting "farm. In"; (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: "(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to flue-cured tobacco.". (B) TRANSFERS OF QUOTA OR ALLOTMENT ACROSS COUNTY LINES IN A STATE. —Section 316(g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: " (3) TRANSFERS ALLOWED BY REFERENDUM.— "(A) REFERENDUM. —On the request of at least 25 percent of the active flue-cured tobacco producers within a State, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum of the active flue-cured tobacco producers within the State to determine whether the producers favor or oppose permitting the sale of a flue-cured tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in a State to any other farm in the State. "(B) APPROVAL.—I f the Secretary determines that a majority of the active flue-cured tobacco producers voting in the referendum approves permitting the sale of a fluecured tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in the State to any other farm in the State, the Secretary shall permit the sale of a flue-cured tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in the State to any other farm in the State.". (C) SAME GROWER IN CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES.—Section 379(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1379(b)) is amended by inserting "or flue-cured" after "Burley". 7 USC 1421 note. SEC. 804. OILSEEDS. (a) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall use $475,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of the 1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 131 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231). (b) COMPUTATION.— ^A payment to producers on a farm under this section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, as determined under subsection (c); and (3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, as determined under subsection (d). (c) ACREAGE. — (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the greater of— (A) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during the 1997 crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed late); or (B) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during the 1998 crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed late).

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