Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 117.djvu/561

 117 STAT. 542 Deadline.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000

13:45 Aug 26, 2004

PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

(b) PAYMENTS.—Not later than June 1, 2003, the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments under this section. (c) POUNDAGE PAYMENT QUANTITIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) FLUE-CURED AND CIGAR TOBACCO.—In the case of Flue-cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and cigarfiller and cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), the poundage payment quantity under this section shall equal the number of pounds of the basic poundage quota of the kind of tobacco, irrespective of temporary transfers or undermarketings, under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2002 crop year. (B) OTHER KINDS OF ELIGIBLE TOBACCO.—In the case of each other kind of eligible tobacco, the poundage payment quantity under this section shall equal— (i) in the case of eligible persons that are owners described in subsection (a)(1)(A), the number of pounds of the basic poundage quota of the kind of tobacco, irrespective of temporary transfers or undermarketings, as determined under paragraph (2); and (ii) in the case of eligible persons that are controllers described in subsection (a)(1)(B) or growers described in subsection (a)(1)(C), the number of pounds of effective poundage quota of the kind of tobacco, including temporary transfers or undermarketings, as determined under paragraph (2). (2) CONVERSION OF INDIVIDUAL ALLOTMENTS TO POUNDAGE PAYMENT QUANTITIES.—In the case of each kind of eligible tobacco other than Flue-cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and Burley tobacco (type 31), individual allotments shall be converted to poundage payment quantities by multiplying— (A) the number of acres that may, irrespective of temporary transfers or undermarketings, be devoted, without penalty, to the production of the kind of tobacco under the allotment under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2002 crop year; by (B)(i) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (type 21), 1,746 pounds per acre; (ii) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 22 and 23), 2,676 pounds per acre; (iii) in the case of dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 36), 2,475 pounds per acre; (iv) in the case of Virginia sun-cured tobacco (type 37), 1,502 pounds per acre; and (v) in the case of cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), 2,230 pounds per acre. (d) AVAILABLE PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—The available payment amount for each kind of eligible tobacco under subsection (b) shall not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying— (1) 5.55 cents per pound; and (2) the national basic poundage quota for the applicable kind for the 2002 marketing year, as determined under subsection (c)(2). (e) DIVISION OF PAYMENTS AMONG ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—

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