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69 Stat. 24.

Report to congressional committees.

69 Stat. 684. 7 USC 1313. Price support. 74 Stat. 6. 7 USC 1445. Ante, p. 66.

54 Stat. 1210; 65 Stat. 422. 7 USC 1301, 1313.

PUBLIC LAW 89-12-APR. 16, 1965

[79 STAT.

(f). The additional acreage and quotas required under this subsection shall be in addition to the national acreage allotment and national marketing quota. "Whenever the Secretary proclaims a quota on an acreage allotment basis (in lieu of on an acreage poundage basis)— " (A) the minimum acreage allotment for Burley tobacco for any farm shall be determined under the provisions of the Act of July 12, 1952, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1315) instead of under the preceding provisions of this subsection; " (B) clause (1) of the Act of July 12, 1952, shall for such purpose read as follows: '(1) the allotment established for the farm for the last preceding year for which a quota was proclaimed on an acreage allotment basis'; and " (C) the proviso of that Act shall for such purpose read as follows: '•Provided, however, That no allotment of seven-tenths of an acre or less shall be reduced more than one-tenth of an acre below the allotment established for the farm for the last preceding year for which a quota was proclaimed on an acreage allotment basis'. "(i) If an acreage-poundage program for Flue-cured tobacco is approved by growers voting in the special referendum under subsection (b), the Secretary shall not later than January 1, 1966— "(1) Consult with representatives of all segments of the tobacco industry, including growers. State farm organizations, and cooperative associations, in meetings held for each kind of tobacco, to receive their recommendations and to determine the need for a similar or modified program for that kind of tobacco. "(2) Conduct a study and report to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on experience with and operation of the program, and make recommendations for any modifications needed to improve the program, including alternatives adapted to the different needs of other kinds of tobacco." SEC. 2. Subsection (j) of section 313 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as added by Public Law 361, 84th Congress, approved August 11, 1955, is amended by inserting immediately following the language " (g) hereof" wherever it appears in said subsection the language "or section 317". SEC. 3. Section 106 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(c) If acreage-poundage farm marketing quotas are in effect under section 317 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, (1) price support shall not be made available on tobacco marketed in excess of 110 per centum (120 per centum in the case of Burley tobacco for the first year for which marketing quotas are made effective under this section) of the marketing quota for the farm on which such tobacco was produced, and (2) for the purpose of pricesupport eligibility, tobacco carried over from one marketing year to another to avoid marketings in excess of the farm marketing quota shall, when marketed, be considered tobacco of the then current crop." SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the authority or responsibility of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 301(b) (15) or section 313(i) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to providing that different types of tobacco shall be treated as different kinds of tobacco, or with respect to increasing allotments or quotas for farms producing certain types of tobacco. Approved April 16, 1965.

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