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PUBLIC LAW 92-10-APR. 14, 1971

(2) Section 6681(b)(1) is amended— (A) by striking out " A participating firm" and inserting in lieu thereof "Unless it is shown that such action is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, a participating firm"; and (B) by striking out "knowingly". (3) Section 6681(b)(2) is amended— (A) by striking out " A participating firm" and inserting in lieu thereof "Unless it is shown that such action is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, a participating firm"; and (B) by striking out "knowingly" each place it appears. (4) The amendment made by this subsection shall apply with respect to actions occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved April 1, 1971.

23 81 Stat. 155. 26 USC 6 6 8 1.

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Public Law 92-10 AN ACT To amend the tobacco marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

April 14, 1971 [s. 789]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Agricultural Burley to b a c c o. Marketing Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the quoTas "Act", is amended by adding immediately following section 318 a new 8/513^*120^' section 319 to read as follows: 7 USC 1281, 1314d. 'FARM POUNDAGE QUOTAS FOR BURLEY TOBACCO

"SEC. 319. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall, within thirty days following the enactment of this section, proclaim national marketing quotas for burley tobacco for the three marketing years beginning October 1, 1971, and determine and announce the amount of the marketing quota for burley tobacco for the marketing year beginning October 1, 1971, as provided in this section. "Within thirty days following such proclamation, the Secretary shall Referendum. conduct a referendum of the farmers engaged in the production of the 1970 crop of burley tobacco to determine whether they favor or oppose the establishment of farm marketing quotas on a poundage basis as provided in this section for the three marketing years beginning October 1, 1971. If the Secretary determines that two-thirds or more of the farmers voting in such referendum approve marketing quotas on a poundage basis, marketing quotas as provided in this section shall be in effect for those three marketing years. I f marketing quotas on a poundage basis are not approved by at least two-thirds of the farmers voting in such referendum, no marketing quotas or price support for burley tobacco shall be in effect for the marketing year beginning October 1, 1971. Thereafter, the provisions of section 312 of the Act ^69 Stat. 557; shall apply: Provided, That national marketing quotas for burley 70 Stat. 330. tobacco for any marketing year subsequent to the marketing year 7 USC 1312. beginning October 1, 1971, shall be proclaimed as provided in this section. "(b) The Secretary shall determine and announce, not later than the February 1 preceding the second and third marketing years of any three-year period for which marketing quotas on a poundage basis

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