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 92 STAT. 2534 Appropriation a"*i>;;iftion. 7 USC 17811.

PUBLIC LAW 95-592—NOV. 4, 1978

SEC. 16. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years ending Septem^^j. 3Q^ -QgQ^ ^^^ September 30, 1981, and $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be available for obligation until the last day of the fiscal year after the year for which such funds are authorized. (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980, and September 30, 1981, and $5,OOO,O0^O for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be available for obligation until the last day of the fiscal year after the year for which such funds are authorized. (c) No more than 3 per centum of funds authorized under subsections (a) and (b) shall be available for administration and management of the program. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act the authority to enter into contracts shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts. SEC. 17. Section 320 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as added by the Act of September 3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1089; 7 U.S.C. 1314f) is amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no marketing quota penalties shall be assessed as a result of the marketing of 1976 crop Maryland tobacco (Type 32) which was determined through the application of the Federal Standards of Inspection and Identification of quota types to be Burley tobacco (Type 31) under the provisions of this section.". Approved November 4, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1512, Pts. I and II, accompanying H.R. 12559 (Comm. on Science and Technology and Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 95-829 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): May 26, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 19, H.R. 12559 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 1816, amended, passed in lieu. Oct. 7, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment. Oct. 14, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. Oct. 15, Senate concurred in House amendment.

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