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 97 STAT. 1144 PUBLIC LAW 98-180—NOV. 29, 1983 Ante, p. 296. Publication in Federal Register. Public comment. PRICE SUPPORT ADJUSTMENTS SEC. 202. Effective for the 1984 and subsequent crops of tobacco, section 106 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsec- tions: "(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section— "(1) For the 1984 crop of Flue-cured tobacco, the support level shall be the level in cents per pound at which the 1982 crop was supported. "(2) For the 1985 crop of Flue-cured tobacco, the support level shall be the level in cents per pound at which the 1982 crop was supported, plus or minus, respectively, the amount by which (A) the support level for the 1985 crop, as determined under subsec- tion (b), is greater or less than (B) the support level for the 1984 crop, as determined under subsection (b), as that difference may be adjusted by the Secretary under subsection (d) if the support level under clause (A) is greater than the support level under clause (B), except that the support level for the 1985 crop shall be the level in cents per pound at which the 1982 crop was supported if the support level as determined under subsection (b) for the 1985 crop would not be more than 5 per centum greater than the support level as determined under subsection (b) for the 1984 crop. "(3) For the 1984 crop of any kind of tobacco (other than Flue- cured tobacco) for which marketing quotas are in effect or are not disapproved by producers and for the 1985 crop of any kind of tobacco (other than Flue-cured and Burley tobacco) for which marketing quotas are in effect or are not disapproved by pro- ducers, the Secretary shall establish the support level at such level as will not narrow the normal price support differential between Flue-cured tobacco and such other kind of tobacco. Before establishing the support level under this paragraph for any such kind of tobacco the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the level the Secretary proposes to establish and give an opportunity for the public to comment on the proposal. In determining the level to be established under this paragraph for a particular kind of tobacco, the Secretary shall take into consideration the cost of producing such kind of tobacco, the supply and demand conditions for such kind of tobacco, the comments received in response to the public notice of the proposal, and such other relevant factors as the Secretary determines appropriate. "(4) For the 1985 crop of Burley tobacco and for the 1986 and each subsequent crop of any kind of tobacco for which market- ing quotas are in effect or are not disapproved by producers, the support level shall be the level in cents per pound at which the immediately preceding crop was supported (or if the level for that crop was adjusted under subsection (g) the level at which such crop would have been supported without regard to any adjustment under subsection (g)), plus or minus, respectively, the amount by which (A) the support level for the crop for which the determination is being made, as determined under subsection (b), is greater or less than (B) the support level for the immediately preceding crop, as determined under subsec- tion (b), as that difference may be adjusted by the Secretary

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