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 PUBLIC LAW 98-180—NOV. 29, 1983 97 STAT. 1145 under subsection (d) if the support level under clause (A) is greater than the support level under clause (B). "(g)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (d) and (f) and section 403, the Secretary, if requested by the board of directors of the association through which price support for Flue-cured tobacco is made available to producers, may (1) designate for any crop certain grades of Flue-cured tobacco that are eligible for price support (but representing in the aggregate not more than 25 per centum of the total quantity of the Flue-cured tobacco crop that the Secretary estimates will be produced) that the Secretary determines are of such quantity or quality as to impair their marketability, and (2) without regard to the weighted average of the support rates for eligible grades of Flue-cured tobacco deter- mined under the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (d), further reduce the support rates for such grades to the extent the Secretary deems necessary to reflect their market value, but in no event by more than 12 per centum of the respective support rates that would otherwise be established under this section. "(2) Any reduction in the support rates for grades of Flue-cured tobacco under this subsection shall not be considered in determining the support levels for subsequent years.". EUMINATION OF DOUBLE ASSESSMENT; USE OF FUND SEC. 203. Section 106A(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445-l(d)) is amended by— (1) in paragraph (2), striking out "and subsequent crops" and inserting in lieu thereof "crop only"; and (2) in paragraph (3), inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ": Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, usc by the association of moneys in the Fund, including interest and other earnings, for the purposes of reducing the association's outstanding indebtedness to the Cor- poration associated with 1982 and subsequent crops of quota tobacco and making loan advances to producers is authorized, and use of such moneys for any other purposes that will be mutually beneficial to producers who contribute to the Fund and to the Corporation, shall, if approved by the Secretary, be considered an appropriate use of the Fund". NO NET COST TOBACCO ACCOUNT—FLUE-CURED TOBACCO SEC. 204. Section 106B(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445-2(a)) is amended by— (1) in paragraph (1), striking out ", except that the term does not include such an association that has entered into such an agreement to make price support available to producers of Flue- cured tobacco"; and (2) in paragraph (5), striking out "except Flue-cured tobacco". LEASE AND TRANSFER OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO; FORFEITURE OF ALLOTMENT AND QUOTA SEC. 205. (a) Effective for the 1984 and subsequent crops of tobacco, section 316(a)(l) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b(a)(l)) is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law—

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