TOBACCO IMPORTS.

SEC. 422. TOBACCO IMPORTS. (a) Domestic Marketing Assessment.—Section 320C of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314i) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) Effective Date.—This section shall be effective only for calendar year 1994.”. (b) Budget Deficit Assessment.— (1) Importer assessments.—Section 106(g) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445(g)) is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph: “(1) Effective only for each of the 1994 through 1998 crops of tobacco for which price support is made available under this Act, each producer and purchaser of such tobacco, and each importer of the same kind of tobacco, shall remit to the Commodity Credit Corporation a nonrefundable marketing assessment in an amount equal to— “(A) in the case of a producer or purchaser of domestic tobacco, .5 percent of the national price support level for each such crop; and 108 STAT. 4965 “(B) in the case of an importer of tobacco, 1 percent of the national support price for the same kind of tobacco; as provided for in this section.”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “assessments and purchaser” and inserting purchaser, and importer”. (2) Conforming amendment.—Section 106 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445) is amended by striking subsection (h). (c) Waiver Authority.—The President may waive the application to imported tobacco of section 106(g), 106A, or 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445(g), 1445–1, or 1445–2) or the amendment made in subsection (c) of section 1106 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66; 107 Stat 323) if the President determines that the waiver is necessary or appropriate pursuant to an international agreement entered into by the United States. (d) Duty Drawback.—Section 313(w) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313) (as added by section 404(d)(5)) is further amended— (1) by striking “Products.—No” and inserting “Products..— “(1) In general.—No”;and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Application to tobacco.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), drawback shall also be available pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to any tobacco subject to the over-quota rate of duty established under a tariff-rate quota.”, (e) Effective Date.—This section and the amendments made by this section shall be effective beginning on the effective date of the Presidential proclamation, authorized under section 421, establishing a tariff-rate quota pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1947 or the GATT 1994 with respect to tobacco.