OTHER COMMODITIES.7 USC 1421 note.

SEC. 204. OTHER COMMODITIES. (a) Peanuts.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide payments to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts to partially compensate the producers for continuing low commodity prices, and increasing costs of production, for the 2000 crop year. (2) Amount.—The amount of a payment made to producers on a farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— (A) the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts produced or considered produced by the producers; and (B) a payment rate equal to— (i) in the case of quota peanuts, $30.50 per ton; and (ii) in the case of additional peanuts, $16.00 per ton. (b) Tobacco.— (1) Definitions.—In this subsection: (A) Eligible person.—The term “eligible person” means a person that owns or operates, or produces eligible tobacco on, a farm— (i) for which the quantity of quota of eligible tobacco allotted to the farm under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) was reduced from the 1999 crop year to the 2000 crop year; and (ii) that is used for the production of eligible tobacco during the 2000 crop year. (B) Eligible tobacco.—The term “eligible tobacco” means each of the following kinds of tobacco: (i) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 14. (ii) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising type 21. (iii) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31. (iv) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55. 114 STAT. 402 (2) Payments.—Effective beginning October 1, 2000, the Secretary shall use $340,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to eligible persons. (3) Allocation of funds among states.—The funds made available for eligible persons under paragraph (2) shall be allocated among States in the following dollar amounts: Alabama ............................................................................................................................. $100,000 Arkansas ............................................................................................................................ $1,000 Florida ................................................................................................................................ $2,500,000 Georgia ............................................................................................................................... $13,000,000 Indiana ............................................................................................................................... $5,400,000 Kansas ................................................................................................................................ $23,000 Kentucky ............................................................................................................................ $140,000,000 Missouri ............................................................................................................................. $2,000,000 North Carolina ................................................................................................................... $100,000,000 Ohio .................................................................................................................................... $6,000,000 Oklahoma ........................................................................................................................... $1,000 South Carolina ................................................................................................................... $15,000,000 Tennessee ........................................................................................................................... $35,000,000 Virginia .............................................................................................................................. $19,000,000 Wisconsin ........................................................................................................................... $675,000 West Virginia ..................................................................................................................... $1,300,000.00 (4) Allocation of funds among farms in a state.—The Secretary shall divide the amount allocated to a State under paragraph (3) among farms in the State based on the quota of eligible tobacco available to each farm of an eligible person for the 2000 crop year. (5) Division of farm payments among eligible persons in a state.—Not later than October 20, 2000, the Secretary shall divide amounts made available to farms in a State under paragraph (4) among eligible persons who are quota owners, quota lessees, and tobacco producers on farms in the State, and make payments to the eligible persons, on the basis of— (A) in the case of a State that is a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, the formula in the Trust used to allocate funds among quota owners, quota lessees, and tobacco producers on farms in the State, with such adjustments as the Secretary determines are necessary to enable the payments to be made by October 20, 2000; or (B) in the case of a State that is not a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, a formula established by the Secretary. (6) Payments to eligible persons in Georgia.—The Secretary shall use the amount allocated to the State of Georgia under paragraph (3) to make payments to eligible persons in Georgia only if the State of Georgia agrees to use an equal amount (not to exceed $13,000,000) to make payments at the same time, or subsequently, to the same eligible persons in the same manner as provided for the Federal payment under paragraphs (4) and (5). (7) Use for administrative costs.—None of the funds made available under paragraphs (1) through (7) may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out those paragraphs. (8) Transfer of allotments.—Section 318 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314d) is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following: 114 STAT. 403 “(g) Transfer of Allotments.—Under this section, the total acreage allotted to any farm after any transfer shall not exceed 50 percent of the acreage of cropland on the farm.”. (9) Burley tobacco inventories of producer associations.—Section 319(c)(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(c)(3)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “In” and inserting “Except as provided in subparagraph (D), in”; and (B) by adding at the end the following: “(D) Nonapplicability of downward adjustment.—If the Secretary determines for any of the 2001 or subsequent crop years that noncommitted pool stocks of Burley tobacco are equal to or less than the reserve stock level established under this paragraph, subparagraph (B) shall not apply to the crop year for which the determination is made and all subsequent crop years.”. (10) Limitations on burley tobacco quota adjustments.— (A) Carry forward adjustment.—Section 319(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(e)) is amended in the fifth sentence— (i) by striking “: Provided, That” and inserting “, except that (1)”; and (ii) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and (2) the aggregate of such increases for all farms for any crop year may not exceed 10 percent of the national basic quota for the preceding crop year”. (B) Lease and transfer of quota due to natural disasters.—Section 319(k) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Limitation.—The total quantity of quota leased or transferred to a farm during a crop year under this subsection may not exceed 15 percent of the quota on the farm that existed prior to any such lease or transfer for the crop year.”. (11) Lease and transfer of burley tobacco quota.—Section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e) is amended by striking subsection (1) and inserting the following: “(l) Lease and Transfer of Burley Tobacco Quota.— “(1) Approval by producers.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may permit the lease and transfer of a Burley tobacco quota from one farm in a State to any other farm in the State if, in a State-wide referendum conducted by the Secretary, a majority of the active Burley tobacco producers voting in the referendum approve the use of that type of lease and transfer. “(2) Application.—This subsection shall apply only to the States of Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia.”. (12) Recordkeeping and sale of burley tobacco quota and acreage.—Section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(m) Computerized Recordkeeping System for Burley Tobacco Quota and Acreage.— 114 STAT. 404 “(1) Producer reports.—Each person that owns a farm for which a Burley tobacco marketing quota is established under this Act shall annually file with the Secretary a report describing the acreage planted to Burley tobacco on the farm. “(2) Computerized recordkeeping system.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a computerized recordkeeping system that contains all information reported under paragraph (1) and related records, as determined by the Secretary. “(n) Sale of Burley Tobacco Quota.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if a person that owns a farm for which a Burley tobacco marketing quota is established under this Act sells all or part of the acreage on the farm to a buyer, the Secretary shall permit the seller and buyer of the acreage to determine the percentage of the quota that is transferred with the acreage sold.”. (c) Honey.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make available recourse loans to producers of the 2000 crop of honey on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the Secretary. (2) Loan rate.—The loan rate for a loan under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 85 percent of the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period preceding the 2000 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the average price of honey was the highest and the crop year in which the average price of honey was the lowest in the period. (d) Wool and Mohair.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of wool, and producers of mohair, for the 1999 marketing year. (2) Payment rate.—The payment rate for payments made to producers under paragraph (1) shall be equal to— (A) in the case of wool, 20 cents per pound; and (B) in the case of mohair, 40 cents per pound. (e) Cottonseed.—The Secretary shall use $100,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of cottonseed.