PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986
100 STAT. 91
"(B) For purposes of this section, the term 'marketed' shall include disposition of tobacco by consigning the tobacco to a producer association described in subsection (a)(2) for a price support advance. "(c) The amount of any penalty to be imposed on a manufacturer under this section shall be determined by multiplying— "(1) twice the per pound assessment (as determined under section 106A or 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445-1 or 1445-2)) for the kind of tobacco involved; by Post, pp. 92, 94. "(2) the quantity by which— "(A) the purchases by such manufacturer on the United States auction markets, from producers, or from the inventories of tobacco from the 1985 and subsequent crops of the producer associations described in subsection (a)(2) of Fluecured and Burley quota tobacco, respectively, for the marketing year; are less than "(B) 90 percent of the quantity of intended purchases of such kinds of tobacco, respectively, submitted by the manufacturer or established by the Secretary for such manufacturer for that marketing year under section 320A (as that Ante, p. 88. quantity may be reduced under subsection (b)(2)). "(d)(1) An amount equivalent to the penalty collected by the Secretary under this section shall be transmitted by the Secretary to the appropriate producer-owned cooperative marketing association that has entered into a loan agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation to make price support available to producers of Fluecured or Burley tobacco, as the case may be. "(2) Each association to which amounts are transmitted by the Secretary under this section shall deposit such amounts in the No Net Cost Fund or Account of such association in accordance with section 106A or 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949. "(e) The limitations on disclosure set forth in subsections (c) and (d) of section 320A shall apply to information submitted by domestic manufacturers of cigarettes under this section with respect to the quantity of purchases of Flue-cured and Burley quota tobacco during a marketing year. Any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who violates such limitations on disclosure shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 320A(c)(4). "(f) As used in this section, the term 'quota tobacco' means any kind of tobacco for which marketing quotas are in effect or for which marketing quotas are not disapproved by producers.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Effective for the 1986 and subse-
quent crops of tobacco, the last sentence of section 372(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1372(b)) is amended by striking out "The" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in section 320B, the". Ante, p. 90. SEC. 1107. LEASE AND TRANSFER OF BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTAS. Effective with respect to the 1985 and subsequent crops of Burley tobacco, the fourth proviso of section 319(g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(g)) is amended by inserting after "July 1 of that crop year" the following: "or, if such record of the transfer is filed with the county committee after July 1, the county committee determines with the concurrence of the State committee that all interested parties agreed to such lease and transfer before July 1 and that the failure to file such record of the transfer did not result from gross negligence on the part of any party to such lease and transfer".
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