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PUBLIC LAW 91-284-JUNE 19, 1970

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Public Law 91-284 June 19, 1970 [H. R. 14306]

To b a c c o allotments. L e a s e and transfer. 75 Stat. 469; 82 Stat. 996. 7 USC 1314b.

Terms and conditions. 77 Stat. 8 1.

Acreage allotment, limitation. 81 Stat. 121.

Repeal. 76 Stat. 151. Acreage poundage quota s. 79 Stat. 66. 7 USC 1314c. 7 USC 1316.

AN ACT To amend the tobacco marketing provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 316(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, if he determines that it will not impair the effective operation of the tobacco marketing quota or price support program, may permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a tobacco acreage allotment (other than a Burley, dark air-cured, fire-cured, Virginia sun-cured and cigar-binder, type 54 or 55 tobacco acreage allotment) is established under this Act to lease all or any part of such allotment or quota to any other owmer or operator of a farm in the same county for use in such county on a farm having a current tobacco allotment or quota of the same kind." SEC. 2. Section 316(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (b) Any lease may be made for such term of years not to exceed five as the parties thereto agree, and on such other terms and conditions, except as otherwise provided in this section, as the parties thereto agree." SEC. 3. Section 316(e) is amended by striking the period and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ": Provided, That in the case of cigar-filler tobacco types 42, 43, or 44, not more than 10 acres of allotment may be leased and transferred to any farm." SEC. 4. Section 316(g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. Section 317(f) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by striking out in the parentheses in the fifth sentence the language "Burley tobacco, or other". SEC. 6. Section 703 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1966 (79 Stat. 1210) is amended by striking out in the last sentence thereof the language "except in the case of burley tobacco, and other kinds of tobacco not subject to section 316,". Approved June 19, 1970.

Public Law 91-285 June 22, 1970 [H. R. 4249]

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970.

AN ACT To extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the discriminatory use of tests, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970". SEC. 2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 437; 42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended by inserting therein, immediately after the first section thereof, the following title caption: