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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-218—JULY 20, 1982 "(C) such person may not receive any of such return before the sale of such crop. "(3)(A) If, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the county committee of the county referred to in subsection (a) determines that any person knowingly failed to comply with this subsection, then the quota specified in this subsection shall be forfeited and shall be reallocated by such county committee for use by active Burley tobacco producers or those intending to become active Hurley tobacco producers, as defined by the Secretary, for use in such county. "(B) Notice of such determination shall be mailed, as soon as practicable, to such person. If such person is dissatisfied with such determination, then such person may request, within fifteen days after notice of such determination is so mailed, a review of such determination by a local review committee under section 363 of this Act".

96 STAT. 211

Review.

7 USC 1363.

POUNDAGE QUOTAS FOR DARK AIR-CURED TOBACCO AND FOR FIRECURED TOBACCO; MODIFICATION OF L E A S I N G OF POUNDAGE QUOTAS

FOR BURLEY TOBACCO

SEC. 303. (a) Section 301(b)(15) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1301(b)(15)) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ": And provided further. That for purposes of section 319 of this title, types 22 and 23, 7 USC I3l4e. fire-cured tobacco shall be treated as one 'kind of tobacco'.". (b) Section 319(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(b)) is amended by— (1) in the first sentence, inserting "for burley tobacco" after "in effect"; (2) in the second sentence— (A) inserting "for burley tobacco" after "basis"; and (B) inserting "for burley tobacco" after "in effect"; (3) in the fourth sentence, striking out "such kind o f and inserting in lieu thereof "burley"; (4) in the proviso to the fifth sentence, inserting "for burley tobacco" after "determined"; and (5) striking out the subsection designation "(b)". (c) Section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e) is amended by inserting before subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall, not later than February 1, 1983, proclaim national marketing quotas for dark air-cured tobacco and for fire-cured tobacco, types 22 and 23 (hereinafter in this section referred to as 'fire-cured tobacco') for the three marketing years beginning October 1, 1983, and determine and announce the amount of the marketing quota for dark aircured and for fire-cured tobacco for the marketing year beginning October 1, 1983, as provided in this section. Within thirty days Referendum. following such proclamation, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum of the farmers engaged in the production of the 1982 crop of each of such kinds of tobacco to determine whether they favor or oppose the establishment of farm marketing quotas on a poundage basis for such kind of tobacco as provided in this section for the three marketing years beginning October 1, 1983, in lieu of quotas on an acreage basis in effect for the two marketing years beginning