legislation: 96-s-3118

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96-s-3118 96 s 3118 A bill to require that the Secretary of Agriculture insure farmers of equitable opportunities to market their flue-cured tobacco, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1980-09-16 1980-09-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Senate Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL] FL D S000962 0 Amends the Tobacco Inspection Act to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) require each tobacco grower to specify through which warehouse or person such grower intends to market tobacco; (2) issue marketing schedules allocating available sales opportunities to specified warehouses or persons; (3) prohibit unfair methods of competition involving the sale and purchase of grower's tobacco; (4) provide a method for making containers used in marketing tobacco uniform; and (5) require periodic reports and recordkeeping from persons in the tobacco industry describing the amount of tobacco planted, harvested, processed, sold, and purchased. Requires such information to be kept confidential. Establishes forfeitures for specified violations of the marketing schedule. Vests jurisdiction to review forfeiture rulings of the Secretary in the U.S. district courts. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  

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