Congress 108 - HR 245 - Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2003

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Accounting Administrative fees Advice and consent of the Senate Agricultural estimating and reporting Agricultural production Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Auditing Business records Cigarettes Commerce Community development Compensation (Law) Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Diversification in industry Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Farm production quotas Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Imports Law Licenses Marketing of farm produce Nonprofit organizations Presidential appointments Rural economic development Smokeless tobacco Social Welfare Tobacco Tobacco exports Tobacco industry User charges

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Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make payments to qualifying tobacco quota holders as compensation for the loss of tobacco quota asset value; (2) make transition payments to active tobacco producers, including producers who forgo obtaining a tobacco production license; and (3) assess an annual user fee on tobacco manufacturers and importers who sell in domestic U.S. commerce.

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to tobacco price supports to: (1) revise such provisions to reflect annual production costs for each type of tobacco; (2) eliminate references to quota tobacco in no net cost provisions; and (3) eliminate tobacco from the definition of "basic agricultural commodity."

Directs the Secretary and cigarette and other tobacco-product manufacturers, respectively, to estimate annual export and domestic quantity and industry purchase requirements. Directs the Secretary to issue to each historic tobacco producer a tobacco production license in order to harmonize annual purchase intentions and production.

Assesses tobacco producers for administrative costs.

Repeals the Tobacco Control Act and specified related provisions ( thus terminating marketing quota program provisions).

Authorizes the establishment of a nonprofit Center for Tobacco-Dependent Communities which shall provide economic and community development assistance to tobacco communities in transition to non-tobacco economies.

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Jan 30, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
Jan 8, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 8, 2003

Introduced in House

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