Sec. 204. OTHER COMMODITIES
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## SEC. 204 OTHER COMMODITIES ###
(a)Peanuts ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide payments to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts to partially compensate the producers for continuing low commodity prices, and increasing costs of production, for the 2000 crop year. ####
(2)Amount The amount of a payment made to producers on a farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph
(1)shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— #####
(A)the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts produced or considered produced by the producers; and #####
(B)a payment rate equal to— ######
(i)in the case of quota peanuts, $30.50 per ton; and ######
(ii)in the case of additional peanuts, $16.00 per ton. ###
(b)Tobacco ####
(1)Definitions In this subsection: #####
(A)Eligible person The term “**eligible person**” means a person that owns or operates, or produces eligible tobacco on, a farm— ######
(i)for which the quantity of quota of eligible tobacco allotted to the farm under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) was reduced from the 1999 crop year to the 2000 crop year; and ######
(ii)that is used for the production of eligible tobacco during the 2000 crop year. #####
(B)Eligible tobacco The term “**eligible tobacco**” means each of the following kinds of tobacco: ######
(i)Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 14. ######
(ii)Fire-cured tobacco, comprising type 21. ######
(iii)Burley tobacco, comprising type 31. ######
(iv)Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55. ####
(2)Payments Effective beginning October 1, 2000, the Secretary shall use $340,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to eligible persons. ####
(3)Allocation of funds among states The funds made available for eligible persons under paragraph
(2)shall be allocated among States in the following dollar amounts:Alabama$100,000Arkansas$1,000Florida$2,500,000Georgia$13,000,000Indiana$5,400,000Kansas$23,000Kentucky$140,000,000Missouri$2,000,000North Carolina$100,000,000Ohio$6,000,000Oklahoma$1,000South Carolina$15,000,000Tennessee$35,000,000Virginia$19,000,000Wisconsin$675,000West Virginia$1,300,000. ####
(4)Allocation of funds among farms in a state The Secretary shall divide the amount allocated to a State under paragraph
(3)among farms in the State based on the quota of eligible tobacco available to each farm of an eligible person for the 2000 crop year. ####
(5)Division of farm payments among eligible persons in a state Not later than October 20, 2000, the Secretary shall divide amounts made available to farms in a State under paragraph
(4)among eligible persons who are quota owners, quota lessees, and tobacco producers on farms in the State, and make payments to the eligible persons, on the basis of— #####
(A)in the case of a State that is a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, the formula in the Trust used to allocate funds among quota owners, quota lessees, and tobacco producers on farms in the State, with such adjustments as the Secretary determines are necessary to enable the payments to be made by October 20, 2000; or #####
(B)in the case of a State that is not a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, a formula established by the Secretary. ####
(6)Payments to eligible persons in georgia The Secretary shall use the amount allocated to the State of Georgia under paragraph
(3)to make payments to eligible persons in Georgia only if the State of Georgia agrees to use an equal amount (not to exceed $13,000,000) to make payments at the same time, or subsequently, to the same eligible persons in the same manner as provided for the Federal payment under paragraphs
(4)and (5). ####
(7)Use for administrative costs None of the funds made available under paragraphs
(1)through
(7)may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out those paragraphs. ####
(8)Transfer of allotments **[**Omitted-Amendment**]** ####
(9)Burley tobacco inventories of producer associations **[**Omitted-Amendment**]** ####
(10)Limitations on burley tobacco quota adjustments **[**Omitted-Amendment**]** ####
(11)Lease and transfer of burley tobacco quota **[**Omitted-Amendment**]** ####
(12)Recordkeeping and sale of burley tobacco quota and acreage **[**Omitted-Amendment**]** ###
(c)Honey ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make available recourse loans to producers of the 2000 crop of honey on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the Secretary. ####
(2)Loan rate The loan rate for a loan under paragraph
(1)shall be equal to 85 percent of the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period preceding the 2000 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the average price of honey was the highest and the crop year in which the average price of honey was the lowest in the period. ###
(d)Wool and Mohair ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of wool, and producers of mohair, for the 1999 marketing year. ####
(2)Payment rate The payment rate for payments made to producers under paragraph
(1)shall be equal to— #####
(A)in the case of wool, 20 cents per pound; and #####
(B)in the case of mohair, 40 cents per pound. ###
(e)Cottonseed The Secretary shall use $100,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of cottonseed.
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