A bill to repeal Federal provisions of law establishing agricultural programs concerning the marketing of and price support for tobacco; to prohibit compacts among States for regulating tobacco production and commerce; to amend the Tobacco Inspection Act and the United States Warehouse Act to provide for the assessment of certain fees to cover the costs of inspection, licensing, and other activities carried out under those Acts; and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the tax on cigars and cigarettes.
Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1981 - Title I: Repeal of Programs Concerning Price Support For and the Marketing of Tobacco - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal specified programs concerning tobacco, including: (1) price supports; (2) parity payments; (3) review and adjustment of quotas; and (4) marketing quotas.
Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to prohibit agricultural commodity assistance for tobacco.
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing any orders that regulate the handling of tobacco.
Makes such provisions applicable to the 1982 and subsequent crops of tobacco.
Title II: Withdrawal of Consent Relating to Compacts Among States for Regulating Tobacco Production and Commerce - Repeals provisions relating to compacts among States providing for the control or production of, or commerce in, tobacco within such States. Withdraws congressional consent of such compacts.
Title III: Tobacco Inspection and Related Services - Amends the Tobacco Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees from specified persons for the inspection, certification, and other services concerning tobacco at designated auction markets. Requires that such fees cover the cost of such services.
Makes such provisions effective July 1, 1981.
Title IV: Warehouse Examination, Inspection, and Licensing - Amends the United States Warehouse Act to direct the Secretary to collect a fee for examinations and inspections of agricultural product warehouses that covers the costs of providing such services.
Authorizes appropriations.
Makes the above provisions effective October 1, 1982.
Title V: Increased Tax on Cigars and Cigarettes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigars and cigarettes.
Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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