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100 STAT. 90

PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986 (1) by striking out "110" in section 317(g)(1) (7 U.S.C. 1314c(g)(l)) and inserting in lieu thereof "103"; and (2) by striking out "110" in section 319(i)(l) (7 U.S.C. 1314e(i)(l)) and inserting in lieu thereof "103". (b) PRICE SUPPORT ON EXCESS TOBACCO.—Effective for the 1986 and

subsequent crops of tobacco, section 106(c)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445(c)(1)) is amended by striking out "110" and inserting in lieu thereof "103". SEC. 1106. PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS; PENALTY.

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(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective for the 1986 and subsequent crops of tobacco, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (as amended by section 1103(d)) is further amended by inserting after section 320A the following new section: "PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS; PENALTY

7 USC 1314 h.

Loans.

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"SEC. 320B. (a)(1) At the conclusion of each marketing year, on or before a date prescribed by the Secretary, each domestic manufacturer of cigarettes shall submit to the Secretary a statement, by kind, of the quantity of Flue-cured and Burley quota tobacco purchased, directly or indirectly, by such manufacturer during such marketing year. "(2) The statement shall include, but not be limited to, the quantity of each such kind of tobacco purchased by the manufacturer on the United States auction markets, from producers, and from the inventories of tobacco from the 1985 and subsequent crops of the producer-owned cooperative marketing associations that have entered into loan agreements with the Commodity Credit Corporation to make price support available to producers of Flue-cured or Burley tobacco. "(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any domestic manufacturer of cigarettes that fails, as determined by the Secretary after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to purchase during a marketing year on the United States auction markets, from producers, or from the inventories of tobacco from the 1985 and subsequent crops of the producer associations described in subsection (a)(2) a quantity of Flue-cured quota tobacco and a quantity of Burley quota tobacco equal to at least 90 percent of the quantity of the intended purchases of Flue-cured tobacco and Burley tobacco, respectively, submitted by such manufacturer or established by the Secretary for such manufacturer for that marketing year under section 320A (as that quantity may be reduced under paragraph (2)) shall be subject to a penalty as prescribed in subsection (c). "(2)(A) If the total quantity of Flue-cured or Burley quota tobacco, respectively, marketed by producers at auction in the United States during the marketing year in question is less than the national marketing quota (including any adjustments for overmarketings or undermarketings) for that kind of tobacco for that marketing year, the quantity of intended purchases of each domestic manufacturer of cigarettes, for purposes of paragraph (1), shall be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the total quantity marketed at auction in the United States during the marketing year is less than the national marketing quota (including any adjustments for overmarketings or undermarketings) for that kind of tobacco for the marketing year.