Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/439

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PUBLIC LAW 106-224^^JUNE 20, 2000 114 STAT. 403 "(g) TEIANSFER OF ALLOTMENTS.— Under this section, the total acreage allotted to any farm after any transfer shall not exceed 50 percent of the acreage of cropland on the farm.". (9) BURLEY TOBACCO INVENTORIES OF PRODUCER ASSOCIA- TIONS. — Section 319(c)(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(c)(3)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking "In" and inserting "Except as provided in subparagraph (D), in"; and (B) by adding at the end the following: " (D) NONAPPLICABILITY OF DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT.— If the Secretary determines for any of the 2001 or subsequent crop years that noncommitted pool stocks of Burley tobacco are equal to or less than the reserve stock level established under this peu-agraph, subparagraph (B) shall not apply to the crop ye£U" for which the determination is made and all subsequent crop years.", (10) LIMITATIONS ON BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTA ADJUST- MENTS. — (A) CARRY FORWARD ADJUSTMENT.—Section 319(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(e)) is Eunended in the fifth sentence— (i) by striking ": Provided, That" and inserting ", except that (1)"; and (ii) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", and (2) the aggregate of such increases for all farms for any crop year may not exceed 10 percent of the national basic quota for the preceding crop year". (B) LEASE AND TRANSFER OF QUOTA DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS.— Section 319(k) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(3) LIMITATION. —The total quantity of quota leased or transferred to a farm during a crop year under this subsection may not exceed 15 percent of the quota on the farm that existed prior to any such lease or transfer for the crop year.". (11) LEASE AND TRANSFER OF BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTA. — Section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e) is amended by striking subsection (1) and inserting the following: " (1) LEASE AND TRANSFER OF BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTA.— "(1) APPROVAL BY PRODUCERS. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may permit the lease and transfer of a Burley tobacco quota from one farm in a State to any other farm in the State if, in a State-wide ref- erendimi conducted by the Secretary, a majority of the active Burley tobacco producers voting in the referendum approve the use of that type of lease and treuisfer. "(2) APPLICATION.— T his subsection shall apply only to the State listing. States of Tennessee, Ohio, Indieuia, Kentucky, and Virginia.". (12) RECORDKEEPING AND SALE OF BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTA AND ACREAGE.— Section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(m) COMPUTERIZED RECORDKEEPING SYSTEM FOR BURLEY TOBACCO QUOTA AND ACREAGE.—