[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2866 Referred in House (RFH)]
2d Session
S. 2866
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 24, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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AN ACT
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to clarify
the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit
Corporation to enter into memorandums of understanding with a State
regarding the collection of approved State commodity assessments on
behalf of the State from the proceeds of marketing assistance loans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commodity Assessment, Protection,
and Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF COMMODITY ASSESSMENTS.
Subtitle B of title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 1210. COLLECTION OF COMMODITY ASSESSMENTS.
``(a) Definition of Assessment.--In this section, the term
`assessment' means funds that are--
``(1) collected with respect to a specific commodity in
accordance with this Act;
``(2) paid by the first purchaser of the commodity in
accordance with a State law or this title; and
``(3) not collected through a tax or other revenue
collection activity of a State.
``(b) Authority to Collect Commodity Assessments From Marketing
Assistance Loans.--The Secretary may collect commodity assessments from
the proceeds of a marketing assistance loan made under this subtitle in
accordance with an agreement between the Secretary and the State.''.
Passed the Senate November 21 (legislative day, November
20), 2004.
Attest:
EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.