An amendment to add a new title, Tobacco, to be known as the Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1985. The amendment repeals provisions of law concerning tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas, excludes tobacco from concessional export sales provisions, prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation for using its powers with respect to Tobacco, prohibits tobacco marketing orders, and withdraws consent grantes states to enter into compacts for regulating tobacco commerce and production. It is to be effective with respect to the 1986 crop and those thereafter.

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Amendment Number
517
Description
An amendment to add a new title, Tobacco, to be known as the Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1985. The amendment repeals provisions of law concerning tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas, excludes tobacco from concessional export sales provisions, prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation for using its powers with respect to Tobacco, prohibits tobacco marketing orders, and withdraws consent grantes states to enter into compacts for regulating tobacco commerce and production. It is to be effective with respect to the 1986 crop and those thereafter.
Congress
99
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Oct 8, 1985
Latest Action Text
Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 195 - 230 (Record Vote No: 342).
Submitted Date
Oct 8, 1985
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 30, 2021
Amendment 517 — Informed