Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983
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Long title | An Act to stabilize the supply and demand for dairy products, to make modifications in the tobacco production adjustment program, to provide emergency livestock feed assistance, and for other purposes. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | DTAA |
Nicknames | Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 |
Enacted by | the 98th United States Congress |
Effective | November 29, 1983 |
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Public law | 98-180 |
Statutes at Large | 97 Stat. 1128 |
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Titles amended | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
U.S.C. sections amended |
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The Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 (P.L. 98–180) is a United States federal law.
Dairy Production Stabilization Act
[edit]Title I, known as the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983, authorized a voluntary Dairy Diversion Program, which was operated between January 1984 and March 1985. Producers who elected to participate in the program and reduce their milk marketings by between 5% and 30% below their base production were paid $10 per hundred pounds (cwt.) for these reductions. For a 16-month period (12/1/83- 3/31/85), all dairy farmers were assessed 50¢/cwt. on all milk marketed to help defray the cost of the diversion program.
Also, Title I authorized a national dairy promotion program (or, check-off program) for generic dairy product promotion, research and nutrition education. This self-help program is funded through a permanent 15¢/cwt. assessment on all milk production, and is administered by a board of dairy farmers who are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Tobacco Adjustment Act
[edit]Title II was designated the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983. Title II provided for reduced levels of price support for tobacco, the prohibition of lease and transfer of flue-cured quota, the mandatory sale of allotments and quotas by nonfarming entities, the required inspection of imported tobacco, and various other modifications to the tobacco programs.
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.