§1315. Burley tobacco acreage allotments

The farm acreage allotment for burley tobacco for any year shall not be less than the smallest of (1) the allotment established for the farm for the immediately preceding year, (2) five-tenths of an acre, or (3) 10 per centum of the cropland: Provided, however, That no allotment of seven-tenths of an acre or less shall be reduced more than one-tenth of an acre in any one year. The additional acreage required under this section shall be in addition to the State acreage allotments and the production on such acreage shall be in addition to the national marketing quota.

(July 12, 1952, ch. 709, 66 Stat. 597 ; Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 21, §2, 69 Stat. 24 .)

Codification

Section was not enacted as a part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1955-Act Mar. 31, 1955, amended section generally by reducing minimum acreage allotments.

Effective Date of 1955 Amendment

Act Mar. 31, 1955, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective for the 1956 and subsequent crops of burley tobacco.

Acreage Allotment Basis of Quota; Amendment of Clause (1) and Proviso

Part of section 317(h) of act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, as added by Pub. L. 89–12, §1, Apr. 16, 1965, 79 Stat. 72 , and classified as part of section 1314c(h) of this title, provided that: "Whenever the Secretary proclaims a quota on an acreage allotment basis (in lieu of on an acreage poundage basis)-

"(A) the minimum acreage allotment for Burley tobacco for any farm shall be determined under the provisions of the Act of July 12, 1952, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1315) instead of under the preceding provisions of this subsection [section 1314c(h) of this title];

"(B) clause (1) of the Act of July 12, 1952 [this section], shall for such purpose read as follows: '(1) the allotment established for the farm for the last preceding year for which a quota was proclaimed on an acreage allotment basis'; and

"(C) the proviso of that Act [this section] shall for such purpose read as follows: 'Provided, however, That no allotment of seven-tenths of an acre or less shall be reduced more than one-tenth of an acre below the allotment established for the farm for the last preceding year for which a quota was proclaimed on an acreage allotment basis'."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1314c of this title.