Cotton Research and Promotion Act of 1987: Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on H.R. 1622 ... November 17, 1987, Volume 36U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 114 pages |
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administrative AFBF ANTHONY approved bale equivalent bales of cotton BARREDA beef benefit bill Budget Chairman check-off program checkoff collected Committee on Agriculture commodity Congress Congressional cost cotton and cotton Cotton Board cotton content cotton farmers cotton imported Cotton Incorporated Cotton Research countries Customs Service Dan Rostenkowski domestic cotton producers domestic producers effect expand exports fabric farm federal fee on imported fiber foreign FRENZEL funds GATT GIBBONS Government handlers House of Representatives HUCKABY imported cotton products imported products increase J.C. Penney legislation mandatory ment million bales mills National Cotton Council National Farmers Union November 17 organization percent PICKLE pork Promotion Act Promotion Program Act proposed amendment RANKIN raw cotton referenda referendum refunds of assessments research and promotion self-help statement synthetic fiber Texas Farmers Union textile and apparel Thank tion Total trade U.S. cotton U.S. Customs Service U.S. Department upland cotton USDA voluntary
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Page 21 - Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in...
Page 44 - The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin in respect of all laws, regulations and requirements affecting their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use.
Page 25 - USC 2108(a).) (b) The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall hold a referendum on request of 10 per centum or more of the number of cotton producers voting in the referendum approving the order, to determine whether cotton producers favor the termination or suspension of the order...
Page 23 - Board, an assessment at the rate of $1 per bale of cotton handled, for such expenses and expenditures, including provision for a reasonable reserve, as the Secretary finds are reasonable and likely to be incurred by the Cotton Board under this subpart, except that no more than one such assessment shall be made on any bale of cotton.
Page 26 - Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any cotton producer against whose cotton any assessment is made and collected from him under the authority of this Act and who is not in favor of supporting the research and promotion program as provided for BO STAT.
Page 15 - All cotton produced in the United States is in the current of interstate or foreign commerce or directly burdens, obstructs, or affects interstate or foreign commerce in cotton and cotton products.
Page 25 - Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this amended subpart at the end of any crop year whenever he finds that such termination is favored by a majority of the producers who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production for market of...
Page 24 - The several district courts of the United States are hereby vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain any person from violating, the provisions of this section, or of any order, regulation, agreement, or license heretofore or hereafter made or issued pursuant to this title, in any proceeding now pending or hereafter brought in said courts.
Page 22 - It is declared to be the policy of the Congress and the purpose of this Act to improve and stimulate the national economy in general and the smallbusiness segment thereof in particular by establishing a program to stimulate and supplement the flow of private equity capital and long-term loan funds which small-business concerns need for the sound financing of their business...
Page 22 - States, and carrying out an effective and continuous coordinated program of research and promotion designed to strengthen cotton's competitive position and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for United States cotton.