US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 518

Definitions

In this subchapter and subchapter II:
(1)

Agricultural Act of 1949

7 U.S.C. 1421The term “Agricultural Act of 1949” means the Agricultural Act of 1949 ( et seq.), as in effect on the day before .

(2)

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

7 U.S.C. 1281The term “Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938” means the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( et seq.), as in effect on the day before .

(3)

Considered planted

The term “considered planted” means tobacco that was planted, but failed to be produced as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.

(4)

Contract

The term “contract” means a contract entered into under section 518a or 518b of this title.

(5)

Contract payment

The term “contract payment” means a payment made under section 518a or 518b of this title pursuant to a contract.

(6)

Producer of quota tobacco

7 U.S.C. 1311The term “producer of quota tobacco” means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shared in the risk of producing tobacco on a farm where tobacco was produced or considered planted pursuant to a tobacco farm poundage quota or farm acreage allotment established under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( et seq.).

(7)

Quota tobacco

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1 So in original.
7 U.S.C. 1311The term ‘quota tobacco’  means a kind of tobacco that is subject to a farm marketing quota or farm acreage allotment for the 2004 tobacco marketing year under a marketing quota or allotment program established under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( et seq.).

(8)

Tobacco

The term “tobacco” means each of the following kinds of tobacco:
(A)
Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 14.
(B)
Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 22 and 23.
(C)
Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and 36.
(D)
Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37.
(E)
Virginia fire-cured tobacco, comprising type 21.
(F)
Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
(G)
Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising types 42, 43, 44, 53, 54, and 55.
(9)

Tobacco quota holder

The term “tobacco quota holder” means a person that was an owner of a farm, as of , for which a basic tobacco farm marketing quota or farm acreage allotment for quota tobacco was established for the 2004 tobacco marketing year.

(10)

Tobacco Trust Fund

section 518e of this titleThe term “Tobacco Trust Fund” means the Tobacco Trust Fund established under .

(11)

Secretary

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 621118 Stat. 1524(, , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 79263 Stat. 1051section 1421 of this titleThe Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in par. (1), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 35A (§ 1421 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 3052 Stat. 31Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 611(a)118 Stat. 1522section 1281 of this titleThe Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in pars. (2), (6), and (7), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1281 et seq.) of this title. Part I of subtitle B of title III of the Act was classified to subpart I (§ 1311 et seq.) of part B of subchapter II of chapter 35 of this title prior to repeal by , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 643118 Stat. 1536

“This title [see Short Title note below] and the amendments made by this title shall apply to the 2005 and subsequent crops of each kind of tobacco.”
, , , provided that:

Short Title

Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 601118 Stat. 1521

section 714c of Title 15section 515 of this titlesection 1314c of this title“This title [enacting this chapter, amending sections 609, 1282, 1301, 1303, 1314h, 1361, 1371, 1373, 1375, 1378, 1379, 1428, 1433c–1, and 1441 of this title and , Commerce and Trade, repealing sections 511r, 515 to 515k, 625, 1311 to 1314, 1314–1, 1314b, 1314b–1, 1314b–2, 1314c to 1314j, 1315, 1316, 1445, 1445–1, and 1445–2 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and , and repealing provisions set out as a note under ] may be cited as the ‘Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004’.”
, , , provided that: