Time for payment of contract payments
Contract payments required to be made for a fiscal year shall be made by the Secretary as soon as practicable.
Use of county committees to resolve disputes
section 590h of title 16Any dispute regarding the eligibility of a person to enter into a contract or to receive contract payments, and any dispute regarding the amount of a contract payment, may be appealed to the county committee established under for the county or other area in which the farming operation of the person is located.
Role of National Appeals Division
7 U.S.C. 6991Any adverse determination of a county committee under subsection (b) may be appealed to the National Appeals Division established under subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( et seq.).
Use of financial institutions
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Payment to financial institutions
The Secretary shall permit a tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco entitled to contract payments to assign to a financial institution the right to receive the contract payments. Upon receiving notification of the assignment, the Secretary shall make subsequent contract payments for the tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco directly to the financial institution designated by the tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco. The Secretary shall make information available to tobacco quota holders and producers of quota tobacco regarding their ability to elect to have the Secretary make payments directly to a financial institution under this subsection so that they may obtain a lump sum or other payment.
Pub. L. 108–357, title VI, § 624118 Stat. 1528 (, , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 103–354108 Stat. 3209 The Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, referred to in subsec. (c), is title II of , , . Subtitle H of the Act is classified principally to subchapter VIII (§ 6991 et seq.) of chapter 98 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Pub. L. 108–357section 714c of Title 15section 1314c of this titlesection 518 of this titleThis title, referred to in subsec. (d), means title VI of , which enacted this chapter, amended sections 609, 1282, 1301, 1303, 1314h, 1361, 1371, 1373, 1375, 1378, 1379, 1428, 1433c–1, and 1441 of this title and , Commerce and Trade, repealed sections 511r, 515 to 515k, 625, 1311 to 1314, 1314–1, 1314b, 1314b–1, 1314b–2, 1314c to 1314j, 1315, 1316, 1445, 1445–1, and 1445–2 of this title, enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 515 and 518 of this title, and repealed provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of title VI to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 643 of Pub. L. 108–357section 518 of this titleSection applicable to the 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco, see , set out as a note under .