115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include South Carolina as a part of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for purposes of appointment to the Peanut Standards Board.
May 18, 2017
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Gowdy, and Mr. Sanford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include South Carolina as a part of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for purposes of appointment to the Peanut Standards Board.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region.
Section 1308(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7958(c)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking “Virginia and North Carolina” and inserting “Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina”.