115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
November 1, 2017
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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”.
Passed the House of Representatives October 31, 2017.
Attest: | karen l. haas, |
Clerk |