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[CITE: 7USC515]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                      CHAPTER 21B--TOBACCO CONTROL
 
Sec. 515. Consent of Congress to production compacts between 
        States; uniformity; withdrawal of consent; limitation on consent
        
    The Congress of the United States of America consents that any of 
the States in which tobacco is produced may negotiate a compact or 
compacts for the purpose of regulating and controlling the production 
of, or commerce in, any one or more kinds of tobacco therein: Provided, 
That all State acts authorizing such compact or compacts shall be 
essentially uniform and in no way conflicting: Provided further, That 
any compact, compacts, agreement, or agreements negotiated and agreed 
upon by the States referred to in the Act of the General Assembly of 
Virginia, approved March 13, 1936 (known as the Tobacco Control Act) 
(Va. Code 1936, Sec. 1399), or by any other State or States producing 
any type or types of tobacco referred to in said Act, which is in 
conformity with said Act and relating to the type or types of tobacco 
specifically referred to in said Act, shall become effective to the 
extent and in the manner provided for in said Act without further 
consent or ratification on the part of the Congress of the United States 
of America: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be 
construed as preventing the Congress of the United States of America 
from withdrawing its consent after April 25, 1936, to any compact or 
agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter: Provided further, That 
nothing in said sections shall be construed to grant the consent of 
Congress to negotiate any compact for regulating or controlling the 
production of, or commerce in, tobacco for the purpose of fixing the 
price thereof, or to create or perpetuate monopoly, or to promote 
regimentation, but such consent shall be limited to compacts for the 
regulation and control of production of, or commerce in, tobacco in 
order thereby to enable growers to receive a fair price for such 
tobacco.

(Apr. 25, 1936, ch. 249, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1239.)


                               Short Title

    Act Apr. 25, 1936, which is classified to this chapter, is popularly 
known as the ``Tobacco Control Act''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 515a, 515b, 515d of this 
title.
