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H. Rept. 115-352 1 (2017-10-19)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaarz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Gp 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-352 SOUTH CAROLINA PEANUT PARITY ACT OF 2017 OCTOBER 19, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. CONAWAY, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2521] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2521) 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, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. BRIEF EXPLANATION This legislation amends 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. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Pea- nut Standards Board (Board) for the purpose of advising the Sec- retary on quality and handling standards for domestically produced and imported peanuts. The Board is comprised of 18 members equally divided between producers and industry representatives by region. The Secretary appoints members to the Board, but is required to select three producers from each of the three regions (Southeast, Southwest, and Virginia/Carolina). As it is currently written, only the states of Virginia and North Carolina are considered a part of the Virginia/Carolina region. 79-006