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S:\WPSHR\LEGCNSL\XYWRITE\CONSUMER\TABAC1 199 1 tobacco producers to assist in developing other 2 agricultural activities that supplement tobacco- 3 producing activities; 4 (F) initiatives designed to create or expand 5 locally owned value-added processing and mar- 6 keting operations in tobacco communities; 7 (G) technical assistance activities by per- 8 sons to support farmer-owned enterprises, or 9 agriculture-based rural development enterprises, 10 of the type described in section 252 or 253 of 11 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2342, 2343); 12 and 13 (H) initiatives designed to partially com- 14 pensate tobacco warehouse owners for lost reve- 15 nues and assist the tobacco warehouse owners 16 in establishing successful business enterprises. 17 (2) TOBACCO-GROWING COUNTIES.-Assistance 18 may be provided by a State under this section only 19 to assist a county in the State that has been deter- 20 mined by the Secretary to have in excess of 21 $100,000 in income derived from the production of 22 tobacco during 1 or more of the 1994 through 1996 23 marketing years. 24 (3) DISTRIBUTION.- S. 1415 Amdt. March 29. 1998 (11:39 a.m )