| Shorttitle: | Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 |
| Longtitle: | An Act to stabilize the supply and demand for dairy products, to make modifications in the tobacco production adjustment program, to provide emergency livestock feed assistance, and for other purposes. |
| Colloquialacronym: | DTAA |
| Nickname: | Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 |
| Enacted By: | 98th |
| Effective Date: | November 29, 1983 |
| Public Law Url: | https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-97/pdf/STATUTE-97-Pg1128.pdf |
| Cite Public Law: | 98-180 |
| Title Amended: | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
| Leghisturl: | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d098:HR03385:@@@R |
| Introducedin: | House |
| Introducedby: | Thomas J. Huckaby (D-LA) |
| Introduceddate: | June 22, 1983 |
| Committees: | House Agriculture, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
| Passedbody1: | House |
| Passeddate1: | July 19, 1983 |
| Passedvote1: | 312-97 |
| Passedbody2: | Senate |
| Passeddate2: | October 7, 1983 |
| Passedvote2: | 47-25, in lieu of |
| Conferencedate: | November 16, 1983 |
| Passedbody3: | Senate |
| Passeddate3: | November 17, 1983 |
| Passedvote3: | Agreed Voice Vote |
| Passedbody4: | House |
| Passeddate4: | November 18, 1983 |
| Passedvote4: | Agreed Unanimous Consent |
| Signedpresident: | Ronald Reagan |
| Signeddate: | November 29, 1983 |
The Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 (P.L. 98–180) is a United States federal law.
Title I, known as the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983, authorized a voluntary Dairy Diversion Program, which was operated between January 1984 and March 1985. Producers who elected to participate in the program and reduce their milk marketings by between 5% and 30% below their base production were paid $10 per hundred pounds (cwt.) for these reductions. For a 16-month period (12/1/83- 3/31/85), all dairy farmers were assessed 50¢/cwt. on all milk marketed to help defray the cost of the diversion program.
Also, Title I authorized a national dairy promotion program (or, check-off program) for generic dairy product promotion, research and nutrition education. This self-help program is funded through a permanent 15¢/cwt. assessment on all milk production, and is administered by a board of dairy farmers who are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Title II was designated the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983. Title II provided for reduced levels of price support for tobacco, the prohibition of lease and transfer of flue-cured quota, the mandatory sale of allotments and quotas by nonfarming entities, the required inspection of imported tobacco, and various other modifications to the tobacco programs.