A HOUSE RESOLUTION requesting the congress of the united states and the president to support and enact legislation to establish a tobacco quota buyout program.
Whereas, the system of growing and marketing burley and flue‑cured tobacco currently in place in the United States faces many challenges and changes due to contracting, lawsuits, governmental regulation, and foreign competition; and
Whereas, quota owners, tobacco growers, and the tobacco industry agree that a transition from the current system is needed; and
Whereas, a plan of transition which is fair and equitable to all quota owners and tobacco growers is needed to provide stability, uniformity, and certainty for quota owners, growers, and the tobacco industry; and
Whereas, protecting family farmers and minority farmers and preserving the production of tobacco for economic viability in rural communities is an important goal of the State; and 
Whereas, a buyout of the quota owners and tobacco growers would provide a significant and needed economic stimulus over a period of time in the State of North Carolina during a time of economic distress; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
SECTION 1.  The House of Representatives urges the Congress of the United States and the President to support and enact legislation that would establish a fair and equitable transition program for quota owners and tobacco growers and the tobacco industry that would buy out quota owners and tobacco growers.
SECTION 2.  The Principal Clerk shall transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from North Carolina in the Congress of the United States.
SECTION 3.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.