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[87 STAT. 226]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1973
[87 STAT. 226]

PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973

226 84 Stat. 1362. 7 USC 1379b.

Ante,

p. 225.

Set-aside a c r e age.

Acreage limitation.

Grazing and planting, limitations.

84 Stat. 1364.

Payment sharing.

Noncompliance.

[87

STAT.

" (b)(A) Section 379b of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (which provides for a wheat marketing certificate program) shall not be applicable to the 1974 through 1977 crops of wheat, except as provided in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this subsection, " (B) Section 379b(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended by subsection (a) of this section (which provides for a set-aside program), shall be effective with respect to the 1974 through 1977 crops of wheat with the following changes: "(i) The phrase 'payments authorized by section 107(c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949' shall be substituted for the word 'certificates' and the phrases 'certificates authorized in subsection (b) ' and 'marketing certificates' each place they occur. "(ii) The word 'domestic' shall be stricken each place it occurs, "(iii) The second sentence of section 379b(c)(1) is amended to read as follows: 'If a set-aside of cropland is in effect under this subsection (c), then as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments authorized by section 107(c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the producers on a farm must set aside and devote to approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland equal to (i) such percentage of the wheat allotment for the farm as may be specified by the Secretary and will be estimated by the Secretary to result in a set-aside not in excess of thirteen and threetenths million acres in the case of the 1971 crop; plus, if required by the Secretary, (ii) the acreage of cropland on the farm devoted in preceding years to soil conserving uses, as determined by the Secretary.' "(iv) The third sentence in 379b (c)(1) is amended to read as follows: 'The Secretary is authorized for the 1974 through 1977 crops to limit the acreage planted to wheat on the farm to a percentage of the acreage allotment.' "(v) '1971 through 1977' shall be substituted for '1971, 1972, and 1973' each place it occurs other than in the third sentence of section 379b (c)(1). "(vi) The last sentence of section 379b (c)(1) is amended to read as follows: 'The Secretary shall permit producers to plant and graze on set-aside acreage sweet sorghum, and the Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, all or any of the set-aside acreage to be devoted to hay and grazing or the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, triticale, oats, rye, or other commodity, if he determines that such production is needed to provide an adequate supply, is not likely to increase the cost of the price-support program, and will not adversely affect farm income.' "(vii) After the second sentence of section 379b (c)(3) the following shall be inserted: 'The Secretary may, in the case of programs for the 1974 through 1977 crops, pay an appropriate share of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of the foregoing sentences.' " (C) Sections 379b (d), (e), (g), and (i) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, shall be effective for the 1974 through 1977 crops amended to read as follows: " ' (d) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this section for any farm among producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. " ' (e) I n any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this section precludes the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the