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100 STAT. 46

PUBLIC LAW 99-260—MAR. 20, 1986 as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for payments under subparagraph (C) in such State to be devoted to haying and grazing. "(11) Haying and grazing shall not be permitted for any crop under subclause (I) if the Secretary determines that haying and grazing would have an adverse economic effect.". (b) FEED GRAINS.—Section 105C(c)(l) of the Agricultural Act of

99 Stat. 1395. 7 USC 1444e.

State and local governments. Ante, p. 36.

99 Stat. 1407. 7 USC 1444-1.

1949 (as added by section 401 of the Food Security Act of 1985) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking out "or nonprogram crops" each place it appears in clauses (i) and (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof "(except as provided in subparagraph (I))"; (2) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sentence: "To be eligible for payments under this clause, such producers must devote such acreage to conservation uses (except as provided in subparagraph (I))."; and (3) by striking out subparagraph (I) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph: "(I)(i) The Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for payments under subparagraph (B) to be devoted to sweet sorghum or the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, triticale, rye, commodities for which no substantial domestic production or market exists but that could yield industrial raw material being imported, or likely to be imported, into the United States, or commodities grown for experimental purposes (including kenaf), subject to the following sentence. The Secretary may permit such acreage to be devoted to such production only if the Secretary determines that— "(I) the production is not likely to increase the cost of the price support program and will not affect farm income adversely; and "(II) the production is needed to provide an adequate supply of the commodity, or, in the case of commodities for which no substantial domestic production or market exists but that could yield industrial raw materials, the production is needed to encourage domestic manufacture of such raw material and could lead to increased industrial use of such raw material to the long-term benefit of United States industry. "(ii)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall permit, at the request of the State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) for a State and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for payments under subparagraph (B) in such State to be devoted to haying and grazing. "(II) Haying and grazing shall not be permitted for any crop under subclause (I) if the Secretary determines that haying and grazing would have an adverse economic effect.". (c) COTTON.—Section 103A(c)(l) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (as added by section 501 of the Food Security Act of 1985) is amended—