PUBLIC LAW 100-45—MAY 27, 1987 1.
101 STAT. 323
GREAT LAKES FLOOD EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
SEC. 9. Section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. TOln) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (a) as subsection (a)(1); and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(1), as redesignated by this Act, the following new paragraph: "(2) In preparing a cost and benefit feasibility assessment for any emergency project described in paragraph (1), the Chief of Engineers shall consider the benefits to be gained by such project for the protection of— "(A) residential establishments; "(B) commercial establishments, including the protection of inventory; and f
"(C) agricultural establishments, including the protection of crops.".
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CONSERVATION RESERVE
SEC. 10. Section 1235(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 should be reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure that the provisions thereof relating to exceptions to the three-year ownership requirement with respect to eligibility for the conservation reserve are being implemented in a manner to encourage inclusion of producer-owned land in the conservation reserve. However, any such exception to the three-year requirement should be made only if the Secretary determines that the land involved (1) was not acquired for the purpose of placing the land in the conservation reserve or (2) otherwise meets the criteria for exceptions made under section 1235(a).
16 USC 3835.
UPLAND COTTON DISASTER P A Y M E N T S
SEC. 11. Section 633(B) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, as included in section 101(a) of Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, is amended by— (1) adding at the end of subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii) a new sentence as follows: "To ensure equitable treatment of all producers suffering losses, each county committee established under section 80t)) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary, shall make adjustments in the actual production on each farm of the 1986 upland cotton crop to reflect any reduction in the quality of such crop caused by drought, excessive heat, floods, hail, or excessive moisture in 1986."; and (2) adding a t the end of subsection (e), as amended by section 7 of this Act, the following: "(6) W i t h respect to payments based on adjustments m a d e to reflect any reduction in the quality of the 1986 upland cotton crop under subsection (a)— "(A) payments may be m a d e to producers only to the e x t e n t payments under t h i s section a r e provided for in advance in a n appropriation Act, as authorized under section 6 of the F a r m Disaster Assistance Act of 1987; and "(B) the total a m o u n t of payments m a d e to all producers may not exceed $15,000,000.".
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100 Stat. oo4?~on' ^QO Stat. 1783 3341. 16 USC 590h.
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