Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/156

This page needs to be proofread.

104 STAT. 3478 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 SEC. 807. REPORTS AND RECORDS. Effective only for the 1991 through 1995 crops of peanuts, the first sentence of section 373(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1373(a)) is amended by inserting before "all brokers and dealers in peanuts" the following: "all producers engaged in the production of peanuts,". 7 USC 1441 note. SEC. 808. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN PRICE SUPPORT PROVISIONS. Section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) shall not be applicable to the 1991 through 1995 crops of peanuts. 7 USC 1358-1 SEC. 809. REGULATIONS. "° ^' The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title. In issuing the regulations, the Secretary— (1) is encouraged to comply with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States (Dode; (2) shall provide public notice through the Federal Register of any such proposed regulations; and (3) shall allow adequate time for written public comment prior to the formulation and issuance of any final regulations. TITLE IX—SUGAR SEC. 901. SUGAR PRICE SUPPORT. Title II of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446 et seq.) (as amended by section 701 of this Act) is further amended— (1) in the matter preceding subsection (a) of section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446), by striking "honey, and milk" and inserting "honey, milk, sugar beets, and sugarcane"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new section: Loan programs. "SEC. 206. SUGAR PRICE SUPPORT FOR 1991 THROUGH 1995 CROPS. 7 USC I446g. ,,^^^ j^ GENERAL.— The price of each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane, respectively, shall be supported in accordance with this section. "(b) SUGARCANE.—The Secretary shall support the price of domesticedly grown sugarcane through nonrecourse loans at such level as the Secretary determines appropriate, but not less than 18 cents per pound for raw cane sugar. "(c) SUGAR BEETS.— The Secretary shall support the price of each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of domestically grown sugar beets through nonrecourse loans at such level for each such crop as the Secretary determines reflects— "(1) an amount that bears the same relation to the support level for the crop of sugarcane under subsection (b) as the weighted average of producer returns for sugar beets bears to the weighted average of producer returns for sugarcane, expressed on a cents per pound basis for refined beet sugar and raw cane sugar, for the most recent 5-year period for which data are available; plus "(2) an amount that covers sugar beet processor fixed marketing expenses. " (d) ADJUSTMENT IN SUPPORT PRICE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may increase the support price for each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of domestically