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PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3611 (6) BASE ACRE ADJUSTMENTS. — The Secretary, only for the purpose of establishing a producer's crop acreage base under the Agricultural Act of 1949, may make such adjustments as the Secretary determines to be fair and equitable to reflect resource-conserving crop rotation practices that were maintained by producers prior to participation in the progrsim and to reflect such other factors as the Secretary determines should be considered, except that the total of such adjustments in any year shall not exceed the total farm program savings in the same year that would result from the implementation of plans. (7) PAYMENT ACREAGE LIMITATION. — (A) IN GENERAL. —No producers enrolled in a resourceconserving crop rotation shall not be eligible to receive pa}mients under farm programs for wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice under the Agricultural Act of 1949 on acreage equal to the average number of traditionally underplanted acres for the three years prior to enrolling in this program. (B) DEFINITION.— (i) IN GENERAL.— Subject to clause (ii), for the purposes of this paragraph the term "traditionally underplanted acreage" means the difference in a particular year between the acreage that is part of a producer's crop acreage base that is not planted to the program crop and the part of the crop acreage base subject to an acreage limitation program or required to be set aside. In no case shall such acreage be less than zero. (ii) EXCEPTION.— In the case of a producer participating in a particular year in a program authorized under section 101B(c)(l)(B), section 103B(c)(l)(B), section 105A(c)(l)(B), or section 107A(c)(l)(B) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the term "traditionally underplanted acreage" means 8 percent of the producer's permitted acreage for such year. SEC. 1452. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) ELIGIBILITY.— Section 1536 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3459) is amended by striking "two hundred and twenty-five" and inserting "450". (b) AUTHORIZATION. —Section 1538 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3461) is amended by striking "for each of the five fiscal years beginning October 1, 1982, and ending September 30, 1987," and inserting "for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995". SEC. 1453. AMENDMENT TO THE NOXIOUS WEED ACT. The Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 (7 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "SEC. 15. MANAGEMENT OF UNDESIRABLE PLANTS ON FEDERAL LANDS. 7 USC 2814. "(a) DUTIES OF AGENCIES. —Each Federal agency shall— "(1) designate an office or person adequately trained in the management of undesirable plant species to develop and coordinate an undesirable plants management program for control of undesirable plants on Federal lands under the agency's jurisdiction; 39-194O-91-10:QL3Part5