12 2 STA T . 1 7 1 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 4 6 —J U NE 1 8, 2008 periods spe c i f ied i nth ose s ub p a ra g raphs , the count y co m mittee of the F arm S er v ice A gency for the app l icable county shall place the acreage base in a pool for possible assignment to other farms .‘ ‘ ( ii ) A C C EPTAN CE OFR E QU E S TS. — After providing reasonable notice to farm o w ners, operators, and growers of record in the county, the county committee shall accept re q uests from owners, operators, and growers of record in the county. ‘‘(iii) ASS IG N M ENT.— T he county committee shall assign the acreage base to other farms in the county that are eligible and capable of accepting the acreage base, based on a random drawing from among the requests received under clause (ii). ‘‘(F) STATE W I D E REA L LOCATION.— ‘‘(i) I N GENERAL.—Any acreage base remaining unassigned after the transfers and processes described in subparagraphs (A) through ( E ) shall be made avail - able to the State committee of the Farm Service Agency for allocation among the remaining county committees in the State representing counties with farms eligible for assignment of the base, based on a random drawing. ‘‘(ii) ALLOCATION.—Any county committee receiving acreage base under this subparagraph shall allocate the acreage base to eligible farms using the process described in subparagraph (E). ‘‘( G ) STATUS OF REASSIGNED B ASE.—After acreage base has been reassigned in accordance with this subparagraph, the acreage base shall— ‘‘(i) remain on the farm
and ‘‘(ii) be sub j ect to the transfer provisions of para- graph ( 1 ). ’ ’; and ( 2 ) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting ‘‘affected’’ before ‘‘crop-share owners’’ each place it appears; and (ii) by stri k ing ‘‘, and from the processing company holding the applicable allocation for such shares,’’; and ( B ) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘based on’’ and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘based on— ‘‘(A) the number of acres of sugarcane base being trans- ferred; and ‘‘(B) the pro rata amount of allocation at the processing company holding the applicable allocation that equals the contribution of the grower to allocation of the processing company for the sugarcane acreage base being trans- ferred.’’. (h) APPEALS.—Section 359 i of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 193 8 ( 7U .S. C . 1359ii) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 359g(d)’’ after ‘‘359f’’; and (2) by striking subsection (c). (i) R EALLOCATING SUGAR Q UOTA IMPORT S H ORTFALLS.—Section 359k of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359kk) is repealed.
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