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PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973
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provisions of this Act which limit payments to any person shall not be applicable to lands owned by States, political subdivisions, or agencies thereof, so long as such lands are farmed primarily in the direct furtherance of a public function, as determined by the Secretary. The rules for determining whether corporations and their stockholders may be considered as separate persons shall be in accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretary on December 18, 1970." DAIRY PROGRAM MILK MARKETIISrG ORDERS 84 Stat. 13^59. note. ^
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(£) Section 201 IS amended by— (A) amending section 201(e) by striking out "1973" and inserting "1977", and by striking out "1976" and inserting "1980", and (B) adding at the end thereof the following: "(f) The Agricultural Adjustment Act as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is further amended by: "(-^^ striking the period at the end of subsection 8c(l7) and adding in lieu thereof the following: ': Provided further, That if one-third or more of the producers as defined in a milk order apply in writing for a hearing on a proposed amendment of such order, the Secretary shall call such a hearing if the proposed amendment is one that may legally be made to such order. Subsection (12) of this section shall not be construed to permit any cooperative to act for its members in an application for a hearing under the foregoing proviso and nothing in such proviso shall be construed to preclude the Secretary from calling an amendment hearing as provided in subsection (3) of this section. The Secretary shall not be required to call a hearing on any proposed amendment to an order in response to an application for a hearing on such proposed amendment if the application requesting the hearing is received by the Secretary within ninety days after the date on which the Secretary has announced his decision on a previously proposed amendment to such order and the two proposed amendments are essentially the same.' "(2) inserting after the phrase 'pure and wholesome milk' in section 8c(18) the phrase 'to meet current needs and further to assure a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs'."
MILK PRICE SUPPORT, BUTTERFAT PRICE SUPPORT SUSPENSION ?lic*ii46a'nd note.
i^) Section 202 Is amended fey(A) striking the introductory clause which precedes subsection (a); (B) effective April 1, 1974, inserting in subsection (b) before the period at the end of the first sentence in the quotation the following: "of pure and wholesome milk to meet current needs, reflect
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