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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977 able costs, (ii) machinery ownership costs, and (iii) general farm overhead costs, allocated to the crops involved on the basis of the proportion of the value of the total production derived from each crop. "(C) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, in the event the Secretary adjusts the level of loans and purchases for wheat in accordance with the proviso in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall provide emergency compensation by increasing the established price payments for wheat by such amount as the Secretary determines necessary to provide the same total return to producers as if the adjustment in the level of loans and purchases had not been made: Provided, That any such increase in established price payments shall not be included in the payments subject to limitation under the provisions of section 101 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. " (D) The total quantity on which payments would otherwise be payable to a producer on a farm for any crop under this paragraph shall be reduced by the quantity on which any disaster paymen*: is made to the producer for the crop under paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(2)(A) Effective only with respect to the 1978 and 1979 crops of wheat, if the Secretary determines that the producers on a farm are prevented from planting any portion of the acreage intended for wheat to wheat or other nonconserving crops because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the Secretary shall make a prevented planting disaster payment to the producers on the number of acres so affected but not to exceed the acreage planted to wheat for harvest (inc^iding any acreage which the producers were prevented from planting to wheat or other nonconserving crop in lieu of wheat because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers) in the immediately preceding year, multiplied by 75 per centum of the farm program payment yield established by the Secretary times a payment rate equal to 33^3 per centum of the established price per bushel for wheat. "(B) Effective only with respect to the 1978 and 1979 crops of wheat, if the Secretary determines that because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the total quantity of wheat which the producers are able to harvest on any farm is less than the result of multiplying 60 per centum of the farm program payment yield established by the Secretary for such crop by the acreage planted for harvest for such crop, the Secretary shall make a farm disaster payment to the producers at a rate equal to 50 per centum of the established price for the crop for the deficiency in production below 60 per centum for the crop. "(C) In the case of the 1977 crop of wheat, disaster payments for prevented planting shall be compu*-ed as provided in section 107 of this Act, as amended for the 1974 through 1977 crops by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, and disaster payments for low yield shall be computed in accordance with the formula provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph: Provided, That producers may elect to receive clisas^er payments for low yield computed as provided in section 107 of this Act, as amended for the 1974 through 1977 crops by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973: Provided further. That no disaster payments for low yield may be made under this paragraph prior to October 1, 1977. "(c) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this section for any farm among the producers on the fann on a fair and equitable basis.".

91 STAT. 923

Emergency compensation.

Prevented planting disaster payments.

Farm disaster payments.

Computation.

7 USC 1445a.