91 STAT. 926
PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977
appropriate. In determining the acceptability of contract offers, the Secretary shall take into consideration the extent of the diversion to be undertaken by the producers and the productivity of the acreage diverted. The Secretary shall limit the total acreage to be diverted under agreements in any county or local community so as not to affect adversely the economy of the county or local community. Wildlife habitats. "(3) The set-aside acreage and the additional diverted acreage may be devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildPayments, ijfg agencies. The Secretary may pay an appropriate share of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of the foregoing sentence. The Secretary may provide for an additional payment on such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the producer agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such portion of the farm, as the Secretary may prescribe, by the general public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal regulations. Adjustments. "(4) The Secretary may make such adjustments in individual setaside acreages under this section as the Secretary determines necessary to correct for abnormal factors affecting production, and to give due consideration to tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, types of soil, soil and water conservation measures, and topography, and such other factors as the Secretary deems necessary. Agreement, "(5) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the profiling. gram formulated under this subsection, the operator shall file an agreement to do so no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans, purchases, and payments under this section shall be made available to producers on such farm only if the producers set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses an acreage on the farm equal to the number of acres which the operator agrees to set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses, and the agreement Termination or shall so provide. The Secretary may, by mutual agreement with the modification. producers, terminate or modify any such agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection if the Secretary determines such action necessary because of an emergency created by drought or other disaster, or in order to prevent or alleviate a shortage in the supply of agricultural commodities. "(g) In any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this section precludes the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the Secretary may, nevertheless, make such loans, purchases, and payments in such amounts as the Secretary determines to be equitable in relation to the seriousness of the default. Regulations. "(h) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. "(i) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation.". NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTIFICATE
7 USC 1379d note. 7 USC 1379d-1379j.
REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 403. Sections 379d, 379e, 379f, 379g, 379h, 379i, and 379j of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (which deal with marketing certificate requirements for processors and exporters) shall not be appli-
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