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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-253—SEPT. 8, 1982

96 STAT. 763

Public Law 97-258 97th Congress An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1983 (S. Con. Res. 92, Ninety-seventh Congress).

Sept. 8, 1982 [H.R. 6955)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.

Omnibus Budget

SHORT TITLE

Reconciliation. Act of 1982.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982". SECTION

TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND RELATED PROGRAMS Subtitle A—Dairy Price Support Program SEC. 101. Section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended 95 Stat. 369. by the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, is amended by— '^ use 1446. (1) effective October 1, 1982, striking out ever5rthing in subsection (c) after the first sentence and preceding the sentence which begins "Such price support shall be provided"; (2) adding a new subsection (d) as follows: "(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(1)(A) Effective for the period beginning October 1, 1982, and ending September 30, 1984, the price of milk shall be supported at not less than $13.10 per hundredweight of milk containing 3.67 per centum milkfat. "(B) Effective for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984, the price of milk shall be supported at not less than such level that represents the percentage of parity that the Secretary determines $13.10 represented as of October 1, 1983. "(C) The price of milk shall be supported through the purchase of milk and the products of milk. "(2) Effective for the period beginning October 1, 1982, and ending September 30, 1985, the Secretary may provide for a deduction of 50 cents per hundredweight from the proceeds of sale of all milk marketed commercially by producers to be remitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation to offset a portion of the cost of the milk price support program. Authority for requiring such deductions shall not apply for any fiscal year for which the Secretary estimates that net price support purchases of milk or the products of milk would be less than 5 billion pounds milk equivalent. If at any time during a fiscal year the Secretary should estimate that such net price support purchases during that fiscal year would be less than 5 billion pounds, the authority for requiring such deduction shall not apply for the balance of the year. "(3)(A) Effective for the period beginning April 1, 1983, and ending September 30, 1985, the Secretary may provide for a