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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 1394

Regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

"(B) subject to the availability of such wheat. "(3)(A) Payments under this subsection shall be determined in the same manner as provided in subsection (h)"(B) The quantity of wheat to be made available to a producer under this subsection shall be equal in value to the payments so determined under such subsection. "(4) A producer shall be eligible to receive a payment under this subsection for a crop if the producer— "(A) agrees to forgo obtaining a loan or purchase agreement under subsection (a);

  • i.' "(B) agrees to forgo receiving payments under subsection (c);

"(C) does not plant wheat for harvest in excess of the crop acreage base reduced by one-half of any acreage required to be diverted from production under subsection (f); and "(D) otherwise complies with this section. "(h)(1) If the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program conducted 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 are equitable in relation to the seriousness of the failure. "(2) The Secretary may authorize the county and State committees established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) to waive or modify deadlines and other program requirements in cases in which lateness or failure to meet such other requirements does not affect adversely the operation of the program. "(i) The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section. "(j) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation. "(k) The provisions of section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)) (relating to assignment of payments) shall apply to payments under this section. "(1) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this section for any farm among the producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. "(m) The Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers. "(n)(l) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), compliance on a farm with the terms and conditions of any other commodity program may not be required as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or payments under this section. "(2) If an acreage limitation program is established for a crop of wheat under subsection (f)(2), producers who participate in the program may not plant acreage of another commodity for which there is an acreage limitation program in effect in excess of the crop acreage base for the crop for the farm. "(3) If a set-aside program is established for a crop of wheat under subsection (f)(3), compliance on a farm with the terms and conditions of any other commodity program may be required as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or payments under this section.". NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS

Prohibition. 7 USC 1379d note.

SEC. 309. Sections 379d, 379e, 379f, 379g, 379h, 379i, and 379j of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1379d-1379j) (relating