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 PUBLIC LAW 99-260—MAR. 20, 1986 Public Law 99-260 99th Congress

100 STAT. 45

An Act Entitled the "Food Security Improvements Act of 1986".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Food Security Improvements Act of 1986". SEC. 2. NONPROGRAM CROPS.

(a) WHEAT.—Section 107D(c)(l) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (as added by section 308 of the Food Security Act of 1985) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking out "or nonprogram crops" each place it appears in clauses (i) and (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof "(except as provided in subparagraph (K))"; (2) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sentence: "To be eligible for payments under this clause, such producers must devote such acreage to conservation uses (except as provided in subparagraph (K))."; and (3) by striking out subparagraph (K) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph: "(K)(i) The Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for payments under subparagraph (C) to be devoted to sweet sorghum or the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, triticale, rye, commodities for which no substantial domestic production or market exists but that could yield industrial raw material being imported, or likely to be imported, into the United States, or commodities grown for experimental purposes (including kenaf), subject to the following sentence. The Secretary may permit such acreage to be devoted to such production only if the Secretary determines that— "(I) the production is not likely to increase the cost of the price support program and will not affect farm income adversely; and "(II) the production is needed to provide an adequate supply of the commodity, or, in the case of commodities for which no substantial domestic production or market exists but that could yield industrial raw materials, the production is needed to encourage domestic manufacture of such raw material and could lead to increased industrial use of such raw material to . the long-term benefit of United States industry. "(ii)(I) -Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall permit, at the request of the State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) for a State and subject to such terms and conditions

Mar. 20, 1986 [H.R. 1614] Food Security Improvements Act of 1986. Agriculture and agricultural commodities. 7 USC 1281 note. Conservation. 99 Stat. 1383. 7 USC 1445b-3.

State and local governments. Ante, p. 36.

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