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 100 STAT. 52

PUBLIC LAW 99-260—MAR. 20, 1986 SEC. 10. INCREASED MILK ASSESSMENTS TO MEET DEFICIT REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS.

99 Stat. 1362. 7 USC 1446.

99 Stat. 1072. 2 USC 902.

Effective March 1, 1986, section 201(d)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (as amended by section 101(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking out "The" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subparagraph (E), the"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(E)(i) In lieu of any reductions in payments made by the Secretary for the purchase of milk and the products of milk under this subsection during the period beginning March 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 1986, required under the order issued by the President on February 1, 1986, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), the Secretary shall increase the amount of the reduction required under subparagraph (A) during the period beginning April 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 1986, as the sole means of meeting any reductions required under the order in payments made by the Secretary for the purchase of milk and the products of milk under this subsection. "(ii) The aggregate amount of any increased reduction under clause (i) shall be equal, to the extent practicable, to the aggregate amount of the reduction that would otherwise be required under the order referred to in clause (i) in payments made by the Secretary for the purchase of milk and the products of milk under this subsection during the period beginning March 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 1986, except that the amount of any increased reduction under clause (i) may not exceed 12 cents per hundredweight of milk marketed.". SEC. 11. RESEARCH ON EXTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

Exports. 15 USC 714b.

Section 4(m) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Corporation may, in the exercise of its power to remove and dispose of surplus agricultural commodities, export, or cause to be exported, not to exceed such amounts of commodities owned by the Corporation as will enable the Corporation to finance research and development of external combustion engines using fuel other than that derived from petroleum and petroleum products. The total value of commodities exported annually for the purposes of the research authorized by the preceding sentence may not exceed $30,000,000.". SEC. 12. QUALITY CONTROL STUDIES UNDER THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.

99 Stat. 1587. 7 USC 2025 note.

Section 1538 of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended— (j) jn subsection (a)(3), by striking out "of enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences enter into the contract required under paragraph (2)"; (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking out "18 months after the date of enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "6 months after the date on which the results of both studies required under subsection (a)(3) have been reported"; and (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking out "2 years after the date of enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "6

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