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 PUBLIC LAW 99-591—OCT. 30, 1986

100 STAT. 3341-36

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in such amounts as to realize net proceeds to the Government of not less than $500,000. SEC. 643, Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) For purposes of this subtitle, alfalfa and other multi-year grasses and legumes in a rotation practice, as approved by the Secretary, shall be considered agricultural commodities.". SEC. 644. Paragraph (16) of section 103(h) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444(h)(16)) is amended to read as follows: "(16)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subparagraph (B), 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 or payments under this subsection. "(B) In the case of each of the 1989 and 1990 crops of extra long staple cotton, the Secretary may require that, as a condition of eligibility of producers for loans or payments under this subsection, the acreage planted for harvest on the farm to any other commodity for which an acreage limitation program is in effect shall not exceed the crop acreage base established for the farm for that commodity. "(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of each of the 1987 and 1988 crops of extra long staple cotton, compliance with the terms and conditions of the program authorized by this subsection may not be required as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or pa3mients under any other commodity program.". SEC. 645. The fifth paragraph of section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) (as amended by section 3 of Public Law 99-253 (100 Stat. 36)) is amended— (1) by inserting after the third sentence the following new sentence: "Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, there may be 1 local administrative area in any county for which there had been established less than 3 local administrative areas as of December 23, 1985."; and (2) in the sixth sentence (as it existed before the amendment made by paragraph (1)), by striking out ": Provided," and all that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof a period. SEC. 646. (1) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should make available not less than $10,000,000 worth of flour and cornmeal using the wheat and cornstocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Such flour and cornmeal shall be in addition to the traditional level of assistance made available under section 1114 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, section 416(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, section 4 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, and any other provision of law administered by the Secretary. (2)(a) During the three-year period beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to PVO's and cooperatives and to governments a total of at least 500,000 metric tons of wheat, 500,000 metric tons of soybeans, and 50 million pounds of dairy products under paragraph (11)(B) of section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, notwithstanding paragraph (UXc) of section 416(b) of such Act. (b) Commodities made available under this section during any fiscal year shall be—

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