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 PUBLIC LAW 99-641—NOV. 10, 1986

100 STAT. 3563

SEC. 202. BASIS FOR COMPUTATION OF EMERGENCY COMPENSATION UNDER THE 1986 WHEAT PROGRAM.

Section lOTEKcXlXEXii) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-3(c)(l)(E)(ii)) is amended by striking out "marketing year for such crop" and inserting in lieu thereof "first 5 months of the marketing year for the 1986 crop and the marketing year for each of the 1987 through 1990 crops". SEC. 203. VALENCIA PEANUTS.

New Mexico.

Section 108B(4)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445c2(4)(A)) is amended by inserting after "additional peanuts" the following: "(other than net gains on additional peanuts in separate type pools established under paragraph (3)(B)(i) for Valencia peanuts produced in New Mexico)". SEC. 204. LOCAL AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEES.

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 one local administrative area in any county for which there had been established less than three 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. 205. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN LAND UNDER THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) For purposes of this subtitle, alfalfa and other multiyear grasses and legumes, in a rotation practice approved by the Secretary, shall be considered agricultural commodities.". SEC. 206. MARKETING PRACTICES AND TRAINING. (a) MARKETING PRACTICES OF F M H A APPLICANTS AND BORROWERS.—

(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of marketing practices used by applicants for and borrowers of farm loans made, insured, or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). The study shall include an examination of the methods used by the applicants and borrowers in marketing agricultural commodities, livestock, and aquacultural producte and the extent to which the applicants and borrowers use advanced marketing techniques for such sales. (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with any appropriate recommendations.

7 USC 2271a note.

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