Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/800

 101 STAT. 1330-6

Regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

"(G) In the case of the 1988 through 1990 crops of oats, the Secretary shall not establish a percentage reduction in accordance with paragraph (1) in excess of 5 percent. In implementing this subparagraph, the Secretary shall issue regulations that provide for the fair and equitable treatment of producers on a farm for which an oat and barley crop acreage base has been established. To ensure the efficient and fair implementation of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall announce revisions of the acreage limitation program for the 1988 crop of feed grains that implement this subparagraph as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1987. In the case of the 1990 crop of oats, the Secretary may waive the application of this subparagraph if the Secretary determines that the supply of oats will be excessive.". SEC. 1108. PRODUCER RESERVE PROGRAM.

Subparagraph (A) of the fourth sentence of section llOOt)) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445eOb)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking out "17 percent of the estimated total domestic and export usage of wheat during the then current marketing year for wheat, as determined by the Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "300 million bushels"; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking out "7 percent of the estimated total domestic and export usage of feed grains during the then current marketing year for feed grains, as determined by the Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "450 million bushels". SEC. 1109. YIELD ADJUSTMENTS.

Effective only for the 1988 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, section 50603X2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 146603X2)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(C) In the Case of each of the 1988 through 1990 crop years for a commodity, if the farm program payment yield for a farm is reduced more than 10 percent below the farm program payment yield for the > 1985 crop year, the Secretary shall make available to producers established price payments for the commodity in such amount as the Secretary determines is necessary to provide the same total return to producers as if the farm program payment yield had not been reduced more than 10 percent below the farm program payment yield for the 1985 crop year. Such payments shall be made available to producers at the time final deficiency payments are made available.". SEC. 1110. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.

Effective only for the 1988 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, section 107C(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-2(a)) is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph: "(1) If the Secretary establishes an acreage limitation or set-aside program for any of the 1988 through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice under this Act and determines that deficiency payments will likely be made for such commodity for such crop, the Secretary shall make advance deficiency payments available to producers for each of such crops."; and ^ ^

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