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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3517 not later than the date of the final announcement for the programs by the Secretary for any 1 year. (c) INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.— The study under this section (including the study of the effect of the support levels on the ability of producers to meet their financial obligations) shall be only for informational purposes and for Congressional oversight and shall not give rise to any cause of action, be a basis for, or be used as evidence in support of, any claim or right of any person, including farmers and borrowers, in any administrative or judicial proceeding. SEC. 1148. SURVEY OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 7 USC 1421 note. (a) SURVEY.— The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary) shall provide that producers, during the sign-up period for commodity programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) in the 1992 calendar year, complete a survey regarding the preference of the producers, either to increase the efficiency of their farming operation or to assist in meeting conservation requirements for the farm, for the redistribution of any crop acreage bases on each producer's farm. The survey shall include questions designed to determine whether the producers would prefer to redistribute their current crop acreage bases— (1) in different proportions among the program crops for which the producers currently have a crop acreage base; (2) among program crops for which the producers currently do not have a crop acreage base; or (3) in some combination of the options provided under paragraphs (1) and (2), without exceeding total cropland of the farm. The survey shall be prepared and administered by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and conducted in every county where sign-ups for Federal commodity programs are administered. (b) ANALYSIS OF DATA. — The Secretary shall compile and analyze the data collected from the survey required under subsection (a) to determine— (1) the potential increases and decreases in State, regional, and national acreage that would be planted to various program crops if producers were given the option to redistribute their current crop acreage bases as indicated by the survey conducted under subsection (a); (2) the potential commodity program costs or savings if producers were allowed to implement the redistribution of such crop acreage bases as described in paragraph (1); (3) the potential impact of such a redistribution of crop acreage bases on the competitiveness of United States agriculture in world markets; and (4) such other consequences of such a redistribution of crop acreage bases that the Secretary determines to be of significance to United States agriculture. (c) REPORT. —Not later than January 31, 1993, the Secretary 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 on the results of the survey conducted under subsection (a). The report shall— (1) include a compilation of the data collected pursuant to the survey conducted under subsection (a); (2) include the results of the analysis and determinations required under subsection (b);

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