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 104 STAT. 3398 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(6) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out the pilot program established under this subsection, the Secretary— Regulations. "(A) shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out the program; "(B) may require increased acreage reduction or land diversion requirements with respect to producers who have had excess wheat production in order to allow the producers to market, barter, or use the production in subsequent years; "(C) shall take appropriate measures designed to prevent the circumvention of the program established under this subsection, including the imposition of penalties; "(D) may require producers who participate in the program for a crop, but who fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the program, to refund all or a part of any deficiency pa3anents received with respect to the crop; "(E) may require the forfeiture to the Commodity Credit Corporation of any wheat that is produced in excess of the production limitation quantity and that is not marketed, bartered, or used within 5 marketing years; and "(F) shall ensure equitable treatment for producers who participate in the pilot program if the Secretary allows increases (based on actual production levels) in the determination of farm program payment yields for wheat for the farm. "(7) REPORT.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare a report that evaluates the pilot program carried out under this subsection. "(B) SUBMISSION.— The C!omptroller General shall submit a copy of the report required by subparagraph (A) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Secretary. "(h) EQUITABLE REUEF. — "(1) LOANS, PURCHASES, AND PAYMENTS.— If the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program conducted under this section precludes the making of loans, purchases, and pa3mients, the Secretary may, nevertheless, make such loans, purchases, and pa3anents in such amounts as the Secretary determines are equitable in relation to the seriousness of the failure. The Secretary may consider whether the producer made a good faith effort to comply fully with the terms and conditions of such program in determining whether equitable relief is warreinted under this paragraph. " (2) DEADUNES AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. — The Secretary may authorize the county and State committees established under section 8(b) of the &)il Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) to waive or modify deadlines and other program requirements in cases in which lateness or failure to meet such other requirements does not affect adversely the operation of the program, "(i) REGULATIONS. —The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section. "(j) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. — The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation.

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