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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3399 "(k) ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS.—The provisions of section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)) (relating to assignment of payments) shall apply to pay- ments under this section. "(1) SHARING OF PAYMENTS.— The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this section for any farm among the producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. "(m) TENANTS AND SHARECROPPERS. —The Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, " (n) CROSS-COMPUANCE. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—Compliance on a farm with the terms and conditions of any other commodity program, or compliance with crop acreage base requirements for any other commodity, may not be required as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or pa3maents under this section. "(2) CoMPUANCE ON OTHER FARMS. — The Secretary may not require producers on a farm, as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or payments under this section for the farm, to comply with the terms and conditions of the wheat program with respect to any other farm operated by the producersi^ "(o) PuBuc COMMENT ON WHEAT PROGRAM. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — In order to ensure that producers and consumers of wheat are provided with reasonable opportunity to comment on the annual program determinations concerning the price support and acreage reduction program for each of the 1992 and subsequent crops of wheat, the Secretary shall request public comment regarding the wheat program in accordance with this subsection. "(2) OPTIONS.—Not less than 60 days before the program is announced for a crop of wheat under this section, the Secretary shall propose for public comment various program options for the crop of wheat. "(3) ANALYSES.—Each option proposed by the Secretary shall be accompanied by an analysis that includes the estimated planted acreage, production, domestic and export use, ending stocks, season average producer price, program participation rate, and cost to the Federal Government that would likely result from each option. "(4) ESTIMATES. — In announcing the program for a crop of wheat under this section, the Secretary shall include an estimate of the planted acreage, production, domestic and export use, ending stocks, season average producer price, program participation rate, and cost to the Federal Government that is expected to result from the program as announced, " (p) SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR WHEAT PLANTED IN 1990.— Effective with respect to producers of the 1991 crop of wheat that was planted in 1990, a producer may, when participating in the production adjustment program for the 1991 crop of wheat specified in this section elect to participate in the program with the following modifications: "(1) DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS. —The producer's deficiency pay- ment shall be the amount by which the established price for the crop of wheat exceeds the higher of— "(A) the lesser of—

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