Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/90

 104 STAT. 3412 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 Regulations. "(i) DECREASE IN ACREAGE LIMITATION REQUIRE- MENT. —If the Secretary elects to carry out this paragraph, a producer shall be eligible to decrease the acreage limitation percentage applicable to the producers' com acreage base (as announced by the Secretary) if the producer agrees to a decrease in the established price for corn under clause (ii) for the purpose of calculating deficiency pa3anents to be made available to the producer. "(ii) METHOD OF CALCULATION.— For the purposes of calculating deficiency payments to be made available to producers who choose the option set forth in this subparagraph, the Secretary shall decrease the established price for corn by an amount to be determined by the Secretary, but not less thsm 0.5 percent, nor more than 1 percent, for each 1 percentage point decrease in the acreage limitation percentage applied to the producers' com acreage base. "(iii) LIMITATION. —A producer may not choose to decrease the acreage limitation percentage applicable to the producers' corn acreage base under this paragraph by more than one-half of the announced acresige limitation percentage. "(E) OTHER FEED GRAINS. —The Secretary shall implement the program provided for by this paragraph for other feed grains similar to the manner in which the program is implemented for corn. " (F) PARTICIPATION AND PRODUCTION EFFECTS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the program provided for in this paragraph does not have a significant effect on program participation or total production and shall be offered in such a manner that the Secretary determines will result in no additional budget outlays. The Secretary shall provide an analysis of the Secretary's determination to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. '(4) ADMINISTRATION. — " (A) PROTECTION FROM WEEDS AND EROSION. —The regulations issued by the Secretary under paragraph (2) with respect to acreage required to be devoted to conservation uses shall assure protection of the acreage from weeds and wind and water erosion. "(B) ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL COVER.— "(i) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), a producer who participates in an acreage reduction program established for a crop of feed grains under this subsection shall be required to plant to an annual or perennial cover 50 percent (or more, at the option of the producer) of the acreage that is required to be removed from the production of feed grains, but not to exceed 5 percent (or more, at the option of the producer) of the crop acreage base established for the crop. This requirement shall not apply with respect to arid areas (including summer fallow areas), as determined by the Secretary.

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