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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3413 "(ii) MULTIYEAR PROGRAM.— " (I) COST-SHARE ASSISTANCE. —I f a producer elects to establish a perennial cover capable of improving water quality or wildlife habitat on the acreage, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available cost-share assistance for 25 percent of the approved cost of establishing the cover on not more than 50 percent of the acreage that is required to be diverted from production, but not to exceed 5 percent (or more, at the option of the producer) of the crop acreage base established for a crop. "(II) AGREEMENT OF PRODUCER. —I f a producer elects to establish a perennial cover on the acreage under this subparagraph and receives cost-share assistance from the Corporation with respect to the cover, the producer, under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary, taking into consideration guidelines established by the State technical committees established in subtitle G of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, shall agree to maintain the perennial cover for a minimum of 3 years, "(iii) (CONSERVING CROPS. —The Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of the acreage to be devoted to sweet sorghum, guar, sesame, castor beans, crambe, plantago ovato, triticale, rye, mung beans, milkweed, or other commodity, if the Secretary determines that the production is needed to provide an adequate supply of the commodities, is not likely to increase the cost of the price support program, and will not affect farm income adversely. "(C) HAYING AND GRAZING. — "(i) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in clause (ii), haying and grazing of reduced acreage, acreage devoted to a conservation use under subsection (c)(l)(E), and acreage diverted from production under a land diversion program established under this section shall be permitted, except during any consecutive 5-month period that is established by the State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil (Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) for a State. The 5-month period shall be established during the period beginning April 1, and ending October 31, of a year. "(ii) NATURAL DISASTERS.— In the case of a natural disaster, the Secretary may permit unlimited haying and grazing on the acreage. The Secretary may not exclude irrigated or irrigable acreage not planted in alfalfa when exercising the authority under this clause. " (D) WATER STORAGE USES.— "(i) IN GENERAL. —The regulations issued by the Sec- Regulations. retary under paragraph (2) with respect to acreage required to be devoted to conservation uses shall provide that land that has been converted to water storage uses shall be considered to be devoted to conservation uses if the land was devoted to wheat, feed grains,

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