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 104 STAT. 3418 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(B) SUBMISSION.—The Comptroller 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 pa3nnents, the Secretary may, nevertheless, make such loans, purchases, and pa3miente 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 warranted under this paragraph. "(2) DEADUNES AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. — The Secretary may authorize the county and State committees established under section 8(b) of the Soil (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 fsdlure 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. "(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 sissignment of pa3mients) 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-COMPLIANCE. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — C!ompliance 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 payments under this section. "(2) COMPLIANCE ON OTHER FARMS.— The Secretary may not require producers on a farm, as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or pa3anents under this section for the farm, to comply with the terms and conditions of the feed grains program with respect to any other farm operated by the producers. "(o) PUBLIC COMMENT ON FEED GRAINS PROGRAM. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — In order to ensure that producers and consumers of feed grains 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 feed grains, the Secretary shall request public comment regarding the feed grains program in accordance with this subsection.

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