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 PUBLIC LAW 102-237—DEC. 13, 1991 105 STAT. 1827 "(11) ARID AREAS. —Subclause (I) shall not apply with respect to arid areas (including summer fallow areas), as determined by the Secretary. If the Secretary determines any county in a State to be arid, the respective State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) may designate any other county or counties or all of the State as arid for the purposes of this paragraph. "(Ill) APPROVAL OF COVER CROPS AND PRACTICES.— The State committee, after receiving recommendations from the county committees, shall approve appropriate crops planted or maintained as cover, including, as appropriate, annual or perennial native grasses and legumes or other vegetation. The State committee shall establish the final seeding date for the planting of the cover and shall approve appropriate cover crops or practices, after consulting the Soil Conservation Service State C!onservationist regarding whether the crops or practices will sufficiently protect the land from weeds and wind and water erosion. After the Secretary establishes the State technical committee for the State pursuant to section 1261 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3861), the State committee shall consult with the technical committee (rather than the Soil Conservation Service State Conservationist) regarding whether the crops or practices will sufficiently protect the land from weeds and wind and water erosion.". SEC. 107. COTTON USER MARKETING CERTIFICATES. (a) ISSUANCE.— Section 103B(a)(5)(E) (7 U.S.C. 1444 -2(a)(5)(E)) is amended— (1) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following new clause: "(i) ISSUANCE.— Subject to clause (iv), during the period beginning August 1, 1991, and ending July 31, 1996, the Secretary shall issue marketing certificates or cash payments to domestic users and exporters for documented purchases by domestic users and sales for export by exporters made in the week following a consecutive 4-week period in which— "(I) the Friday through Thursday average price quotation for the lowest-priced United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) one and threethirty seconds inch cotton, delivered C.I.F. Northern Europe exceeds the Northern Europe price by more than 1.25 cents per pound; and "(II) the prevailing world market price for upland cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location), established under subparagraph (C), does not exceed 130 percent of the current crop year loan level for the base quality of upland cotton, as determined by the Secretary."; (2) in clause (ii), by striking "marketing certificates" and inserting "marketing certificates or cash payments"; and

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