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 105 STAT. 1836 PUBLIC LAW 102-237—DEC. 13, 1991 "(b) PRESERVATION OF ACREAGE BASE HISTORY. — If for reasons beyond the control of a producer on a farm, the producer is unable to harvest an acreage of sugarcane for sugar or seed with respect to all or a portion of the proportionate share established for the farm under section 359f, the Secretary, on the application of the producer and with the written consent of all owners of the farm, may preserve for a period of not more than 8 consecutive years the acreage base history of the farm to the extent of the proportionate share involved. The Secretary may permit the proportionate share to be redistributed to other farms, but no acreage base history for purposes of establishing acreage bases shall accrue to the other farms by virtue of the redistribution of the proportionate share."; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking "hearing and"; and (B) by inserting "required to be" after "proportionate share was". (j) REGULATIONS.— Subsection (a) of section 359h of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359hh(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the authority vested in the Secretary in administering this part."; and (k) APPEALS. — Paragraph (2) of section 359i(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ii(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) HEARING.— The Secretary shall provide each appellant an opportunity for a hearing before an administrative law judge in accordance with sections 554 and 556 of title 5, United States Code. The expenses for conducting the hearing shall be reimbursed by the Commodity Credit Corporation.". SEC. 112. CROP ACREAGE BASE. (a) ACREAGE CONSIDERED PLANTED.— Section 503(c) (7 U.S.C. 1463(c)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8) respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: "(6) acreage in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the crop acreage base for a crop of feed grains or wheat if— "(A) the acreage is planted to dry peas, (limited to Austrian peas, wrinkled, seed, green, yellow, and umatilla) and lentils; and "(B) payments are not received by producers under sections 105B(c)(l)(E) and 107B(c)(l)(E), as the case may be;". (b) ADJUSTMENT OF BASES.—Section 503(h) (7 U.S.C. 1463(h)) is amended— (1) by striking "BASES. — The county" and inserting the following: "BASES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The county"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) RESTORATION OF CROP ACREAGE BASE.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—For the 1992 through 1995 crop years, the county committee shall allow an eligible producer to increase individual crop acreage bases on the farm, subject to subsection

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