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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 30-FEB. 16, 1938 national average yield is determined, produce an amount of rice ade- quate, together with the estimated carry-over from the marketing year ending in such calendar year, to make available a supply for the marketing year commencing in such calendar year not less than the normal supply. Such national acreage allotment shall be pro- claimed not later than December 31 of each year. APPORTIONMENT OF NATIONAL ACREAGE ALLOTMENT SEC. 353. (a) The national acreage allotment of rice for each calen- dar year shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the several States in which rice is produced in proportion to the average number of acres of rice in each State during the five-year period immediately preceding the calendar year for which such national acreage allot- ment of rice is determined (plus, in applicable years, the acreage diverted under previous agricultural adjustment and conservation programs) with adjustments for trends in acreage during the applicable period. (b) Not less than 97 per centum of the acreage allotted to any State shall be apportioned annually by the Secretary through local and State committees of farmers among the persons producing rice within such State on the basis of past production of rice; land, labor, and available equipment for the production of rice; crop-rotation practices, soil fertility, and other physical factors affecting the pro- duction of rice: Provided, That not exceeding 3 per centum of the acreage allotted to each State shall be apportioned annually by the Secretary through local and State committees of farmers among persons who for the first time in the past five years are producing rice on the basis of the applicable standards of apportionment set forth in this subsection: Provided further, That a person producing rice for the first time in five years shall not be allotted an acreage in excess of 75 per centum of the allotment that would be made to him if he were not producing rice for the first time in such five years. DOMESTIC ALLOTMENT OF RICE SEC. 354. (a) Not later than December 31 of each year the Secre- tary shall ascertain from the latest available statistics of the Depart- ment and shall proclaim the total amount of rice which will be needed during the next succeeding marketing year to meet the requirements of consumers in the United States. Such amount is hereinafter referred to as the "domestic allotment of rice". (b) The domestic allotment of rice for each marketing year shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the several States in which rice is produced in proportion to the average amount of rice produced in each State during the five-year period including the calendar year in which such domestic allotment is announced (plus, in applicable years, the normal production of any acreage diverted under previous agricultural adjustment and conservation programs), with adjust- ments for abnormal weather conditions and trends in acreage during the applicable period. (c) The Secretary shall provide, through local and State com- mittees of farmers, for the allotment of each State apportionment among persons producing rice in such State. The apportionment of the domestic allotment of rice among persons producing rice in each State shall be on the basis of the aggregate normal yields of the acreage allotments established with respect to such persons. 61 Apportionment of national acreage allot- ment. Allotments to States, apportionment through local, etc., committees. Provisos. Apportionment to persons producing rice for first time in five years. Acreage restriction. Domestic allotment of rice. Annual apportion- ment among rice-pro- ducing States. Apportionment of allotment to pro- ducers; basis.

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