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 PUBLIC LAW 290-JAN* 30, 1954 Extra long staple cotton. 7 USC 1347. Reserve acreage.

7 USC 1344(h). Reallocation of flood lands.

7 USC 1344. Amendments effective in 1955.

7 USC 1334. Wheat. Requirements for increases.

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allotments. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply also to extra long staple cotton covered by section 347 of this Act. "(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or other provision of law, the acreage allotted to any State for 1954 under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection which is less than one hundred thousand acres but more than thirty thousand acres shall be increased by an acreage equal to 15 per centum of the acreage allotted to it prior to the enactment of this subsection. Such acreage shall be used by the State committee as a reserve to make equitable adjustments in 1954 farm acreage allotments on the basis of land, labor, equipment available for the production of cotton, crop-rotation practices, past acreages of cotton, soil, and other physical factors affecting the production of cotton." SEC. 2. Section 344(h) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In any county in which a major flood-control reservoir constructed by the United States Government shall have been located wholly or in part, acreage allotments for the production of cotton on the lands within such reservoir, which lands, because of permanent or perennial flooding occasioned by the construction of such reservoir, shall be unfit for further cotton production, may be reallocated, within the discretion of the county committee, to other lands within the county as will in the opinion of said committee best serve the public interest." SEC. 3. Section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is further amended, effective beginning with the 1955 crop, as follows: (a) By striking the period at the end of subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and adding "or to correct inequities in farm allotments and to prevent hardship." (b) By striking out in subsection (f)(3) the colon before the word Provided,'' and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and adding "or in making adjustments in farm acreage allotments to correct inequities and to prevent hardship:". (c) By adding a new paragraph "6" at the end of subsection (f) to read as follows: "(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, if the county committee recommends such action and the Secretary determines that such action will result in a more equitable distribution of the county allotment among farms in the county, the county acreage allotment, less the acreage reserved under paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall be apportioned to farms on which cotton has been planted in any one of the three years immediately preceding the year for which such allotment is determined, on the basis of the acreage planted to cotton on the farm during such three year period. If the county acreage allotment is apportioned among the farms of the county in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the acreage reserved under paragraph (3) of this subsection may be used to make adjustments so as to establish allotments which are fair and reasonable to farms receiving allotments under this paragraph in relation to the factors set forth in paragraph (3)." SEC. 4. Section 334 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if after investigation the Secretary determines with respect to any class or sub-class of wheat that a substantial difference exists in the usage or marketing outlets therefor and that the supply of such wheat for the 1953-54 and 1954-55 marketing years with respect to the 1954 crop, and for the 1954—55 and 1955-56 marketing years with respect to the

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