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PUBLIC LAW 690-AUG. 28, 1954

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL ACT O F 1949, AS A M E N D E D, AND R E L A T E D LEGISLATION SEC. 201. (a) Section 101(d)(6) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended to read as follows: " (6) Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 402, the level of support to cooperators shall be not more than 90 per centum and not less than 82% per centum of the parity price for the 1955 crop of any basic agricultural commodity with respect to which producers have not disapproved marketing quotas; within such limits, the minimum level of support shall be fixed as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section." (b) Section 101(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. sec. 1441 (d)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(7) Where a State is designated under section 335(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, as outside the commercial wheat-producing area for any crop of wheat, the level of price support for wheat to cooperators in such State for such crop of wheat shall be 75 per centum of the level of price support to cooperators in the commercial wheat-producing area." SEC. 202. Section 101(f) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by deleting in the first sentence thereof everything following the word "except" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of section 101 of this Act, the level of support to cooperators for the 1955 and each subsequent crop of extra long staple cotton, if producers have not disapproved marketing quotas therefor, shall be the minimum level specified in section 101(b) of this Act for the supply percentage for extra long staple cotton as of the beginning of the marketing year for the crop." SEC. 203. (a) Section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446), as amended, is amended (1) by deleting "Irish potatoes," from the first sentence thereof, and (2) by deleting from subsection (b) thereof "tung nuts, honey, and early, intermediate and late Irish potatoes" and inserting in lieu thereof "tung nuts and honey". (b) Section 5 of the Act of March 31, 1950 (7 U.S.C. 1450), as amended by section 5(a) of Public Law 290, Eighty-third Congress, is repealed. SEC. 204. (a) The production and use of abundant supplies of high quality milk and dairy products are essential to the health and general welfare of the Nation; a dependable domestic source of supply of these foods in the form of high grade dairy herds and modern, sanitary dairy equipment is important to the national defense; and an economically sound dairy industry affects beneficially the economy of the country as a whole. I t is the policy of Congress to assure a stabilized annual production of adequate supplies of milk and dairy products; to promote the increased use of these essential foods; to improve the domestic source of supply of milk and butterf at by encouraging dairy farmers to develop efficient production units consisting of high-grade, dissase-free cattle and modern sanitary equipment; and to stabilize the economy of dairy farmers at a level which will provide a fair return for their labor and investment when compared with the cost of things that farmers buy. (b) Section 201(c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(c) The price of whole milk, butter fat, and the products of such commodities, respectively, shall be supported at such level not in excess of 90 per centum nor less than 75 per centum of the parity price there-

63 Stat. 1051. 7 USC 1421 note.

7 USC 1441(d). eooperatorn.

Wheat. Poat, p. 903.

66 Stat. 759. Cotton.

63 Stat. 1052. Nonbasic c o m modities.

Repeal. Ante, p. 7.

^^^y products

P o l i c y of Congress.

Milk, e t c., price supports.

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