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PUBLIC LAW 87-451-MAY 15, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-451 May 15, 1962 DH. R. 11413]

Agricultural Act of 1961, amendment. Diverted a c r e age, use. 75 Stat. 298. 7 USC 1334 note.

75 Stat. 302. 16 USC 590p.

AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 to permit the planting of additional nonsurplus crops on diverted acreage.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 124(a) (2) of the Agricultural Act of 1961 is amended by changing the proviso to read as follows: Provided, That the Secretary may permit such diverted acreage to be devoted to the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, other annual field crops for which price support is not made available, and flax, when such crops are not in surplus supply and will not be in surplus supply if permitted to be grown on the diverted acreage, subject to the provisions of subsection (b)(4) of this section". SEC. 2. Section 124(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "or sesame." and inserting: "sesame, other annual field crops for which price support is not made available, or flax, payment for which shall be computed in accordance with subsection (b)(4) of t|iis section." SEC. 3. Section 124(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1961 is amended by adding the following new subsection: "(4) Payment with respect to diverted acreage devoted to castor beans, guar, safflower, sunflower, sesame, other annual field crops for which price support is not made available, or flax, in accordance with the proviso of subsection (a)(2) of this section, shall be at a rate determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable taking into consideration the use of such acreage for the production of such crops: Provided, That in no event shall the payment exceed one-half the rate which would otherwise be applicable if such acreage were devoted to conservation uses and no price support shall be made available for the production of any such crop on such diverted acreage." SEC. 4. Section 16(d)(1) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is further amended by changing the proviso in the first sentence to read as follows: ^''Provided, That the Secretary may permit such diverted acreage to be devoted to the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, other annual field crops for which price support is not made available, and flax, when such crops are not in surplus supply and will not be in surplus supply if permitted to be grown on the diverted acreage, subject to the condition that payment with respect to diverted acreage devoted to any such crop shall be at a rate determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable, taking into consideration the use of such acreage for the production of such crops, but in no event shall the payment exceed onehalf the rate which would otherwise be applicable if such acreage were devoted to conservation uses and no price support shall be made available for the production of any such crop on such diverted acreage'. Approved May 15, 1962. ^. ". " ' ' > *i'

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