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PUBLIC LAW 89-321-NOV. 3, 1965

[79 STAT.

fish agencies, and representatives of the general public. Members of such Advisory Board who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall not be entitled to any compensation or expenses, (q) The Secretary shall prescribe such r e f l a t i o n s as he determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS Commodity or land u s e, acreage measurement. 5 2 Stat. 65. 7 USC 1374.

68 Stat. 90 4; 74 Stat. 258. To b a c c o allotments. 77 Stat. 8 1. 7 USC 1314b.

75 Stat. 469; Ante, p. 66. 7 USC 1314c.

P e a n u t s, definition. 71 Stat. 344; 77 Stat. 9 2. P a r i t y income study.

Report to e o n gress. Transfer of allot, ments, etc.

SEC. 701. Section 374(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (a) The Secretary shall provide for ascertaining, by measurement or otherwise, the acreage of any agricultural commodity or land use on farms for which the ascertainment of such acreage is necessary to determine compliance under any program administered by the Secretary. Insofar as practicable, the acreage of the commodity and land use shall be ascertained prior to harvest, and, if any acreage so ascertained is not in compliance with the requirements of the program the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as he prescribes, may provide a reasonable time for the adjustment of the acreage of the commodity or land use to the requirements of the program." SEC. 702. Section 374(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by deleting the first sentence thereof. SEC. 703. Subsection (a) of section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended (i) by striking out of the first sentence thereof "1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965," and inserting "1962 through 1969" and (ii) by striking out of the last sentence thereof "1964 or 1965" and inserting "1964 through 1969". Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 316(c) and subsection 317(f) relating to lease and transfer of allotments for years subsequent to 1965, of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, whenever acreage-poundage quotas are in effect for any kind of tobacco as provided in section 317 of the Act, except in the case of hurley tobacco, and other kinds of tobacco not subject to section 316, the lease and transfer shall be on a pound for pound basis and the acreage allotment for the lessee farm shall be increased by an amount determined by dividing the number of pounds leased by the farm yield for the lessee farm, and the acreage allotment for the lessor farm shall be reduced by an amount determined by dividing the number of pounds leased by the farm yield for the lessor farm. SEC. 704. The last paragraph of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the peanut marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes", approved August 13, 1957 (7 U.S.C. 1359 note), is amended to read as follows: "This amendment shall be effective for the 1957 through 1969 crops of peanuts." SEC. 705. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make a study of the parity income position of farmers, including the development of criteria for measuring parity income of commercial family farmers and the feasibility of adapting such criteria to major types of farms and to selected counties. The Secretary shall report the results of such study to the Congress not later than June 30, 1966. SEC. 706. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, upon the request of any agency of any State charged with the administration of the public lands of the State, may permit the transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases together with relevant production histories which have been determined pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, or section 16 of

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