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Agreement, fil" ing. Acreage, soil conserving uses*

Agreement, termination or modification^

Certificate and payment sharing* Noncompliance.

Advancement.

Marketing cards, etc.

Farm domestic allotment.

Apportionment among States.

PUBLIC LAW 91-524-NOV. 30, 1970

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such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the producer agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such [X>rtion of the farm as the Secretary may prescribe by the general public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal regulations. "(4) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the program formulated under this subsection (c), he shall file his agreement to do so no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans and purchases on wheat, marketing certificates, and payments under this section shall be made available to producers on such farm only if the producers set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses an acreage on the farm equal to the number of acres which the operator agrees to set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses, and the agreement shall so provide. The Secretary may, by mutual agreement with the producer, terminate or modify any such agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (c)(4) if he determines such action necessary because of an emergency created by drought or other disaster, or in order to prevent or alleviate a shortage in the supply of agricultural commodities. " (d) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of certificates issued and of payments made under this section for any farm among producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. "(e) I n any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this section preclude the issuance of certificates and the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the Secretary may, nevertheless, issue such certificates and make such loans, purchases, and payments in such amounts as he determines to be equitable in relation to the seriousness of the default. "(f) The Secretary shall advance to producers, as soon as practicable after July 1 of the year in which the crop is harvested, an amount equal to 75 per centum of the Secretary's estimate of the face value of certificates to be issued with respect to such crop and such advance shall be repaid through the withholding of certificates for such crop having a face value equal to such advance. If the face value of the certificates as finally determined is less than the advance, the difference shall not be required to be repaid. " (g) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. " (h) Marketing certificates issued under this Act and transfers thereof shall be represented by such documents, marketing cards, records, accounts, certifications, or other statements or forms as the Secretary may prescribe. "(i) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation. "SEC. 379c. (a)(1) The farm domestic allotment for each crop of wheat shall be determined as provided in this section. The Secretary shall proclaim a national domestic allotment for the 1972 and 1978 crops of wheat not later than April 15 of each calendar year for the crop harvested in the next succeeiding calendar year. The national domestic allotment for any crop of wheat shall be the number of acres which the Secretary determines on the basis of the estimated national yield will result in marketing certificates being issued to producers participating in the program in an amount equal to the amount of wheat which he estimates will be used for food products for consumption in the United States during the marketing year for the crop (not less than 535 million bushels). The national domestic allotment for any crop of wheat shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the

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