Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/718

 PUBLIC LAW 92-419-AUG. 30, 1972

676

[86 STAT.

(2) The Secretary shall include in the report required by this section a report on projjress made in carrying out paragraph (1) of this subsection, tofjethor with such recommendations as may bo appropriate. (i4. ADnnioxAi. ASSISTANT SIOCUKTAKY OF AUHK rj;ri HK.— (a) Fu addition to the Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture now provided for by law, there shall be one additional Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) Section 5315(11) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(11) Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture (4)." SEC.

80 Stat. 4 6 1.

SEC. H05. LONO-TERM RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CON52 Stat. 3 1; 78 Stat. 7 4 3. 16 USC 590h. 49 Stat. 1148. 16 USC 590g.

Termination.

52 Stat. 3 1. 16 USC 590h.

TRACTS.—Subsection (b) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (49 Stat. 1H8; IH T.S.C. 59a). is further amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof as follows: " I n carrying out the purposes of subsection (a) of section T, the Secretary may enter into agreements with agricultural producers for peliods not to exceed ten years, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems desirable, creating obligations in advance of appropriations not to exceed such amounts as may be specified in annual appropriation Acts. Such agreements (i) shall be based on conservation plans approved by the soil and water conservation district or districts in which the lands described in the agreements are situated, and (ii) may be modified or terminated b^/' mutual consent if the Secretary determines such action would be in the public interest. The Secretary also may terminate agreements if he determines such action to be in the national interest and provides public notice in ample time to give pT'oducers a reasonable opportunity to make an-angements foiiippropriate changes in the use of their land." SKC. 0. CCST SlL-XRlNG FOR AGRICULTURE-JRELATED I^OLLITIOX l^REVENTION AND ABATEMENT MEASURES.—The Soil Conservation and I)omestic Allotment Act, as amended (49 Stat. 163:16 TT.S.C. 590a). is further amended— (1) By striking in section 7(a) the word "and'' immediately before clause (5), substituting a semicolon for the period at the end of clause (5), and adding the following: "and (H) prevention and abatement of agricultural-related pollution.". (2) By changing the first sentence of section 8(b) to read as follows: "The Secretary shall have power to carry out the purposes specified in clauses (1). (2). (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 7(a) by making payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in amounts determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable in connection with the efl'ectuation of such purposes during the year with respect to which such payments or grants are made, and measured by (1) their treatment or use of their land, or a part thereof, for soil restoration, soil conservation, the prevention of erosion, or the prevention or abatement of agriculture-related pollution; (2) changes in the use of their land; (3) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the normal national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption: (4) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption and. exports adjusted to reflect the extent to which their utilization of cropland on the farm conforms to farmingpractices which the Secretary determines will best effectuate the purl)oses specified in section 7(a); or (5) any combination of the above.''

�