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 PUBLIC LAW 94-214—FEB. 16, 1976 "(B) Upon dissolution of a partnership in a State in which farm rice acreage allotments are determined on the basis of past production of rice by the producer on the farm, the partnership's history of rice production shall be divided among the partners in such proportion as agreed upon in writing by the partners. "(C) Any part of the farm rice acreage allotment on which rice will not be planted and which is voluntarily surrendered to the county committee shall be deducted from the allotment to such farm and may be reapportioned by the county committee to other farms in the same county in amounts determined by the county committee to be fair and reasonable. Any allotment surrendered under this subparagraph shall he regarded for purposes of this subsection as having been planted on the farm from which it was surrendered. "(f) Any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm or producer acreage allotment in the crop years 1976 and 1977 shall not be taken into account in establishing farm, or producer acreage allotments in any year following such period.".

90 STAT. 183

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PAYMENTS AND LOANS

SEC. 102. Effective for the 1976 and 1977 crops of rice, section 101 7 USC 1441 note, of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by adding the following 7 USC 1441. new subsection at the end thereof: " (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(1) The established price for the purpose of making payments on rice under this subsection shall be $8 per hundredweight in the case of the 1976 crop, adjusted to reflect any changes in the index of prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates during the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Rice Production Act of 1975, and ending July 31, 1976; for the 1977 crop the established price shall be the established price for the 1976 crop adjusted to reflect any changes in the index of prices paid by farmers ., ^ ior production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates during the twelvemonth period immediately preceding July 31, 1977: Provided, That any increase that would otherwise be made in the established price for the 1976 and 1977 crops to reflect a change in the index of prices paid by farmers may be further adjusted to reflect any change in (i) the national average yield per acre of rice for the three calendar years preceding the year for which the determination is made, over (ii) the national average yield per acre for the three calendar years preceding the year previous to the one for which the determination is made. "(2) The Secretary shall make available, to cooperators in the several States of the United States, loans and purchases on the 1976 crop of rice at a rate equal to $6 per hundredweight, adjusted to reflect any changes in the index of prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates during the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Rice Production Act of 1975 and ^ ending July 31, 1976: Provided, That any increase in the rate of loans and purchases for the 1976 crop to reflect a change in the index of ^ prices paid by farmers may be further adjusted to reflect the change described in the proviso in paragraph (1) of this subsection. Loans and purchases for the 1977 crop shall be established at such rate as bears the same ratio to the loan rate for the 1976 crop as the established price for the 1977 crop bears to the established price for the 1976

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