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 PUBLIC LAW 94-247—MAR. 25, 1976

90 STAT. 285

Public Law 94-247 94th Congress An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to peanuts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 358 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 be amended by adding a new subsection (j) to read as follows: " (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 1976 or a subsequent year that because of a natural disaster a pjortion of the farm peanut acreage allotments in a county cannot be timely planted or replanted in such year, he itiay authorize for such year the transfer of all or a part of the peanut acreage allotments for any farm in the county so affected to another farm in the county or in an adjoining county in the same or an adjoining State on which one or more of the producers on the farm fix>m which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of peanuts and will share in the proceeds thereof, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Any farm allotment transferred under this subsection shall be deemed to be released acreage for the purpose of acreage history credits under subsection (g) of this section and section 377 of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (g) of this section, the transfer of any farm allotment under this subsection shall operate to make the farm from which the allotment was transferred eligible for an allotment as having peanuts planted thereon during the three-year base period.". Approved March 25, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-855 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 94-451 (Comm. on Agriculture and Forestry). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 121 (1975): Nov. 12, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 122 (1976): Mar. 15, considered and passed House, amended. Mar. 17, Senate concurred in House iamendment.

Mar. 25, 1976 [S. 1545] Peanuts. Acreage allotment, transfer.

7 USC 1358.

7 USC 1377

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