Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/952

 91 STAT. 918

PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977

(A) one or more of the annual programs established under the 7 USC 1421 note. Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and the Agricultural 7 USC 1281. Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, for wheat, feed grains, and upland cotton shall not exceed $40,000 for the 1978 crop and $45,000 for the 1979 crop; (B) the annual rice program established under such Acts shall not exceed $52,250 for the 1978 crop and $50,000 for the 1979 crop; and (C) one or more of the annual programs established under such Acts for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice shall not exceed $50,000 for each of the 1980 and 1981 crops. "Payments." (2) The term "payments" as used in this section shall not include loans or purchases, or any part of any payment which is determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to represent compensation for disaster loss or resource adjustment (excluding land diversion payments) or public access for recreation. (3) If the Secretary determines that the total amount of payments which will be earned by any person under the program in effect for any crop will be reduced under this section, the set-aside acreage for the farm or farms on which such person will be sharing in payments earned under such program shall be reduced to such extent and in such manner as the Secretary determines will be fair and reasonable in relation to the amount of the payment reduction. "Person." (4) The Secretary shall issue regulations defining the term "person" Rules and and prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines necessary to regulations. assure a fair and reasonable application of such limitation: Provided. That the provisions of this section which limit payments to any person shall not be apiJlicable to lands owned by States, political subdivisions, or agencies thereof, so long as such lands are farmed primarily in the direct furtherance of a public function, as determined by the Secretary. The rules for determining whether corporations and their stockholders may be considered as separate persons shall be in accordance with the regulations issued by tho. Secretary on December 18, Post, p. 919. 1970, under section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1970. FAMILY FARMS

7 USC 2266.

SEC. 102. (a) Congress hereby specifically reaffirms the historical policy of the United States to foster and encourage the family farm system of agriculture in this country. Congress firmly believes that the maintenance of the family farm system of agriculture is essential to the social well-being of the Nation and the competitive production of adequate supplies of food and fiber. Congress further believes that any significant expansion of nonfamily owned large-scale corporate farming enterprises will be detrimental to the national welfare. I t is neither the policy nor the intent of Congress that agriciiltural and agriculture-related programs be administered exclusively for family farm operations, but it is the policy and the express intent of Congress that no such program be administered in a manner that will place the family f^rm operation at an unfair economic disadvantage. Annual report to (b) In order that Congress may be better informed regarding the Congress. status of the family farm system of agriculture in the United States, Contents. the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress, not later than July 1 of each year, a written report containing current information on trends in family farm operations and comprehensive national and State-by-State data on nonfamily farm operations in the United States. The Secretary shall also include in each such report (1) information on how existing agricultural and agriculture-related programs

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