Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/967

 PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977

91 STAT. 933

ing, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal regulations. "(4) The Secretary may make such adjustments in individual set- Adjustments, aside acreages under this section as the Secretary determines necessary to correct for abnormal factors affecting production, and to give due consideration to tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, types of soil, soil and water conservation measures, and topography, and such other factors as the Secretary deems necessary. "(5) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the pro- Agreement filing. gram formulated under this subsection, the operator shall file an agreement to do so no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans, purchases, 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 producers, Termination or terminate or modify any such agreement entered into pursuant to modification. this subsection if the Secretary 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. "(g) In any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this section precludes the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the Secretary may, nevertheless, make such loans, purchases, and payments in such amounts as the Secretary determines to be equitable in relation to the seriousness of the default. "(h) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as the Regulations Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. "(i) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation.". NONAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION 105 OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949, TO THE 1977 THROUGH 1981 CROPS OF FEED GRAINS

SEC. 503. Section 105 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, 7 USC 1444b shall not be applicable to the 1977 through 1981 crops of feed grains. "°*^7 USC 1441 note. NONAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION 1 0 5 OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, TO THE 1977 CROP OF FEED GRAINS

SEC. 504. Except as otherwise provided in section 501 of this Act, 7 USC 1444b section 105(a) and (b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added "°*«by the Agricultural Act of 1970, as amended, to be effective only for the 1974 through 1977 crops of feed grains, shall not be applicable to the 1977 crop of feed grains. TITLE VI—UPLAND COTTON BASE ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS; SUSPENSION OF MARKETING QUOTAS, AND RELATED PROVISIONS

SEC. 601. Sections 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, and 377 of the Agricultural 7 USC 1342 note, Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, shall not be applicable to upland " ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ cotton of the 1978 through 1981 crops. 1343, 1344, ^ ^ 1345, 1346, 1377.

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