Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/977

 PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977

91 STAT. 943

be undertaken by the cooperators and the productivity of the acreage diverted. The Secretary shall limit the total acreage to be diverted under agreements in any county or local community so as not to affect adversely the economy of the county or local community. "(7) The set-aside acreage and the additional diverted acreage Consultation. may be devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildlife agencies. The Secretary may pay an appropriate Payment. share of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of the foregoing sentence. The Secretary may provide for an additional payment on such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the cooperator agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such portion of the farm, as the Secretary may prescribe, by the general public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal regulations. "(8) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the Agreement, program formulated under this subsection the operator shall file filing. an agreement to do so no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans, purchases, and payments under this subsection shall be made available to cooperators on such farm only if such cooperators set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses an acreage on the farm equal to the number of acres which the operator of the farm agrees to set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses, and the agreement shall so provide. The Sec- Termination or retary may, by mutual agreement with the cooperators on the modification. farm, terminate or modify any such agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection if the Secretary determines such action necessary because of any emergency created by drought or other disaster, or in order to alleviate a shortage in the supply of rice. "(9) The Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to pro- Safeguards tect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, including provision for sharing, on a fair and equitable basis in payments under this subsection. "(10) In any case in which the failure of a cooperator to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this subsection 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. "(11) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations Regulations. as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. "(12) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this subsection through the Commodity Credit Corporation. "(13) The provisions of subsection 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (relating to assignment of 16 USC 590h. payments) shall apply to payments under this subsection,". SUSPENSION o r MARKETING QUOTAS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

SEC. 703. Sections 353, 354, 355, 356, and 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, shall not be applicable to the 1978 through 1981 crops of rice.

7 USC 1353 note. 7 USC 13531356, 1377.

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