Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/978

 91 STAT. 944

PUBLIC LAW 95-113—SEPT. 29, 1977 DEFINITION OF COOPERATOR

Ante, p. 939.

SEC. 704. The last proviso in the first sentence of section 408(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added by section 303 of the Rice Production Act of 1975, is amended by striking out "and 1977" and inserting in lieu thereof "through 1981". CONFORMING AMENDMENT

7 USC 1736b.

SEC. 705. Section 408(m) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added by the Rice Production Act of 1975, to be effective for the 1976 and 1977 crops, shall be effective for the 1978 through 1981 crops, and shall read as follows: REFERENCES TO TERMS MADE APPLICABLE TO RICE

Post, p. 956. 7 USC 1736. Ante, pp. 927, 939. 7 USC 1431. Post, p. 956.

"(m) References made in sections 402, 403, 406, 407, and 416 to the terms 'support price', 'level of support', and 'level of price support' shall bo considered to apply as well to the level of loans and purchases for rice under this Act; and references made to the terms 'price support', 'price support operation', and 'price support program' in such sections and in section 401(a) shall be considered as applying as well to the loan and purchase operations for rice under this Act.". TITLE VIII—PEANUTS A N N U A L MARKETING QUOTA AND STATE ACREAGE ALLOTMENT

SEC 801. Section 358 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938; 7 USC 1358. as amended, is amended as follows: 7 USC 1358note. (a) Subsections (a) and (e) shall not be applicable to the 1978 through 1981 crops of peanuts. 7 USC 1358. (b) Subsection (c)(1) is amended, effective for the 1978 through 1981 crops of peanuts, by striking out the period at the end of the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ": Provided, That the peanut acreage allotment for the State of New Mexico .shall not be reduced below the 1977 acreage allotment as increased pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section.". NATIONAL ACREAGE ALLOTMENT; NATIONAL POUNDAGE QUOTA; FARM POUNDAGE QUOTA; AND DEFINITIONS

• ' ' Announcements. ..

SEC. 802. Effective for the 1978 through 1981 crops of peanuts, section 358 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof new subsections (k) through (p) as follows: "(k) The Secretary shall, not later than December 1 of each year, announce a national acreage allotment for peanuts for the following crop taking into consideration projected domestic use, exports, and a reasonable carryover: Provided, That such allotment shall be not less than one million six hundred and fourteen thousand acres. "(1) The Secretary shall, not later than December 1 of each year, announce a minimum national poundage quota for peanuts for the following marketing year of the following amounts: 1978, 1,680,000 tons; 1979, 1,596,000 tons; 1980,,1,516,000-tons; and 1981, 1,440,000 tons. If the Secretary determines that the minimum national poundage quota for any marketing year is insufficient to meet total estimated

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