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 PUBLIC LAW 96-213—MAR. 18, 1980

94 STAT. 119

Public Law 96-213 96th Congress An Act To adjust target prices for the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains; to extend the disaster payment programs for the 1980 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice; and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to require that producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice not exceed the normal crop acreage for the 1980 and 1981 crops.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980".

Mar. 18, 1980 [H.R. 3398]

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980. 7 USC 1421 note.

TARGET PRICES FOR THE 1980 AND 1981 CROPS OF CORN AND WHEAT SEC.

2. Section

IOSAODXD of the

Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended

7 USC 1444c.

by(1) in the third sentence of subparagraph (B), striking out "through 1981 crops" and inserting in lieu thereof "crop"; and (2) adding at the end of subparagraph (B) two new sentences as follows: "The established price for corn shall be $2.35 per bushel in the case of the 1980 crop. For the 1981 crop, the established price shall be not less than the established price for the 1980 crop, adjusted upward to reflect such changes in the cost of producing corn as the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a fair and equitable relationship between loan rates, established prices, and production costs for corn and competing commodities.". SEC. 3. Section 107A(b)(l) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by striking out the fourth sentence of subparagraph (B) and adding at the end thereof two new sentences as follows: "The established price for wheat shall be $3.63 per bushel in the case of the 1980 crop. For the 1981 crop, the established price shall be not less than the established price for the 1980 crop, adjusted upward to reflect such changes in the cost of producing wheat as the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a fair and equitable relationship between loan rates, established prices, and production costs for wheat and competing commodities.".

7 USC 1445b.

EXTENSION OF DISASTER PAYMENT PROGRAMS

SEC. 4. (a) Section 101(h)(4) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is 7 USC 1441. amended by— (1) in subparagraph (B), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of rice" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 crops of rice"; and (2) in subparagraph (C), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of rice" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 crops of rice". (b) Section 103(f)(5) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by— 7 USC 1444.

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