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 PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980

94 STAT. 709

Act of 1978, and sections 1 and 2 of the Smith-Lever Act with the 16 USC 1642. programs of the Department of Energy. " use 341, 342. ^ (b) In carrying out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult on a continuing basis w i t h al) the Subcommittee on Food and Renewable Resources of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology; (2) the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences; and (3) the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board; for the purpose of coordinating research and extension activities. LENDING FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS BY PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS, FEDERAL LAND BANKS, AND BANKS FOR COOPERATIVES

SEC 258. The Farm Credit Administration shall encourage produc- 42 USC 8853. tion credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives to use existing authorities to make loans to eligible persons for commercially feasible biomeiss energy projects. AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM; ENERGY CONSERVATION COST SHARING

SEC. 259. Section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence by inserting "(including energy conservation)" after "conservation"; and (2) by inserting after the first undesignated paragraph the following new undesignated paragraph: "The Secretary may provide financial assistance to agricultural producers for the purpose of encoursiging energy conservation by sharing the costs of and providing technicsil assistance for (1) the establishment, restoration, and better use of shelter belts to conserve energy on farmsteads and feed lots, (2) the establishment and use of minimum tillsige systems, (3) the efficient storage and application of manure and other suitable wastes to the land for land fertility and soil improvement, (4) the use of integrated pest management, (5) the use of energy-efficient irrigation water mgmagement, and (6) such other land, water, and related resource management practices as the Secretary may determine to have significant energy-conserving effects.". PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES ON SET-ASIDE ACREAGE

SEC. 260. (a) The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (91 Stat. 913) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title: "TITLE XX—PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES ON SET-ASIDE ACREAGE "SEC. 2001. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall permit, subject to 7 USC 1435. such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe, all or any part of the acreage set aside or diverted under the Agricultural Act of 1949 from the production of a commodity for any crop year to be devoted to the production of any commodity for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuel or other fuel, if the

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