Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1280

 95 STAT. 1254

PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981 payment of the penalty has an interest, shall be in effect in favor of the United States. "(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the liability for and the amount of any penalty assessed under this section shall be determined in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary by regulations may prescribe. The facts constituting the basis for determining the liability for or amount of any penalty assessed under this section, when officially determined in conformity with the applicable regulations prescribed by the Secretary, shall be final and conclusive and shall not be reviewable by any other officer or agency of the Government. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any court of competent jurisdiction from reviewing any determination made by the Secretary with respect to whether such determination was made in conformity with the applicable law and regulations. All penalties imposed under this section shall for all purposes be considered civil penalties. "(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary -may reduce the amount of any penalty assessed against handlers under this section if the Secretary finds that the violation upon which the penalty is based was minor or inadvertent, and that the reduction of the penalty will not impair the operation of the peanut program.". PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM

SEC. 705. Effective only for the 1982 through 1985 crops of peanuts, the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by adding a new section as follows: " P R I C E SUPPORT FOR 1982 THROUGH 1985 CROPS OP PEANUTS

7 USC 1445C-1.

7 USC 1423.

"SEC. 108A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(1) The Secretary shall make price support available to producers through loans, purchases, or other operations on quota peanuts for each of the 1982 through 1985 crops. The national average quota support rate for the 1982 crop of quota peanuts shall be the national average cost of production, including the cost of land on a current value basis, for such crop, as estimated by the Secretary, but in no event less than 27.5 cents per pound, farmers stock basis. The national average quota support rate for each of the 1983, 1984, and 1985 crops of quota peanuts shall be the national average quota support rate for such peanuts for the preceding crop, adjusted to reflect any increase, during the period January 1 and ending December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the marketing year for the crop for which a level of support is being determined, in the national average cost of peanut production, excluding any increase in the cost of land, except that in no event shall the national average quota support rate for any such crop exceed by more than 6 per centum the national average quota support rate for the preceding crop. The levels of support so announced shall not be reduced by any deductions for inspection, handling, or storage: Provided, That the Secretary may make ac^ustmente for location of peanuts and such other factors as are authorized by section 403 of this Act. "(2) The Secretary shall make price support available to producers through loans, purchases, or other operations on additional peanuts for each of the 1982 through 1985 crops at such levels as

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