Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1289

 PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1263

TERMINATION

SEC. 1014. The Board established in this subtitle shall cease to exist 7 USC 4iio. on September 30, 1985. TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS Subtitle A—Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions PAYMENT LIMITATIONS FOR WHEAT, PEED GRAINS, UPLAND COTTON, AND RICE

SEC. 1101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) The total amount of payments (excluding disaster payments) that a person shall be entitled to receive under one or more of the annual programs established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice shall not exceed $50,000 for each of the 1982 through 1985 crops. (2) The total amount of disaster payments that a person shall be entitled to receive under one or more of the annual programs established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice shall not exceed $100,000 for each of the 1982 through 1985 crops. (3) The term payments as used in this section shall not include loans or purchases, or any part of any payment that is determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to represent compensation for resource adjustment (excluding land diversion payments) or public access for recreation. (4) If the Secretary determines that the total amount of payments that will be earned by any person under the program m effect for any crop will be reduced under this section, any acreage requirement established under a set-aside or acreage limitation program for the farm or farms on which such person will be sharing in payments earned under such program shall be adjusted to such extent and in such manner as the Secretary determines will be fair and reasonable in relation to the amount of the payment reduction. (5) The Secretary shall issue regulations defining the term "person" and prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines necessary to assure a fair and reasonable application of such limitation: Provided, That the provisions of this section that limit payments to any person shall not be applicable to lands owned by States, political subdivisions, or agencies thereof, so long as such lands are farmed primarily in the direct furtherance of a public function, as determined by the Secretary. The rules for determining whether corporations and their stockholders may be considered as separate persons shall be in accordance with the regulations issued by the Secretary on December 18, 1970, under section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1970.

7 USC 1308.

7 USC i42i note.

"Payments.

Regulations.

7 USC 1307.

FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS

SEC. 1102. The first sentence of section 385 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended to read as follows: The facts 7 USC 1385. constituting the basis for any Soil Conservation Act payment, any payment under the wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice programs authorized by the Agricidtur£d Act of 1949 and t h ^ Act, any loan, or price support operation, or the amount thereof, when

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