Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/812

 96 STAT. 770

PUBLIC LAW 97-253—SEPT. 8, 1982 (2) adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following new subparagraph: "(B) For the 1983 crop of feed grains, the Secretary shall provide for a combination of (i) an acreage limitation program as described under paragraph (2) or a set-aside program as described under paragraph (3) and (ii) a diversion program as described under paragraph (5) under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on the farm would be limited to the acreage base for the farm reduced by a total of 15 per centum, consisting of a reduction of 10 per centum under the acreage limitation or set-aside program and a reduction of 5 per centum under the diversion program. As a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments on the 1983 crop of feed grains, the producers on a farm must comply with the terms and conditions of the combined acreage limitation or set-aside program and diversion program."; (3) in paragraph (2), inserting immediately after the sixth sentence the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the acreage base to be used for the farm under the program for the 1983 crop of feed grains shall be the same as the acreage base applicable to the farm under the acreage limitation program for the 1982 crop, adjusted to reflect established crop-rotation practices and to reflect such other factors as the Secretary determines should be considered in determining a fair and equitable base."; and (4) inserting at the end of paragraph (5) the following: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary shall implement a land diversion program for the 1983 crop of feed grains under which the Secretary shall make crop retirement and conservation payments to any producer of the 1983 crop of feed grains whose acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on the farm is reduced so that it does not exceed the feed grain acreage base for the farm less an amount equivalent to 5 per centum of the feed grain acreage base in addition to the reduction required under paragraph (2) or (3), and the producer devotes to approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland equivalent to the reduction required from the feed grain acreage base under this paragraph. Such pa3nnents shall be made in an amount computed by multiplying (i) the diversion payment rate, by (ii) the farm program payment yield for the crop, by (iii) the addiitional acreage diverted under this subsection. The diversion payment rate shall be established by the Secretary at not less than $1.50 per bushel for corn, except that the rate may be reduced up to 10 per centum if the Secretary determines that the same program objective could be achieved with the lower rate. The payment rate for grain sorghums, oats, and, if designated by the Secretary, barley shall be such rate as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the rate at which payments are made available for corn. The Secretary shall make not less than 50 per centum of any payments under this paragraph to producers of the 1983 crop as soon as practicable after a producer enters into a land diversion contract with the Secretary and in advance of any determination of performance, but in no case prior to October 1, 1982. If a producer fails to comply with a land diversion contract after obtaining an advance payment under this paragraph, the producer shall

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