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 PUBLIC LAW 97-253—SEPT. 8, 1982

96 STAT. 771

repay the advance immediately and, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary, pay interest on the advance.". 1983 RICE ACREAGE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS

SEC. 125. Section 101(i)(5) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441(i)(5)) is amended by— 95 Stat. 1242. (1) striking out in the first sentence of subparagraph (A) "Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the" and inserting in lieu thereof' Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in the third and fourth sentences of this paragraph, the '; (2) inserting immediately after the second sentence of subparagraph (A) the following: "For the 1983 crop of rice, the Secretary shall provide for a combination of (i) an acreage limitation program as described under this subparagraph and (ii) a diversion program as described under subparagraph (B) under which the acreage planted to rice for harvest on the farm would be limited to the acreage base for the farm reduced by a total of 20 per centum, consisting of a reduction of 15 per centum under the acreage limitation 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 rice, the producers on a farm must comply with the terms and conditions of the combined acreage limitation and diversion program."; (3) inserting immediately after the ninth sentence of subparagraph (A) (as amended by paragraph (2) of this section) the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this subparagraph, the acreage base to be used for the farm under the program for the 1983 crop of rice 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 subparagraph (B) the following: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall implement a land diversion program for the 1983 crop oi rice under which the Secretary shall make crop retirement and conservation pa3niients to any producer of the 1983 crop of rice whose acreage planted to rice for harvest on the farm is reduced so that it does not exceed the rice acreage base for the farm less an amount equivalent to 5 per centum of the rice acreage base in addition to the reduction required under subparagraph (A), and the producer devotes to approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland equivalent to the reduction required from the rice acreage base under this subparagraph. Such payments 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 additional acreage diverted under this subparagraph. The diversion payment rate shall be established by the Secretary at not less than $3.00 per hundredweight, 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 Secretary shall make not less than 50 per centum of any payments under this subparagraph to producers of the 1983

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