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 97 STAT. 1128 PUBLIC LAW 98-180—NOV. 29, 1983 Public Law 98-180 98th Congress An Act Nov. 29, 1983 To stabilize the supply and demand for dairy products, to make modifications in the rjj u 3385] tobacco production adjustment program, to provide emergency livestock feed assist- "••• •* ance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dairy and United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may AdjSmentAct ^ ^^*®^ ^ **^® "Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983'\ of 1983. 7 USC 1421 note. TITLE I—DAIRY Dairy Production Stabliization Act SHORT TITLE of 1983. 7 USC 1421 note. SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Dairy Production Stabili- zation Act of 1983". Subtitle A—Dairy Stabilization Program DAIRY PRODUCTION STABIUZATION SEC. 102. (a) Section 201(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(d)) is amended to read as follows: " (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— " (1)(A) Effective for the period beginning with the date of Supra. enactment of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 and ending on the last day of the month of enactment of such Act, the price of milk shall be supported at a rate equivalent to $13.10 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.67 per centum milkfat. "(B) Effective for the period beginning on the first day of the first calendar month following the date of enactment of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 and ending on Sep- tember 30, 1985, the price of milk shall be supported at a rate equivalent to $12.60 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.67 per centum milkfat, except that— "(i) on April 1, 1985, if the Secretary estimates that for the twelve-month period beginning on such date net price support purchases of milk or the products of milk would be in excess of six billion pounds milk equivalent, the Secre- tary may reduce the price support rate in effect on such date in the amount of 50 cents per hundredweight; and " (ii) on July 1, 1985— "(I) if the Secretary estimates that for the twelve- month period beginning on such date net price support purchases of milk or the products of milk would be in excess of five billion pounds milk equivalent, the Secre- tary may reduce the price support rate in effect on such date in the amount of 50 cents per hundredweight; or "(II) if the Secretary estimates that for the twelve- month period beginning on such date net price support

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