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 98 STAT. 130

PUBLIC LAW 98-258—APR. 10, 1984

Public Law 98-258 98th Congress An Act Apr. 10, 1984 [H.R. 4072] Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act of 1984. 7 USC 1421 note.

To make adjustments in the commodity programs for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, to provide agricultural credit assistance, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act of 1984. TITLE I—WHEAT TARGET PRICES

SEC. 101. Section 107B(b)(l)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-l(b)(l)(C)) is amended by striking out "$4.45 per bu-^el for the 1984 crop, and $4.65 per bushel for the 1985 crop" a;.d inserting in lieu thereof "and $4.38 per bushel for the 1984 and lii85 crops". ACREAGE LIMITATION AND PAID DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR WHEAT

Loans.

SEC. 102. Section 107B(e) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-l(e)) is amended by— (1) striking out in the first sentence of paragraph (1)(A) "subparagraph (B)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)"; (2) adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following new subparagraphs: "(C) Notwithstanding any previous announcement to the contrary, for the 1984 crop of wheat the Secretary shall provide for a combination of (i) an acreage limitation program as described under paragraph (2) and (ii) a land diversion program as described under paragraph (5) under which the acreage planted to wheat for harvest on the farm would be limited to the acreage base for the farm reduced by not more than 30 per centum, consisting of a reduction of not more than 20 per centum under the acreage limitation program and a reduction of 10 per centum under the land diversion program, and (iii) a voluntary payment-in-kind land diversion program under which the acreage planted to wheat for harvest on the farm would be reduced by not less than 10 per centum nor more than 20 per centum of the acreage base for the farm, in addition to any reduction under the acreage limitation and land diversion programs provided for under clauses (i) and (ii), as determined by the Secretary. Under the payment-in-kind land diversion program, compensation in kind for diverted acres shall be made available to producers by the Secretary under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe and in such amounts as the Secretary determines appropriate to encourage adequate participation in such program, except that the rate of such compensation shall not be less than 85 per centum of the farm program payment yield. As a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments on the 1984 crop of

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