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 99 STAT. 1362

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985 Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

1771. 1772. 1773. 1774.

Land conveyance to Irwin County, Georgia. National tree seed laboratory. Control of grasshoppers and mormon crickets on all Federal lands. Study of a strategic ethanol reserve.

TITLE XVIII—GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE Sec. 1801. Effective Date.

TITLE I—DAIRY Subtitle A—Milk Price Support and Producer-Supported Dairy Program MILK PRICE SUPPORT, PRICE REDUCTION, AND MILK PRODUCTION TERMINATION PROGRAMS FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1986 THROUGH 1990

Ante, p. 818.

7 USC 1427.

Prohibition.

Contracts.

SEC. 101. (a) Section 201(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(d)) is amended by striking out paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(I)(A) During the period beginning on January 1, 1986, and ending on December 31, 1990, the price of milk shall be supported as provided in this subsection. "(B) During the period beginning on January 1, 1986, and ending on December 31, 1986, the price of milk shall be supported at a rate equal to $11.60 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.67 percent milkfat. "(C)(i) During the period beginning on January 1, 1987, and ending on September 30, 1987, the price of milk shall be supported at a rate equal to $11.35 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.67 percent milkfat. "(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (D), during the period beginning on October 1, 1987, and ending on December 31, 1990, the price of milk shall be supported at a rate equal to $11.10 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.67 percent milkfat. "(D)(i) Subject to clause (ii), if for any of the calendar years 1988, 1989, and 1990, the level of purchases of milk and the products of milk under this subsection (less sales under section 407 for unrestricted use), as estimated by the Secretary on January 1 of such calendar year, will exceed 5,000,000,000 pounds (milk equivalent), on January 1 of such calendar year, the Secretary shall reduce by 50 cents the rate of price support for milk as in effect on such date. "(ii) The rate of price support for milk may not be reduced under clause (i) unless— "(I) the milk production termination program under paragraph (3) achieved a reduction in the production of milk by participants in the program of at least 12,000,000,000 pounds during the 18 months of the program; or "(II) the Secretary submits to Congress a certification, including a statement of facts in support of the certification of the Secretary, that reasonable contract offers were extended by the Secretary under such program but such offers were not accepted by a sufficient number of producers ^ making reasonable bids for contracts to achieve such a reduction in production. "(E) If for any of the calendar years 1988, 1989, and 1990, the level of purchases of milk and the products of milk under this

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