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 99 STAT. 1366 Effective date. 7 USC 1446 note.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

(f) The provisions of this section shall become effective January 1, 1986. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Prohibition. 7 USC 1446 note.

SEC. 102. Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the implementation of section 201(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(d)) by the Secretary of Agriculture, as amended by section 101, including determinations made regarding— (1) the level of price support for milk; (2) any reduction in the prices paid to producers of milk; and (3) the milk production termination program. APPLICATION OF SUPPORT PRICE FOR MILK

Prohibition. 7 USC 1446 note.

SEC. 103. For purposes of supporting the price of milk under section 201(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the Secretary of Agriculture may not take into consideration any market value of whey. A V O I D A N C E OF A D V E R S E EFFECT OF M I L K PRODUCTION TERMINATION

PROGRAM ON BEEF, PORK, AND LAMB PRODUCERS 7 USC 1446 note.

Ante, p. 1362.

State and local governments.

SEC. 104. To minimize the adverse effect of the milk production termination program on beef, pork, and lamb producers in the United States during the 18-month period for which such program is in effect under section 201(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(d)), in such period— (1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds available for the purposes of clause (2) of section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes" (7 U.S.C. 612c), approved August 14, 1935, including the contingency funds appropriated under such section 32, and other funds available to the Secretary under the commodity distribution and other nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture, and including funds available through the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase and distribute 200,000,000 pounds of red meat in addition to those quantities normally purchased and distributed by the Secretary. Such purchases by the Secretary shall not reduce purchases of any other agricultural commodities under section 32; (2) the Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds available through the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase 200,000,000 pounds of red meat, in addition to those quantities normally purchased and distributed by the Secretary, and to make such meat available— (A) to the Secretary of Defense, on a nonreimbursable basis, for use in commissaries on military installations located outside of the United States; or (B) for export under the authority of any law in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; (3) the Secretary of Defense and other Federal agencies, to the maximum extent practicable, shall use increased quantities of red meat to meet the food needs of the programs that they administer, and State agencies are encouraged to cooperate in such effort; and

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