Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/290

 99 STAT. 1400

!' Prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

"(D)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), the Secretary may make a disaster payment to the producers on a farm under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that— "(I) as the result of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the i producers on a farm have suffered substantial losses of produc. lion either from being prevented from planting feed grains or 'r other nonconserving crops or from reduced yields; ' "(11) such losses have created an economic emergency for the / producers; "(III) crop insurance indemnity payments under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and other forms of assistance made available by the Federal (Government to such producers for such losses are insufficient to alleviate such eco; nomic emergency; and "(IV) additional assistance must be made available to such producers to alleviate such economic emergency, "(ii) The Secretary may make such adjustments in the amount of payments made available under this subparagraph with respect to an individual farm so as to assure the equitable allotment of such payments among producers, taking into account other forms of Federal disaster assistance provided to the producers for the crop involved. "(d)(l)(A) Except for a crop with respect to which there is an acreage limitation program in effect under subsection (f), the Secretary shall proclaim a national program acreage for each of the 1986 through 1990 crops of feed grains. The proclamation shall be made not later than September 30 of each calendar year for the crop harvested in the next succeeding calendar year, except that in the case of the 1986 crop, the proclamation shall be made as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of the Food Security Act of 1985. "(B) The Secretary may revise the national program acreage first proclaimed for any crop year for the purpose of determining the allocation factor under paragraph (2) if the Secretary determines it necessary based on the latest information. The Secretary shall proclaim such revised national program acreage as soon as it is made. "(C) The national program acreage for feed grains shall be the number of harvested acres the Secretary determines (on the basis of the weighted national average of the farm program payment 3rields for the crop for which the determination is made) will produce the quantity (less imports) that the Secretary estimates will be utilized domestically and for export during the marketing year for such crop. "(D) If the Secretary determines that carryover stocks of feed grains are excessive or an increase in stocks is needed to assure desirable carryover, the Secretary may adjust the national program acreage by the quantity the Secretary determines will accomplish the desired increase or decrease in carryover stocks. "(2) The Secretary shall determine a program allocation factor for each crop of feed grains. The allocation factor for feed grains shall be determined by dividing the national program acreage for the crop by the number of acres that the Secretary estimates will be harvested for such crop, except that in no event shall the allocation factor for any crop of feed grains be more than 100 percent nor less than 80 percent.

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