Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/292

 99 STAT. 1402

Prohibition.

7 USC 1461.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 12 Va percent nor more than 17 Va percent; and "(11) a land diversion program (as described in paragraph (5)) with in-kind payments under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain acreage crop base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than an amount equivalent to 2^2 percent of the feed grain crop acreage base, in addition to any reduction required under subclause (I); or "(ii) 2,000,000,000 bushels or less, the Secretary may provide for— "(I) an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not more than 12^2 percent; and "(II) a land diversion program as described in paragraph (5). "(C) In the case of each of the 1987 through 1990 crops of feed grains, if the Secretary estimates, not later than September 30 of the year previous to the year in which the crop is harvested, that the quantity of corn on hand in the United States on the first day of the marketing year for that crop (not including any quantity of corn of that crop) will be— "(i) more than 2,000,000,000 bushels, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 12 y2 percent nor more than 20 percent; or "(ii) 2,000,000,000 bushels or less, the Secretary may provide for such an acreage limitation program under which the acre' age planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not more than 12y2 percent. "(D) As a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments for any such crop of feed grains, except as provided in subsection (g), the producers on a farm must comply with the terms and conditions of the acreage limitation program and, if applicable, the land diversion program, as provided in paragraph (IXBXiXD"(2)(A) If a feed grain acreage limitation program is announced under paragraph (1), such limitation shall be achieved by applying a uniform percentage reduction to the feed grain crop acreage base for the crop for each feed grain-producing farm. "(B) Except as provided in subsection (g), producers who knowingly produce feed grains in excess of the permitted feed grain acreage for the farm shall be ineligible for feed grain loans, purchases, and payments with respect to that farm. "(C) The Secretary may provide that no producer of malting barley shall be required as a condition of eligibility for feed grain loans, purchases, and pa3nnents to comply with any acreage limitation under this paragraph if such producer has previously produced a malting variety of barley for harvest, plants barley only of an acceptable malting variety for harvest, and meets such other conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. "(D) Feed grain crop acreage bases for each crop of feed grains shall be determined under title V.

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