Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/304

 99 STAT. 1414

7 USC 1461.

Post, p. 1509.

Prohibition.

Conservation. Regulations.

Prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

"(C) The Secretary shall provide fair and equitable treatment for producers on farms on which the acreage of upland cotton planted for harvest is less than the crop acreage base established for the farm under title V, but for which the reduction is insufficient to exempt the farm from the application of the allocation factor. "(D) In establishing the allocation factor for upland cotton, the Secretary may make such adjustment as the Secretary deems necessary to take into account the extent of exemption of farms under the forgoing provisions of this subsection. "(e) The farm program payment yields for farms for each crop of upland cotton shall be determined under title V. "(fKlXA) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines that the total supply of upland cotton, in the absence of an acreage limitation program, will be excessive taking into account the need for an adequate carryover to maintain reasonable and stable supplies and prices and to meet a national emergency, the Secretary may provide for any crop of upland cotton an acreage limitation program as described in paragraph (2). "(B) In making a determination under clause (i), the Secretary shall take into consideration the number of acres placed in the conservation acreage reserve established under section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985. "(C) If the Secretary elects to put an acreage limitation program into effect for any crop year, the Secretary shall announce any such program not later than November 1 of the calendar year preceding the year in which the crop is harvested, except that in the case of the 1986 crop, such announcement shall be made as soon as practicable after the enactment of the Food Security Act of 1985. "(D) The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, carry out an acreage limitation program described in paragraph (2) for a crop of upland cotton in a manner that will result in a carryover of 4 million bales of upland cotton. "(2)(A) If a upland cotton acreage limitation program is announced under paragraph (1), such limitation shall be achieved by applying a uniform percentage reduction (not to exceed 25 percent) to the upland cotton crop acreage base for the crop for each upland cotton-producing farm. "(B) Except as provided in subsection (g), producers who knowingly produce upland cotton in excess of the permitted upland cotton acreage for the farm, as established in accordance with subparagraph (A), shall be ineligible for upland cotton loans and payments with respect to that farm. "(C) Upland cotton crop acreage bases for each crop of upland cotton shall be determined under title V. "(D)(i) A number of acres on the farm shall be devoted to conservation uses, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary. Such number shall be determined by dividing— "(I) the product obtained by multiplying the number of acres required to be withdrawn from the production of upland cotton times the number of acres planted to such commodity; by "(II) the number of acres authorized to be planted to such commodity under the limitation established by the Secretary. "(ii) The number of acres determined under clause (i) is hereafter in this subsection referred to as 'reduced acreage'. "(E) If an acreage limitation program is announced under paragraph (1) for a crop of upland cotton, subsection (d) shall not be applicable to such crop, including any prior announcement that may

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