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 99 STAT. 1422

Prohibition. Conservation.

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Conservation.

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PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

this clause, such producers may not plant wheat, feed grains, cotton, or soybeans on such acreage. "(iv) The rice crop acreage base and rice farm program payment yield of the farm shall not be reduced due to the fact that such portion of the permitted acreage of the farm was devoted to conserving uses or nonprogram crops. "(v) Other than as provided in clauses (i) through (iv), payments may not be made under this subsection for any crop on a greater acreage than the acreage actually planted to rice. "(vi) Any acreage considered to be planted to rice in accordance with clause (i) may not also be designated as conservation use acreage for the purpose of fulfilling any provisions under any acreage limitation or land diversion program requiring that the producers devote a specified acreage to conservation uses. "(C) The payment rate for rice shall be the amount by which the established price for the crop of rice exceeds the higher of— "(i) the national average market price received by producers during the first 5 months of the marketing year for such crop, as determined by the Secretary; or "(ii) the loan level determined for such crop. "(D) The established price for rice shall not be less than $11.90 per hundredweight for the 1986 crop, $11.66 per hundredweight for the 1987 crop, $11.30 per hundredweight for the 1988 crop, $10.95 per hundredweight for the 1989 crop, and $10.71 per hundredweight for the 1990 crop. "(E) The total quantity of rice on which payments would otherwise be payable to a producer on a farm for any crop under this subsection shall be reduced by the quantity on which any disaster payment is made to the producer for the crop under paragraph (2). "(F) The Secretary may pay not more than 5 percent of the total amount of a payment made under this paragraph in the form of rice. The use of rice in making payments to producers shall be subject to a determination by the Secretary of the effect that such in-kind payments will have on market prices for any commodity. The Secretary shall report such determination to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. "(G) As used in this subsection, the term 'nonprogram crop' means any agricultural commodity other than wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, rice, or soybeans. "(2)(A)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that the producers on a farm are prevented from planting any portion of the acreage intended for rice to rice or other nonconserving crops because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the Secretary shall make a prevented planting disaster payment to the producers in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying— "(I) the number of acres so affected but not to exceed the acreage planted to rice for harvest (including any acreage that the producers were prevented from planting to rice or other nonconserving crops in lieu of rice because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers) in the immediately preceding year; by "(II) 75 percent of the farm program payment yield established for the farm by the Secretary; by

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