Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/314

 99 STAT. 1424

Prohibition. 7 USC 1461.

Post, p. 1509.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

proclaim such revised national program acreage as soon as it is made. "(C) The national program acreage for rice shall be the number of harvested acres the Secretary determines (on the basis of the weighted national average of the farm program payment yields 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 rice 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 rice. The allocation factor for rice 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. In no event may the allocation factor for any crop of rice be more than 100 percent nor less than 80 percent. "(3)(A) The individual farm program acreage for each crop of rice shall be determined by multiplying the allocation factor by the acreage of rice planted for harvest on the farms for which individual farm program acreages are required to be determined. "(B) The individual farm program acreage may not be further reduced by application of the allocation factor if the producers reduce the acreage of rice planted for harvest on the farm from the crop acreage base established for the farm under title V by at least the percentage recommended by the Secretary in the proclamation of the national program acreage. "(C) The Secretary shall provide fair and equitable treatment for producers on farms on which the acreage of rice 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 rice, the Secretary may make such adjustment as the Secretary deems necessary to take into account the extent of exemption of farms under the foregoing provisions of this subsection. "(e) The farm program payment yields for farms for each crop of rice shall be determined under title V. "(fKlXA) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines that the total supply of rice, 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 rice 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 January 31 of the calendar year in which the crop is harvested.

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