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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1507

a person is actively applying a conservation plan based on the local Soil Conservation Service technical guide and approved by the local soil conservation district, in consultation with the local committees established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) and the Secretary, or by the Secretary, such person shall have until January 1, 1995, to comply with the plan without being subject to program ineligibility. (b) No person shall become ineligible under section 1211 for program loans, payments, and benefits as the result of the production of a crop of an agricultural commodity— (1) planted before the date of enactment of this Act; (2) planted during any crop year beginning before the date of enactment of this Act; (3) on highly erodible land in an area— (A) within a conservation district, under a conservation system that has been approved by a conservation district after the district has determined that the conservation system is in conformity with technical standards set forth in the Soil Conservation Service technical guide for such district; or (B) not within a conservation district, under a conservation system determined by the Secretary to be adequate for the production of such agricultural commodity on any highly erodible land subject to this title; or (4) on highly erodible land that is planted in reliance on a determination by the Soil Conservation Service that such land was not highly erodible land, except that this paragraph shall not apply to any agricultural commodity that was planted on any land after the Soil Conservation Service determines that such land is highly erodible land. (c) Section 1211 shall not apply to a loan described in section 1211 made before the date of enactment of this Act.

Ante, p. 1506.

SOIL SURVEYS

SEC. 1213. The Secretary shall, as soon as is practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, complete soil surveys on those private lands that do not have a soil survey suitable for use in determining the land capability class for purposes of this subtitle. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall, insofar as possible, concentrate on those localities where significant amounts of highly erodible land are being converted to the production of agricultural commodities.

16 USC 3813.

Subtitle C—Wetland Conservation PROGRAM INELIGIBILTTY

SEC. 1221. Except as provided in section 1222 and notwithstanding 16 USC 3821. any other provision of law, following the date of enactment of this ^o**' P-1^08. Act, any person who in any crop year produces an agricultural commodity on converted wetland shall be ineligible for— (1) as to any commodity produced during that crop year by such person— (A) any type of price support or payment made available under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.), or any other Act;

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