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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 502

To prevent the implementation of parity payments and certain marketing

quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949, to reduce the amounts available for payments under

production flexibility contracts entered into under the Agricultural Market Transition Act, and to shorten the period during which such payments will be made.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 4, 1997

Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To prevent the implementation of parity payments and certain marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment

Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949, to reduce

the amounts available for payments under production

flexibility contracts entered into under the Agricultural

Market Transition Act, and to shorten the period during

which such payments will be made.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Reconcili3 ation Act of 1997’’.

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PARITY PAYMENTS AND MARKET5 ING QUOTAS FOR BASIC AGRICULTURAL

6 COMMODITIES.

7 (a) ACTIVITIES UNDER 1938 ACT.—The Agricultural

8 Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by striking the follow9 ing provisions:

10 (1) Section 303 (7 U.S.C. 1303), relating to

11 parity payments.

12 (2) Part II of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.

13 1326 et seq.), relating to acreage allotments for

14 corn.

15 (3) Part III of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.

16 1331 et seq.), relating to marketing quotas for

17 wheat.

18 (4) Part IV of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.

19 1341 et seq.), relating to marketing quotas for cot20 ton.

21 (5) Part V of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.

22 1351 et seq.), relating to marketing quotas for rice.

23 (6) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et

24 seq.), relating to wheat marketing allocation.
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1 (b) ACTIVITIES UNDER 1949 ACT.—The Agricultural

2 Act of 1949 is amended by striking the following provi3 sions:

4 (1) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441), relating to

5 parity payments.

6 (2) Section 103 (7 U.S.C. 1444), relating to

7 cotton price support.

8 (3) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b), relating to

9 feed grain price support.

10 (4) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a), relating to

11 wheat price support.

12 (c) SPECIAL WHEAT AND CORN PROVISION.—The

13 joint resolution entitled ‘‘A joint resolution relating to

14 corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural

15 Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, approved May 26,

16 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and 1340), is repealed.

17 SEC. 3. PAYMENTS AND PAYMENT DURATION UNDER PRO18 DUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS.

19 (a) REDUCTIONS.—Section 113(a) of the Agricul20 tural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7213) is amended

21 by striking paragraphs (3) through (7) and inserting the

22 following new paragraphs:

23 ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 1998, $4,577,000,000.

24 ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 1999, $3,890,000,000.

25 ‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2000, $3,306,000,000.
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1 ‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2001, $0.

2 ‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2002, $0.’’.

3 (b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT PROVISION OF

4 PRICE SUPPORT.—During fiscal year 2001 and there5 after, the Secretary of Agriculture may not make price

6 support available, whether in the form of loans, purchases,

7 production flexibility contracts, or other operations, with

8 respect to wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, up9 land cotton, or rice, by using the funds of the Commodity

10 Credit Corporation or under the authority of any law.

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