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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 328
To prevent the implementation of parity payments and certain marketing
quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949, to reduce the amounts available for payments under
production flexibility contracts entered into under the Agricultural Mar-
ket Transition Act, and to shorten the period during which such pay-
ments will be made.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To prevent the implementation of parity payments and cer-
tain 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Reconcili-
ation Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PARITY PAYMENTS AND MARKET-
ING 
QUOTAS 
FOR 
BASIC 
AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES.
(a) ACTIVITIES UNDER 1938 ACT.—The Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by striking the follow-
ing provisions:
(1) Section 303 (7 U.S.C. 1303), relating to
parity payments.
(2) Part II of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.
1326 et seq.), relating to acreage allotments for
corn.
(3) Part III of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.), relating to marketing quotas for
wheat.
(4) Part IV of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.
1341 et seq.), relating to marketing quotas for cot-
ton.
(5) Part V of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.
1351 et seq.), relating to marketing quotas for rice.
(6) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et
seq.), relating to wheat marketing allocation.
(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER 1949 ACT.—The Agricultural
Act of 1949 is amended by striking the following provi-
sions:
(1) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441), relating to
parity payments.
(2) Section 103 (7 U.S.C. 1444), relating to
cotton price support.
(3) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b), relating to
feed grain price support.
(4) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a), relating to
wheat price support.
(c) SPECIAL WHEAT AND CORN PROVISION.—The
joint resolution entitled ‘‘A joint resolution relating to
corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, approved May 26,
1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and 1340), is repealed.
SEC. 3. PAYMENTS AND PAYMENT DURATION UNDER PRO-
DUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS.
(a) REDUCTIONS.—Section 113(a) of the Agricul-
tural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7213) is amended
by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) and inserting the
following new paragraphs:
‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2000, $3,306,000,000.
‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2001, $1,653,000,000.
‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2002, $0.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT PROVISION OF
PRICE SUPPORT FOR BASIC COMMODITIES.—During fis-
cal year 2002 and thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture
may not make price support available, whether in the form
of loans, purchases, production flexibility contracts, or
other operations, with respect to wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, or rice, by using the
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or under the
authority of any law.
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