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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3835', '§1235', '§2101', '§2111', '§4', '§2111', '§2006', '§2208', '§12301', '§6501', '§1235', '§801', '§1447', '§332', '§2208', '§2208', '§2006', '§2111', '§10']

[USC02] 16 USC 3835: Contracts
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16 USC 3835: Contracts Text contains those laws in effect on January 28, 2020
Except as provided in paragraph (2), no contract shall be entered into under this subpart concerning land with respect to which the ownership has changed in the 1-year period preceding the first year of the contract period unless-
Paragraph (1) shall not-
(B) require a person to own the land as a condition of eligibility for entering into the contract if the person-
If, during the term of a contract entered into under this subpart, an owner or operator of land subject to the contract sells or otherwise transfers the ownership or right of occupancy of the land, the new owner or operator of the land may-
The Secretary may modify a contract entered into with an owner or operator under this subpart if-
(B) the Secretary determines that the modification is desirable-
The Secretary may terminate a contract entered into with an owner or operator under this subpart if-
In the case of a contract modification approved in order to facilitate the transfer of land subject to a contract from a contract holder to a beginning farmer or rancher, a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2279(e) 1 of title 7), or a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (in this subsection referred to as a "covered farmer or rancher"), the Secretary shall-
(A) beginning on the date that is 2 years before the date of termination of the contract-
(E) give priority to the enrollment of the land covered by the contract in-
To the extent that the maximum number of acres permitted to be enrolled under the conservation reserve program has not been met, the Secretary shall provide a covered farmer or rancher with the option to reenroll any applicable partial field conservation practice that-
The Secretary shall not consider an owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the conservation reserve contract if-
(1) during the year prior to expiration of the contract, the owner or operator-
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, §1235, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, §2101(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 249 ; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, §2111, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1035 ; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title II, §2111, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664 , 1763; Pub. L. 113–79, title II, §2006, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 719 ; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, §2208, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4549 .)
Section 2279(e) of title 7, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), was redesignated section 2279(a) of title 7 by Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, §12301(b)(3), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4951 .
The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, referred to in subsecs. (f)(1)(A)(ii) and (g)(2), is title XXI of Pub. L. 101–624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3935 , which is classified generally to chapter 94 (§6501 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6501 of Title 7 and Tables.
A prior section 3835, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, §1235, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1513 ; Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, §801, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1710 ; Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, §1447(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3605 ; Pub. L. 104–127, title III, §332(c), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 994 , related to contracts, prior to the general amendment of this subpart by Pub. L. 107–171.
2018-Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, §2208(a)(1)(A), substituted "contract holder" for "retired farmer or rancher" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–334, §2208(b), amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary shall not consider an owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the conservation reserve contract if-
2014-Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 113–79, §2006(a)(1), substituted "During fiscal year 2015, the Secretary" for "The Secretary" and struck out "before January 1, 1995," after "under this subpart".
2008-Subsec. (c)(1)(B)(iii), (iv). Pub. L. 110–246, §2111(a), added cl. (iii) and redesignated former cl. (iii) as (iv).
Pub. L. 100–45, §10, May 27, 1987, 101 Stat. 323 , provided that: "Section 1235(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 [16 U.S.C. 3835(a)] should be reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure that the provisions thereof relating to exceptions to the three-year ownership requirement with respect to eligibility for the conservation reserve are being implemented in a manner to encourage inclusion of producer-owned land in the conservation reserve. However, any such exception to the three-year requirement should be made only if the Secretary determines that the land involved (1) was not acquired for the purpose of placing the land in the conservation reserve or (2) otherwise meets the criteria for exceptions made under section 1235(a)."