An Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in Saline County, Ark., to the Dierks Forests, Inc., and for other purposes
PL 90-475 (H.R.10864), enacted 08/11/1968

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Public Law 90-475 
AN ACT 
August 11, 1968 
To authorize the Secretary of the Agriculture to convey certain lands in Saline 
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C5ounty, Arkansas, to the Dierks Forests, Incorporated, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ^^^^"^^ Forests, 
of Agriculture is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to Dierks 
Land convey-
Forests, Incorporated, all of the right, title, and interest of the United ^nce. 
States in and to the following described tract of land in the county of 
Saline, State of Arkansas: 
Beginning at the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of 
the northwest quarter of section 1, township 1 north, range 18 
west, fifth principal meridian; 
thence west along the north boundary line of the east 20 acres 
of said northeast quarter of the northwest quarter to the northwest 
corner thereof; 
thence south 5.85 chains along the west boundary line of said east 
20 acres; 
thence east 9.53 chains to the east boundary line of said east 20 
acres; 
thence north along the east boundary line of said east 20 acres 
to the place of beginning, containing 5.28 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by section 1 shall be made upon 
condition that Dierks Forests, Incorporated, shall execute and record 
a reconveyance to the United States of the following described land 
patented to Dierks Forests, Incorporated, on January 7, 1959, under 
patent numbered 1190250: 
The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22, town-
ship 1 south, range 17 west, fifth principal meridian. 
SEC. 3. Upon the reconveyance to the United States of the land 
described in section 2, the tract shall be held and treated as if it had 
not been patented. 
SEC. 4. Section 347(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, Agriculture Ad-
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justment Act of 
as amended, is amended to read as lollows: 
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"(b)(1) The Secretary shall, not later than October 15 of each 
Long staple 
calendar year, proclaim the amount of the national marketing quota marketing quori. 
for the crop of cotton described in subsection (a) produced in the next 
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succeeding calendar year in t^rms of the quantity of such cotton equal ^ "^^ ^^^'^' 
to the estimated domestic consumption plus exports for the marketing 
year which begins in such succeeding calendar year, less the estimated 
imports, plus such additional number of bales, if any, as the Secretary 
determines is necessary to assure adequate working stocks in trade 
channels until cotton from the next crop becomes readily available 
without resort to Commodity Credit Corporation stocks: Provided, 
That the Secretary may reduce the national marketing quota so deter-
mined for any crop for the purpose of reducing surplus stocks, but not 
below the minimum quota prescribed under paragraph (2) of this 
subsection. 
"(2) The national marketing quota for any crop shall not be less Minimum quota. 
than the amount of the import quota in effect on August 1, 1967, for 
the year beginning on such date for extra long staple cotton (one and 
three-eighths inches or more) in pounds converted to standard bales of 
five hundred pounds gross weight, established pursuant to section 22 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended. 
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"(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the national marketing quota shall be the minimum quota 
under j)aragraph (2) of this subsection for each crop of such cotton 
for which the Secretary estimates that the carryover of American 
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Price support 
payments. 
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72 Stat. 296. 
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Extra long 
staple cotton, 
allotment trans-
fers. 
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grown extra long staple cotton at the beginning of the marketing year 
for the crop for which the c[uota is proclaimed (excluding any such 
cotton in the stockpile established pursuant to the Strategic and Criti-
cal Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended) will be more than 50 
per centum of the estimated domestic consumption and exports of 
American grown extra long staple cotton for such marketing year: 
Provided^ That the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall not apply 
for any crop for which the carryover so estimated is an amount equal 
to 50 per centum or less of the estimated domestic consumption and 
exports of American grown extra long staple cotton for the marketing 
year for such crop, and such provisions shall not apply to any crop 
following the first crop for which this proviso comes into operation. 
"(4) The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this sub-
section shall apply to the 1969 and each succeeding crop of cotton 
described in subsection (a) of this section." 
SEC. 5. Section 101(f) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, 
is amended by striking out all of the first sentence following the words 
"except that", and substituting in lieu therefor the following: "not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act, price support shall be 
made available to cooperators for the 1968 and each subsequent crop of 
extra long staple cotton, if producers have not disapproved marketing 
quotas therefor, through loans at a level which is not less than 50 per 
centum or more than 100 per centum in excess of the loan level estab-
lished for Middling one-inch upland cotton of such crop at average 
location in the United States (except that such loan level for extra long 
staple cotton shall in no event be less than 35 cents per pound) and, in 
addition, through price-support payments at a rate which, together 
with the loan level established for such crop, shall be not less than 65 
per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price for extra 
long staple cotton as of the month in which the payment rate provided 
for by this subsection is announced. Such payment with respect to any 
farm shall be made on the quantity of extra long staple cotton, deter-
mined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
equal to either (1) for a farm on which the acreage planted to such 
cotton does not exceed an acreage determined by multiplying the farm 
acreage allotment by the price-support payment factor established by 
the Secretary for each crop, the actual production of such cotton on 
the farm, or (2) for a farm on which the acreage planted to such cotton 
exceeds an acreage determined by multiplying the farm acreage allot-
ment by the price-support payment factor \mi does not exceed the farm 
acreage allotment, the actual production of such cotton on the farm 
attributable to the number oi acres determined by multiplying the 
farm acreage allotment by such price-support payment factor. The 
Secretary shall establish the price-support payment factor for each 
such crop of extra long staple cotton by dividing the 1966 national 
acreage allotment for such cotton by the national acreage allotment 
proclaimed for such crop, except that such factor shall not be more 
than one. The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of price-support 
payments under this subsection among producers on a farm on the 
basis of their respective shares in the crop of extra long staple cotton 
produced on the farm, or the proceeds therefrom. The provisions of 
subsection 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 
as amended (relating to assignment of payments), shall also apply 
to payments under this subsection. The Commodity Credit Corporation 
is authorized to utilize its capital funds and other assets for the purpose 
of making the payments authorized in this subsection and to pay 
administrative expenses necessary in carrying out this subsection." 
SEC. 6. Section 347 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 
amended, is amended by adding the following new subsections at the 
end thereof to read as follows: 
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"(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with 
the 1968 crop of extra long staple cotton, the Secretary, if he deter-
mines that it will not impair the effective operation of the program 
involved, (1) may permit the owner and operator of any farm for 
which an extra long staple cotton acreage allotment is established to 
sell or lease all or any part or the right to all or any part of such allot-
ment to any other owner or operator of a farm for transfer to such 
farm; (2) may permit the owner of a farm to transfer all or any part 
of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him. No 
allotment shall be transferred under this subsection to a farm in 
another State or to a person for use in another State. The Secretary 
shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this subsection 
and may prescribe such terms and conditions as he deems necessary. 
"(s:) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the extra long ^ ^°" conserving 
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staple cotton acreage allotment established for any farm for the 1968 
and subsequent crops is greater than such allotment for the preceding 
crop, because of transfers under subsection (f) of this section or for 
any other reason, the soil conserving base established for the farm 
shall be reduced by the same number of acres that the allotment is 
increased for that year." 
SEC. 7. Section "407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, ext^Yir^sfri^" 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwith- cotton °saie af ^ 
standing any other provision of this section, effective August 1, 1968, market prices. 
the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available during each 
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marketing year for sale for unrestricted use at market prices at the 
time of sale, a quantity of American grown extra long staple cotton 
equal to the amount by which the production of such cotton in the 
calendar year in which such marketing year begins is less than the 
estimated requirements of American grown extra long staple cotton 
for domestic use and for export for such marketing year: 
Provided, 
That no sales shall be made at less than 115 per centum of the loan 
rate for extra long staple cotton under section 101(f) of this Act 
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beginning with the marketing year for the first crop for which the 
national marketing quota for extra long staple cotton is not established 
under paragraph (3) of section 347(b) of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended. The Secretary may make such estimates 
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and adjustments therein at such times as he determines will best 
effectuate the provisions of the foregoing sentence and such quanti-
ties of cotton as are required to be sold under such sentence shall be 
offered for sale in an orderly manner and so as not to affect market 
prices unduly." 
SEC. 8. Section 3 of Public Law 88-638 (78 Stat, 1038) is hereby f^,f^^^-
repealed effective August 1, 1968. 
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Approved August 11, 1968. 
Public Law 90-476 
AN ACT 
August 11, 1968 
To amend the Act of August 2^, 1959 (73 Stat. 420), pertaining to the affairs 
[H.R. I6086] 
of the Ch(K'taw Tribe of Oklahoma. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Repre-^entatives of the 
United States of America In Congress assemhled, That the Act of ^ia^'"'*^'^ ^"' 
August 25, 1959 (73 Stat. 420), as amended, is further amended as 'property dispo-
foUows: the words "nine years", which appear twice in section 1(a), sition. 
once in section 1 (d), once in section 11, once in section 12(a), and once 
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in section 12 (b), are changed to "eleven years". 
note. 
Approved August 11, 1968.